To ask if your kids are deep sleepers?

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I have a DS age 5, DD age 1.

Both could hear a bomb go off and won't wake up.

I never really thought much about this until visiting family, who say to other people around the house 'Shhh! Such and such is asleep'. It confuses me at first because mine just don't wake up at all. I'd never think to not make noise around them. I actually still co sleep with DS (DD sleeps alone), and I watch films next to him without anything disturbing him

If concerns me slightly as their dad is like this, deep sleeper. He didn't hear our fire alarm go off. He also didn't hear me scream I had broken my leg when I fell to the bottom of the stairs

@YukoandHiro @geraniumthefirst our 5yo too! i'm sure this is why she's still in pull-ups- she just does not wake up. good to hear we're not the only ones in this position.....

Ds1 is what I classify as a normal sleeper.

Ds2 takes long time to sleep but when he finally sleeps, there is no waking him up.

Ds3 would make the best security guard ever. The smallest of sounds wakes him up.

My two year old is a pretty deep sleeper, but his baby brother slept in a room with 8 adults, 2 teenagers, and 3 kids under 6, all talking over each other and three of them playing guitars (all different songs!).

However as I child I slept through an earthquake, numerous thunderstorms, and a gas explosion at the end of the road!

Every child and household is different. When my dc was having naps/ night sleeping we had a white noise machine as small noises would wake them (we did live on a main road at that time). My friends dc could sleep through anything. Was in her house the other day during nap time for 18 month old and the rest of kids were running around, slamming doors etc and she wasn't worried and her dc slept through it all!

My son can sleep through anything, he is hearing impaired, so can’t hear anything at night. Our daughter wakes up if we dare to blink.

@Miriam101 I keep telling myself that it's the hormone that needs to kick in. But I am sure that the total dead to the world sleep plays a part as well.

Doesn't help that she's desperate to be out of pull ups at night...

For full context, just went to check on her before I head off to bed, took a dressing gown off her, as in rolled her over and arms out of sleeves, took all her necklaces off from round her neck (obvs been decorating herself before bed 🤣), took four toys off her bed and out of her clutches, and also took a sleep mask off her face.

She sat up, complied whilst asleep but now horizontal again. Now that is the sort of sleep that I want... well, that I need!

DS age 9 is like this - he’s out of pull ups now, but I wake him up for a wee when I go to bed otherwise he wets the bed. It takes me a good few minutes to get him awake enough to walk to the bathroom. Worries me a bit how he’s ever going to be able to wake himself up.

My toddlers are fairly light sleepers. I wonder is this something innate, or could I train them to be deeper sleepers.

I'm a very light sleeper, and envy deep sleepers (and those who can nap/sleep in planes etc).