Kids are aged 7,6 and 3. Youngest two have autism. On advice of speech we took away the younger child's dummy five months back including at night. Now it takes an age to settle dc to sleep. It basically involves me sitting with dc until she goes to sleep or she screams the house down. Meaning I leave the other two unattended and they end up messing about. I'm on my own as my dh works long hours. I'm currently laying on the dc's wooden floor whilst she kicks me whilst other two are no doubt messing about downstairs. I use to have an evening!