Almost 3 and doesn't sleep through but I don't need to worry do I?

[ZabM]

My eldest is 3 next month and probably sleeps through the night a couple of nights a week. She used to be an awful sleeper but now she usually just gets up once or twice a night, comes in and goes back with a cuddle/music on/nose wiped etc. Sometimes she gets up and plays for an hour or more and can be a bit naughty but usually not.

Now my almost 1 yr old is sometimes sleeping better than her and everyone keeps being very surprized that my eldest doesn't. She will soon won't she? It's not that unusual is it? The stricter I get and more of a big deal I make of it at night the worse she is, then she really acts up so I've just stepped back and am waiting for her to carry on getting there in her own time. I am tired though. Usually up 2-3 times between them and up at 6, have been for 3 years now! What do you think?

My DD1 was a shade over 3 when it just "clicked" and she went from never sleeping through to sleeping through 6 out of 7 nights in just a month or two. Wish I hadn't spent the first 3 years worrying about it and trying every method I could find - she just needed to grow into it!

Thanks, that's reassuring.

You will definitely find many mums on here in the same situation so if it's reassurance you're after, you've come to the right place.

I'm not sure I could cope so i would probably have taken 'action' sooner, but it's a very personal thing and if you feel more comfortable leaving it until she sorts herself out, that's the right thing for you.

DD is 3 in a month and has slept through twice. There are so many different things that have woken her up at different times, I don't know what else I'd have done than go with it. I don't worry about it, I do feel fed up at times, and tired when it's been a 3 wakeups-one-for-an-hour night, but I accept this is what she's like. And pray, big time, for gemma4d's type of experience to happen to us

DS was just turned three when he started sleeping through and staying in his own bed all night. We used a reward chart and it worked from day one. He was old enough at that point to understand and respond to the incentive. Used reward chart for a few weeks (with small toy as reward after 7 or 10 good nights) and then let it tail off. He still sleeps through most nights now, a year on (thank god, as we now have 14 week old DD, who surprisingly is a great sleeper!).

My DS is 3.4yrs and has only slept through a few times. It's normal from what I gather.

One of mine didn't sleep through until they started school. They still don't need very much sleep now

Thanks, I've just had 3 nights in a row where they've both slept through - feel great so that's enough to keep me going until that becomes the usual.