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.

[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...

[Junglemum]

So true, 2 years seems like forever when you're living it, but really it's nothing. Good for you guys!

[~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?

[meow]

I LOVED when this started happening (it's not at the moment but that's okay)... I was like you- it's such a novelty! You deserve it

The bit I love about knowing you have supported them while they got to this point themselves is that they don't do it because there is no point calling out for you- you have always shown you will come, so they are obviously comfortable, safe and happy to be going to sleep. What a gift you have given

[Rouge]

DD was like this... DS not so much. I think I broke him some how LOL!

[MummaSue]

That's great! How did it come about? Did he just do it one night on his own? Did you used to feed him to sleep when he was a little baby?

What a clever little man!

You're right, the 2 years isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things. When I am struggling, I just chant "this too shall pass" - something I heard here! It helps me a lot to do that.

Sue x

[onthefly]

Since you asked Sue....
When DS was little we fed to sleep, and rocked/cuddled/sang or whatever worked! sometimes for hours
After 18 months or so he got a bit big for rocking so we lay down next to him or cuddled or sang... it would take forever for him to settle down and drop off but he'd scream if I left the room. DH and I would often tag team through the evening till he was finally asleep (it was 1-2 hours usually)
Anyway, sometimes around 22 months-ish DS stopped fighting sleep. It was quite sudden - he just realised that it was actually quite nice to sleep,.
Around the same time I found, having had to pop out to the loo, that he didn't scream when I left. So we started leaving him for short periods (he'd get upset after a little while) as he was settling for bed. These absences got longer and longer and he started to ocasionally drop off on his own. But it was only just in the past week or so that he's done it consistently and happily.
So we changed the way we did things, but ony in response to changes in him, if see what I mean. He told us when he was ready and we went with that.

[MummaSue]

That's cool Marcellus, thanks for answering my questions.

Hehe, I just have visions of me feeding missy moo to sleep when she is 10 or something LOL

Sue x