to think that one day 'sleeping through' will mean just that?

[newmummytobe79]

14 month old. Sleeps well except for waking crying for dummy between 1 and say 5 times a night at worst.

There are the odd nights when both DH and I wake up and can't believe we've had a whole nights uninterupted sleep!

So ... do kids ever sleep through ... as in the WHOLE night?

Or shall I just accept it now that most nights will be interupted ... and just have another?

My 7 yo usually stays in his own bed all night if I pay him so there is some hope for you

I hope so, although I'm up with one of mine (5 & 3) more often than not - illness, dreams, toileting sheer bloody annoying ness.

My 10 year old is still working on this

Well it looks like paying 7 year olds to sleep is the way forward

Honestly they do and guess what when they reach a certain age they lie in till noon!!!!

Have to say though I did controlled crying with first one at 18 months as I felt I could have actually harmed him or me due to exhaustion.

Didn't need to with next 3 as learnt to be firm but fair over bedtime.

Not everyone's cup of tea but for me it was a MIRACLE...

BettySwollocks your 10 year old is still up every night!?!

swallows pill and stops thinking of having another just yet!

Ironically, mine actually slept better as babies.

Newmummy - my DS has always been a nightmare sleeper to be honest and he goes through fits and starts. We are getting there slowly but yes, quite often he will wake in the night and call out etc.

We pay him 10p a night with a 50p bonus if he manages 7 consecutive nights. We haggled him down from 10 quid a night, so I think this is a bargain

If it worked on babies I'd have tried it years ago

PS I also have three older children who all slept through from much younger ages

Mrs.....may just try this :)

When we had problems when he was younger with his toilet habits we used to pay him 50p a day not to poo himself and that worked a treat.

10 years old!! I doubt they'd have lasted that long don't think I could have managed that! Mine slept from early on except when they were I'll or something. I too used the controlled crying approach with DS1. DS2 didn't need it.......he used to cry if I wouldn't let him have an afternoon nap up to the age of 3!

Well, I dont really have much choice whoknows...giving him away is not an option

Hmm, I wonder if I could get someone to pay me 50p/day to not poo myself, I could really use the extra £15 each month.

Not even once a week to a gullible caring relative?

Richard - haha!

Mrs - Nope, no family about and much as he is a pain in the behind at nightime I love him dearly

Get rid of dumny

Do you have a dummy strap/clip? I got one for DD and we practiced how to put it in when it was clipped to her PJ's. When she woke in the night crying for it I reminded her it was on a clip and to try and find it. Not an instant fix but eventually she got it and started to put it in herself on a night. She still wakes randomly for other reasons but it sorted the dummy!

When DS was little we scattered dummies all over the cot so there was always one near for him to plug himself in.

I often wonder this. With 2 DC'S we can be on the go some nights. DD who is almost 5 will do 7-7 around 95% of the time but when she does wake it's usually for a valid reason.

I have a ds 7 who has slept through nearly every night from about 3 months. I then have a dd who is 5 and rarely sleeps through. At best she will sleep through 2 nights a week