Does anyone else’s 18 month old not sleep through the night

[BubblePug1985]

I have 18 month old twins. One slept relatively well until recently and keeps waking up twice a night.

my other twin started sleeping badly around 9 months waking up 3 or more times a night. It’s not a sleep regression she’s just a bad sleeper.

we have tried everything.. the Ferber method didn’t work she cried so much she kept throwing up, we paid for a sleep trainer to came in that didn’t work as she still woke up 4 times a night. Now we have just given up and she sleeps with us after her first wake up.

now both twins are not wanting to go to sleep and both constantly waking up.

when I speak to other people they seemed surprised they don’t sleep through. Is this normal?

I have to admit we still rely heavily on milk to get them back to sleep as nothing else works. We tried shhh, rubbing, rocking and giving water but they just go mental. Just started to water down the milk and try and ween them off it see if that helps.

My almost 4 year old is a pants sleeper but my 1 year old is fine. honestly, I wouldn't worry too much about it.. I would however suggest banana or soreen or something in the middle of the night, I found it redcued the reliance of milk feeds quite quickly.

Mine does not sleep through and my eldest didn't either. I used to co sleep with my eldest and now she is 6 and sleeps through fine of course.

My youngest is the same age as yours and she still wakes in the night, I just give her some milk which I keep cold by the bed and then she goes back to sleep. I find it easier co sleeping than when she was in her own room as it woke me up more traipsing in there to feed her.

I would not worry about the milk thing as they do grow out of it eventually. If mine only wakes up twice then that's a good night! I feel your pain though especially if you have twins and one of them sleeps well, you must be like why can one do it and not the other! Some kids just aren't great sleepers end of!

My 41 months old still wakes up at night. It’s normal for children to do that. They are still very small. Don’t worry about it too much

My nearly 6 year old still wakes most nights. Always has. His younger brother has slept through since about 14 months.

Maybe wean the milk an oz less per week. They will.sleep when they sleep. People just don't tell you that

My little one is this age and still wakes me up 3-4 times each night. We cosleep and I've gotten myself into a situation where the quickest way to get her back to sleep is a breastfeed and we are both back asleep within a few minutes, but I am pretty fed up of it myself. It's just so hard trying to change it and I give in just to get some kip!

DS only slept through night at 5.5yo when DD arrived. Now DD is six and does not sleep through the night and there are no more babies coming. Some kids it's just their sleep cycle. You'll get used to it but you'll just be grumpy like us

Poor you. Neither of mine slept through reliably until they started school. At 18 months DS1 woke every night, at least once, DS2 probably every other night.

Totally biologically normal. Rough, but normal. Just do what you need to do to survive. I found that once I stopped trying to fix it and just accepted that's how it was it was much easier.

Also for me things massively improved once all the teeth were through. But mine suffered terribly with teething and would often need a dose of Nurofen before bed to help take the edge off the pain so they could sleep better.

Thanks all for the suggestions and ideas.

but most of all it makes me feel better that I’m not the only one who’s kids don’t sleep the best! By the look of it when they get to 6 they might sleep through 😂

Mine doesn't. Tried everything including 2 expensive sleep experts and ferber. She'll have milk sometimes and not others. Sometimes she stops crying of her own accord. Mostly you have to rock or feed.

She does sleep in her own room though. I think kids sleeping through is rarer then most parents make out. Congrats on the twins. You're already doing it 10 times harder than single child mums so give yourself a break.

Yep that's what they didn't tell me in parenting classes. That it takes years lol

No disrespect but how do the sleep consultants make their money when some kids don't sleep through no matter what you do? Do they give you a refund if it doesn't work?

No there's no guarantees. Of course there's always going to be money made when there's desperation but to be fair it does work for some kids..