is anyone going to watch the sleep "experts" programme on C4 tonight?

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I'm getting ready to write a letter complaining about it before I've even seen it. Apparently it helps people whose babies don't sleep through at night

Sad about Hugo losing his job ....

poshwellies my ASD son is the same. He has learning difficulties but now will mostly stay in his room at night. He is 9 and some nights I am so tired I don't actually hear him unless he is roaming.

Is there a theme running through this programme that you lose your job if you have DCs who don't sleep?

Oooh! Hugo has lost his job!

Do you think Alison is a Mumsnetter?

If I were going to employ a nanny, I would go for Sharelle over the other one.

I wonder if the parents really regret taking part in this show? Do they get paid to participate?

Not Alison....the mum in the Fulham looking house.

Tis more like a sleep game show!

It's the parents - it's always the parents

over-anxious and over-feeding

I love the fact that the twins removing dummies and bottles and moving to bed worked from day 1 (with a bit of trouble) and then ongoing

I don't like the parent in room patting and cuddling approach I think that's crueler - "what you're here and not helping me Why?"

I was expecting two extremes and tbh neither is.

They are both fairly run of the mill parenting techniqes and are applied by probably a vast amount of parents without even thinking about it

pile of pooh

tibni-sorry to hear you are going through the same.Ds isn't naughty one at night,but we do yearn for one night where he goes to bed at a 'normal' time and sleeps through.

I worry how he copes with school but he seems to breeze though and excels whereas we are often like zombies by midday!

Farking hell...DS is 4 and still has a bottle in bed before he sleeps...he's still only small and its part of his routine and wind down - no way would I give it up unless he shows signs of not wanting it

I also go into him if he wakes in the night- they are teeny fgs! Need a cuddle from their mum!

That is rubbish making them spend time away from home... this is such a non event.

Oh I understand that. ds is the same, it is not about naughty or attention seeking - just being awake.

ds is always fine at school too. Its 3pm that is my killer time when I dare not sit down.

But different children ae different...you can't declare one way better on the basis on one family against another. Hardly a scientific study.

Do you go in and brush his teeth after, PussinJimmyChoos or is it just water?

this is silly

I think every child is different so don't agree with this comparing of how many hours they slept.

oh ffs

marking on hours slept?

bloody ridiculous

Puss - but you don't make him a bottle every time he wakes, whether he hungry or not, do you? I am all for cuddling kids/milk before bedtime etc, but actually it seems to me that both these sets of parents have been giving their children more than they need - a bottle, when a quick cuddle or a back rub would do - every single time for months and months. They must all (kids included) be pretty tired.

Good grief what a pile of pap.

ffs

as Catherine Tate's Nan character would say what a load of old shit!

what a crap programme

none of it proves anything

I wouldn't of been surprised to see that programme air on channel 5.