He goes to sleep!

[onthefly]

Ok, I know a lot of the threads in this forum are from desperate parents trying to get some sleep, so please forgive me if this comes at a bad time.....

DS actually just goes to sleep.
You know those parents that say "Well we just do our bedtime routine, then we say good night, turn out the light and that's that"... And you know how you think "WTF, as if!? Go tell someone who cares."
DS actually just goes to sleep now.

It is the wierdest thing. Seriously.

[Laranna]

Yay! Well done

DS does this for his day sleep but not for bedtime each night.

[human bean]

Good stuff little man! Not weird, great!

DD does it too, for her night sleep (babbles away to herself til she drifts off), but well and truly makes up for it for her day sleeps

[Junglemum]

I think it comes at great time, gives all those not having so much luck a bit of hope!
How old was he when he started doing it?

[onthefly]

Um. How old is he now...? 2years 4 months

It is really weird when you spend about 2 years battling at almost every sleep time and then suddenly you don't have to any more. But it does also put it into perspective - it was only 2 years of our lives. I'm sure there'll be times when he still needs us to go to sleep and he still wakes up most nights, but it's a million times better now than before.

[nic]

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[Honeybee]

Well done! The holy grail!

[turtleschell]

DD used to do this. And then for some reason I stopped just putting her down. I haven't even tried it. I wonder...

[~Kim~]

Thanks for the reminder Marcellus. It's great timing actually.

I remember DD was about that age when she started doing the same thing and has been great ever since....DS will get there.

[Sterla]

That is fantastic! Ah, so there is light at the end of the tunnel!

[*EJ*]

My boys do it quite well also. Most nights... It took a little bit to get here but it is reasuring to know that it's possible isn't it!?

[Boo Boo]

It won't happen overnight but it will happen - said in my kiwi accent!

Excellent, they get there eventually though at the time it seems like they never will.

[Nettie]

My boy does this some of the time! Other times he plays, talks and cries - but sometimes, he just rolls over and goes to sleep! It's lovely, isn't it?