DS is now 6 but until last year he wouldn't sleep unless someone was sitting with him & only on the couch. Now we've moved DD into his room so he will sleep in there and I feed DD to sleep on the lounge while he is in bed going to sleep himself. He is bribed to stay in his room all night though because he kept coming into our bed every night which got frustrating. Once in a while I don't mind, but every night when we've only just got our bed back is annoying.

DS does watch DVDs to go to sleep though as when I was working, that's the only way DH could get him to sleep (he was fed to sleep until almost 3)!

Glad i'm not the only one with an older, older one who won't sleep alone I should be trying to teach DD3 to go to sleep herself... but the almost 6 year old needs to learn as well I plan to move DD3 back into his room to see if that helps. But he's refusing to sleep on the top bunk as well, so that means pulling 2 sets of bunks apart! The bunks in DD2&3's room split into singles. The ones in DS's room don't. He was ok to go alone if he took the dog, left the light on & shut the door (to keep the dog in)... but now that's not good enough :/

Been wanting to do it for a while, but its such a big job! Neither of them slept til 11pm last night, because I was trying to get school orders done online (& personally just didn't want to go sit between them both again).

Maybe a rewards system will work? *sigh*