I have an 8 year old soon to be 9 and he still does not sleep on his own, he has suddenly started with anxiety in the night. I am due to have a baby in a few months and wondering how to navigate! He has gone through stages of sleeping on his own, when he was 7 he slept fine, but always ends up going back to not. He's been like this since he was born and I genuinely think its his personality. I often wonder if it was my fault when he was a young baby because we struggled with cry it out, but, he's always been so stubborn etc and he cried for 3 hours once when he was about 1 year old. It is so hard in the middle of the night, I have given up persisting because once I tried for 3 weeks every night sitting at the end of the bed, walking off and was knackered.
Basically asking if anyone else has been in a similar position and it just worked and wanting some success stories or advice..