cheer me up - who has the OLDEST child still not sleeping through the night on here?

[CaptainKarvol]

Because I'm beginning to think it's going to be me.

DS is 3.2 and still wakes every single night, several times. He wakes in a big panic, and needs patting back down (he cries out 'cuddle, big cuddle' before he is even properly awake).

My 7 week old DD sleeps better than DS does.

DH has been sleeping on the floor of DS's room for 2 months now, and we have achieved that DS stays in his own bed all night, but no sign at all of him staying asleep / settling himself without intervention.

DH is finding it hard to cope. We can't swap jobs because (1) I did the previous 3 years and (2) DH can't breastfeed DD, so she's my job!

So come on, tell me about your child who slept through at 3, 4, 5 years old, so I can keep the faith that it will happen, one day...

hi CK my DD is 4 and regularly wakes, comes into our bed because she needs a cuddle. i have given up stressing about it and sometimes put her to sleep in our bed so i can get a good nights sleep, she sleeps through if she is there to start with (or maybe wakes then sees im there and goes straight back to sleep?)

ignore all the dire warnings from some - they will grow out of it! i worried about it till i mentioned it to the other mums in the school - they all sighed, rolled their eyes and confessed that theirs did it too. i stopped worrying then

maybe your DS is unsettled by the new baby and needs a bit extra tlc? i only have the one so i cant offer any advice/experience, you must be exhausted! why not try letting him sleep in the big bed with you - he may settle better and feel reassured he is not being pushed out by new baby (not suggesting you are pushing him out by the way)

Ds is 10. But on the positive side, dd (5) is sleeping through now.

We resigned ourselves to one of us spending part of the night in bed with him, which i'm not sure is ideal because he's now used to it, but we need to sleep. And he does have asd, so has other stuff going on.

But it will happen one day, and I'm sure it'll be for you before us!

DD is 7 never slept through from birth!...DD2 is 5 a good sleeper.

ds not til he started school - almost 5.

Wow, one for each year so far - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 (actually, where are the 8 and 9 year olds?)

Right, so I can believe in you lot far better than in myself - you didn't make this happen, and you're not doing everything wrong, yes?

I can cope OK(ish), though since looking after a newborn rather than a pre-schooler at night several people have commented how much more 'like myself' I seem than I have in years. Go figure that. But poor DH is really struggling.

Keep 'em coming, I need to know about more like DS (glutton for punishment, me)

Thank you all, and may we all get a good nights sleep soon...

I'm nearly 34 and still don't sleep through. (And DS is 2.2 and not even close...)

My older sister didnt sleep through untill she was 6. Hope things improve for you.

This kind of cheers me up in a perverse kind of way. Ds is 16 months old, so a total novice at this keeping parents awake all night game, but given current record, I'm sure it'll be a while...

DH and his bro apparently did not sleep through until they were 5/6, so I guess it runs in the family. (He didn't tell me this before we had kids!). But we have a dd who'd win prizes for sleeping - just as well she was first as otherwise we'd never have got round to having a second.

DD2 was 6.5. was helll but now is fantastic. shuffels orf at 8.30 and not one single peep.
there is hope, no matter how far down the line.

DS is 3.2 as well. Had a v. brief period of sleeping through last summer (what bliss!) but is back to waking every night and coming through to us. I usually end up in his bed. You've got to sleep somehow, haven't you? Also have DD 12 weeks who is waking for two night feeds. Sigh. And some pickling from DS tonight getting out of bed repeatedly. It's OK, I've got beer and they're both asleep now. You're definitely not alone

DD is 3.2 as well and not sleeping through. I thought I was going to win this!

My DS is 11 and wakes most nights. He has never slept well - absolute nightmare until he was about 4. The only breakthroughs have been in him learning to deal with it himself and not waking the rest of the household up. We did have a brief few years (probably 5-8) when it was better but he is stalking the hallway most nights now ... I don't sleep soundly either. We're both happy and healthy though!