Leah comes into our bed almost every night...she has night terrors and even when she doesn't she still comes down out of habit. We figure she won't be doing it when shes 10 so let her do what makes her feel safe etc.

 Joel on the other hand is a sleep through from 9 weeks baby and the only thing that was different at the same age was the Joel is a thumb sucker and Leah was a dummy baby. We were always getting up to put her dummy in and we never had to with Joel.

Leah didn't sleep through till about 15 months, then we had about 10 months of her being really good every night and now we have had her up most nights since the begining of the year.

I am hoping that sometime soon she moves past this but now am kind of used to the broken sleep etc, and I admit to quite liking the snuggling etc that goes with her sleeping in our bed. (well not the kicking us in her sleep part!)

Linzy you do realise we co-sleep alot as well? Not every night but alot. It gets me sleep so its what we do, although I dont always want to co sleep cos I like my space. When she is in bed and I've had enough of her on me I hit DP and hand her to him lol

She gets way overtired and cranky when she is awake too long but refuses to sleep as much as we rock cuddle bounce you name it we do it! It has only been recently that she has slept a long period and she didn't last night dammit! But what I have found is that I need to make sure that she has a feed 1 1/2-2hrs before her final feed of the night and then she gets that full tummy and I can put her down. Unfortunately she isn't one of those kids you can put your boob in and she'll snack she just plain out refuses if she's not hungry not a bad thng really.

My mum so often says to me you can't spoil a baby which you can't! I admit to letting DD cry but that's cos I have tried everything and she still won't sleep so I don't know what else to do. She doesn't cry herself to sleep so of course it gets worse and she gives you the evils when you pick her up like why did you do this to me.

And as in OP I don't get time to myself at the end of the day she is clinging to me until I put her down at midnight yes midnight! I might get 20-40 mins here or there but she often wakes and it is always murphy's law that she wakes when I go to do something so you know what I don't even bother lol.

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