Do you still 'tend to' your kids in the night? (Not kids under 2 yrs)
DD1 is almost 3.5 years and we are rarely up to her now. If we are it's because she's had a bad dream, she wants a drink or she's sick. She's been really settled at night now since she turned 3 really.
Yep. DD is 5 3/4 and will wake maybe 1-2 times a week with dreams, wants a drink and can't find her drink bottle or if she is cold and wants the blanket on.
DS1 is 4 1/2 and wakes most nights, having had bad dreams, is cold or needs to wee.
DS2 is just 2 and wakes 2-3 times a night, for who knows what reason. The past few days he's been sick and is waking hourly. We were up for two hours on the lounge last night because he couldn't breathe very well and was really unsettled.
I can't wait until I have an uninterrupted night sleep, gosh even 4-5 hours in a row would be amazing! I don't doubt I will still be up through the night, checking on the kids though!
DS 1 is 4.5 - rarely wakes, unless he's having asthma troubles, but I often change his sheets during the night *sigh*.
DS 2 is 3 and wakes usually twice a night 5 nights a week. I have to walk him back to bed. He won't sleep with me - just chats and plays with me. So I walk him back and help him resettle. Then I check on DS 1, and change his sheets.
DH rarely goes. He doesn't even notice I'm up with them. But it's ok, I think it's fair in our situation.
DS (2) has started waking up at night again, DH either goes to sleep in his bed with him, brings him to me and we all sleep in the big bed, or brings him to me and goes to sleep in his bed. DH has been getting up to him since I got pregnant, I had to stay awake to bf DS to sleep, so it seemed fair that DH had to go get him then he could go straight to sleep but I'd be awake for while longer.
We'd be fine if DS wandered in to sleep with us, but he's in a sleeping bag so it would be a very thumpy trip down the hallway.
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Do you still 'tend to' your kids in the night? (Not kids under 2 yrs)
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