anyone going to watch bedtime live with me??!!

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Just seen its on in 15mins, just time to get the and [biscuits] sorted. Anyone care to join me?

No paw dipping here-she sticks her head in! Your DS ought to prepare a cold cut/sandwich before he goes out for when gets in (no toast it's agony if you smell it & want some)

Scurry

gallic

To be honest, FadBook, looking back, I should probably have worried less, but at the same time I'm totally comfortable with the decisions we made and I'm really glad that DD is now a great sleeper for the moment, and that bedtimes aren't stressful.

I found it all a bit bland.

Cheers Katla

Now I know its on, I'll record the next one to watch after bedtime.

What none of those 'expperts' pointed out was that the 22 month old twins were no longer in their cots. If they were in cots with cot bars they wouldn't have been able to get out of bed.

My twins have just turned 3 and only lost their cot bars at Christmas. They are also in separate bedrooms. Otherwise, our house would be exactly like that.

Under 2 is too young to lose the bars, especially if you have two spirited little ones like that, IMO!

I took part in the pilot show a few months ago, before it was commissioned, so not actually featuring on the 'live show'. Ironically, I could not watch it tonight as I could not get my DD to sleep! It did not help me unfortunately. I hope it has helped others & that the experts continue to help the parents out after filming has stopped.

Mammmamia my dd3 could climb out of her cot at 22 months! One night she fell and landed on her head and I had to get her checked out at casualty. She was safer in a bed.

Actually my younger two dds sleeping is very disrupted but this is because of ds threats of violence towards them both at bedtime. He has asd and adhd and couldn't stand the disruption of me trying to do a sleep routine with them, I tried rapid return, dd cried, ds had a meltdown and threatened to stab her so now she is in my bed and both don't go down until about nine ish.

I have been judged many times about my struggles at bedtime but I just mutter fuck off under my breath, they don't understand how shit things are at home.

Is this programme on catch up anywhere? I missed it.

Interesting reading all your comments. I've taped it to watch tomorrow without DH muttering under his breath all the way through . I was hoping it might provide some tips for me but it sounds like most of you were disappointed. I have a 6 month old who will not sleep unless he is in physical contact with me (day or night). It's becoming very tiring and I can see no light at the end of the tunnel. He has been exactly the same since the day he was born. Hey ho I shall go on praying for a miracle.

Not as good as an episode of Nanny Jo or whatever her show was called. Parents all a bit passive. Grainy footage (were they broadcasting from Skype?). Presenters were all a bit over excited "ohh I wonder what might happen"... not much as it turned out. 2 kids went to bed without much fuss and twins just kept getting out of bed.

Not very natural, suspiciously: no shouting, threats, coercion with the older ones. Not condoning that of course, but it does happen, just watch Nanny Jo!

Ah right maybe it's because we have cot beds - they're a bit bigger

It's a great pity that this programme was badly produced/directed or whatever. I think it was trying to do too many things and it all ended up a mess in my view and the presenters were standing in front of the screen we were trying to watch, and yes I found Jake intensely irritating. However I must defend Professor Tanya Byron the other presenter, because as far as I'm concerned she walks on water!

If anyone saw her in the House of Tiny Tearaways a few years back I feel sure they would have been impressed with her knowledge of child development in all aspects, and the work that she did with the children. We saw her working with children and parents on sleep problems, but also on eating issues, tantrums and all kinds of children's behaviour. Tanya believes in positive parenting, rewarding the behaviour that you want from your child. She is no "softie" and a child in a tantrum is just held by the parent but the parent doesn't engage with the child. She uses the same method for children with sleep problems, but the trouble with this programme was that she should not have been a presenter in tight black leather leggings!

It did not allow Tanya to demonstrate her consumate skill in working with parents and children in all kinds of situations and that was a great pity.

GalaxyAddict would be interested in your views given you were part of the pilot programme.

I haven't read all the comments so I might repeat something that has already been said.

Why do the parents of the older children allow them to keep their technical gadgetry when they go to bed? DD is 12. In our house the bedrooms are gadget and electronic equipment free - we don't even have a TV in any of the bedrooms. DD's phone goes into her blazer pocket for the next morning and her laptop and iPod stay downstairs. We all switch our mobiles off at night - we have a landline and family never ring our mobiles anyway. And that is how I intend things to stay.