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Does your child (ren) take after you in terms of sleep?

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again2020 · 12/03/2021 09:30

DD is 3.3 and has slept through the last few nights...this is a breakthrough and I hope it lasts! Previously she was up every night for a few months.

I've noticed she doesn't sleep that much for her age. Last night it was bang on 9.5 hours. This is not unusual, anything over 10 hours is quite a lot for her. She is bright eyed and bushy tailed and doesn't often need a nap in the day anymore.
Friends with similar ages children sleep 11-12 hours. Having said that I'm the kind of person who is fine on 5-6 hours so maybe she takes after me.
Any opinions?

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Ploughingthrough · 12/03/2021 09:39

I am a terrible sleeper and my DS has inherited it sadly. DH isnt great but somehow DD is a fantastic sleeper and has been since a baby. I was hoping for two of those!

CMOTDibbler · 12/03/2021 09:43

Yes, ds needs a lot of sleep, just like me. At 14 he goes to sleep at 9 and is up at 7 but could sleep more. When he was 3 he was sleeping 7-7 at night and having a 2 hour nap. He could also sleep through anything

Wallabyone · 12/03/2021 09:48

My eldest is very much like me-can't go sleep at a decent hour, and finds it hard to get up in the mornings! He's almost 9. The others are younger so I'm hoping they'll be morning people Grin

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Superstardjs · 12/03/2021 09:51

Dd is exactly like me - slept well from a few weeks old and now can sleep for Britain. Last Friday she went to bed at 11pm and woke up at 5pm on Saturday. I can do similar, but the cats object...

Notashandyta · 12/03/2021 09:59

Two of ours take after me- late to bed, late to rise, loads of sleep needed.

The third also needs loads of sleep but sadly is early to bed, early to rise. Thankfully my husband is up early to keep her occupied!

FuckingFabulous · 12/03/2021 10:04

I feel like I'm never going to sleep until my kids have moved out. DD13 wouldn't fall asleep alone until she was about 3 and woke up at 5am until she was 10. DS11 has a sleep disorder, needs medication for it, doesn't fall asleep until about 4am but he would sleep through most of the day if I let him. DS5 also doesn't fall asleep on his own! 😭😭
We've tried everything, and he just doesn't seem able to fall asleep unless he's got someone else's warm body next to him. In the middle of the night, when he wakes for the toilet, he comes charging into our room and straight between the two of us so he can fall asleep. If I wasn't so scared of unsupervised dogs around kids, I'd let our soppy hound sleep in his room.

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 12/03/2021 10:04

DH is a terrible sleeper, can't turn his brain off to get to sleep, and can't stay asleep as the slightest thing wakes up. DD takes after him - her babyhood and toddler years were awful! Now she's older she doesn't sleep, but doesn't disturb us as often - she plays quiet music and "thinks nice thoughts" till she drifts off again. We can't let her read herself back to sleep as she'd then read all night!

DS takes after me - falls asleep easily, sleeps deeply, rarely wakes up. Although I'm no longer as good at sleeping after years of broken sleep thanks to DD...

RealisticSketch · 12/03/2021 10:07

Me and dh are sleep champs, kids too now they are past infancy.
My friends dh is a bad sleeper, struggles to get to sleep then if he wakes in the night can't get back to sleep... Her DS is very similar to his dad. So based on my tiny, not very scientific sample I think you have a point.

110APiccadilly · 12/03/2021 11:11

DD seems to take after DH, not me, for which I'm grateful, as he could sleep for England, whereas I have always struggled with sleep. Last night I woke up 3 times, twice of my own accord and once because DD had woken up. She's 3 months and she sleeps better than I do! Shock

3babylady · 12/03/2021 11:21

I'm not a morning person need around 10-12 hours sleep to not be a forgetful mess the next day, DS7 is exactly the same sleeps 12 hours minimum.
DP can have around 7-8 hours and be up at the crack of Dawn ready to go, DS7 has a bedtime of 7pm and is up between 5-6am bouncing off the ceiling both complete opposites.

lljkk · 13/03/2021 11:12

They seem to all take after me in not sleeping much. My neighbour mentioned how her 4yo son slept 13 hours/night and had to woken for school, when my 4yo son was bouncing off walls to wake us up after 10 hrs.

Later, In the military, DS learned to sleep anywhere any time.

AxCap · 13/03/2021 11:43

Ds1 is like me in that he needs a lot of sleep but wakes early-ish in the morning and can't sleep in (he gets up at 8 on weekends but is always awake before then but plays quietly in bed). He's 6 and goes to bed at 730.

Ds2 is exactly like DH - massively grumpy in the mornings and just wants to stay in bed. He's 2 and often stays in bed past 9am. On his two nursery days he's a nightmare and we have to start waking him quite early so he still has time to lie in bed and come to terms with getting up.

Harrysmummy246 · 13/03/2021 14:20

DS does seem to take after me, yes. Early nap dropper, plenty of waking til about 2.5, sometimes has trouble dropping off then pretty hard to wake in the morning

FoxtrotOscarPoppet · 13/03/2021 14:22

Yep. 3 yr old DD needs lots of sleep and loves her bed (just like me!)

Whatelsecouldibecalled · 14/03/2021 23:32

My baby is not like me. I like sleep. He does not

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