POLL: how does your DC sleep?

[purplemonkeydishwasher]

I have a theory about babies and sleep and just wanted some info to see if there's anything to it.
So, please answer the questions and I'll let you know what I come up with. Thanks!!

DS/DD?
Age?
Bedroom? (own room, share with sibling, share with parents)
Bed? (Cradle, cot, cotbed, share with parents)
Breast or bottle?
Solids?
Sleep through?
at what age did he/she start sleeping through?
Bed time?
Bedtime routine?
wake up time?

I'll start:

DS/DD? DS
Age? 10 months
Bedroom? share with parents
Bed? share with parents
Breast or bottle? breastfed (still very regularly)
Solids? 3 meals (though he's not a big eater)
Sleep through? NO. (wakes at least 3 times)
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? hahahahazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Bed time? 8:30 - 9:00
Bedtime routine? bath, story, feed, wrestle around with the boob for a bit, feed, bug the dog, feed, more boob wrestling, feed and eventually sleep.
wake up time? 8:00

[fisil]

DS/DD? ds1 ds2
Age? 3 14 months
Bedroom? own room own room
Bed? bed cot
Breast or bottle? no bottle
Solids? fussy human dustbin
Sleep through? reliably still unreliable
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? 8 weeks since c. 9 months
Bed time? 6:30 6:20
Bedtime routine? bath TV Stories* bath bottle stories
wake up time? 6:30 6:30

[trinityrhino]

dd1
6
own room
bed
n/a
fussy eater
yes
about 2 1/2
7pm
story, bed
7am


dd2
15 months
own room
cot
was BF until 9 months
3 meals
NO up at least 2 times in the night
Hahahahahah
whenever we can get her to go to sleep
pft, don't have one, doing really crap at the mo
6-7am

god I really must sort my life out

[JessaJam]

DS/DD? DS
Age? 11months
Bedroom? (own room, share with sibling, share with parents) Own Room
Bed? (Cradle, cot, cotbed, share with parents) Cot
Breast or bottle? Bottle
Solids? yep 3 meals plus snack
Sleep through? yes
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? OMG can't actually remember, was quite early though 2 months maybe
Bed time? 10.15pm (honest)
Bedtime routine? Bottle of milk, change into bed clothes ( or vice versa) into bed, sleep
wake up time? 9.30-10am

[cleaninglady]

DS/DD? DS
Age? 22 MTHS4.5 YO
Bedroom? own room
Bed? COT
Breast or bottle? BOTTLE
Solids? YES - 3 GOOD MEALS PLUS SNACKS
Sleep through? YES
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? 8 WEEKS
Bed time? 7PM
Bedtime routine? BOTTLE THEN BED
wake up time? 8AM

DD
Age 4 1/2 YO
Bedroom? OWN ROOM
Bed? BED SINCE 2 YO
Breast or bottle BOTTLE UNTIL 12 MONTHS
Solids FROM 5 MONTHS
Sleep through SOMETIMES
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? 18 MONTHS
Bed time7PM
Bedtime routine SNACK, STORY, BED
wake up time 6AM

[hulababy]

DD
Age 4y3m
Bedroom? own room
Bed? bed
Breast or bottle? n/a
Solids? good appetite, varied eater
Sleep through? Generally; wakes in night for toilet a bit though
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? slept through (8hour+) between 6 & 13 weeks, went on holiday and didn't sleep through again until 20 months (as a result of CC)
Bed time? 7:30-8pm, but very flexible on non-nursery days
Bedtime routine? play with daddy, shower/bath (~3 times a week) or wash, toilet, & teeth, story, cuddle, left to "read" to herself and to go to sleep
wake up time? nursery days we wake her arounf 6:30-6:45am; left on own she sleeps about 11 hours after going to sleep - (normally wakes around 7:30am)

[Callisto]

DS/DD? DD
Age? 14 months
Bedroom? share with parents
Bed? cot/share with parents
Breast or bottle? breastfed until 12/13 months
Solids? eats hugely breakfast, lunch & supper plus elevenses and fourses.
Sleep through? Yes, once I am in bed with/without her but settling in evening is a chore
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? last couple of months
Bed time? 7.30-8.00, later atm
Bedtime routine? brush teeth, wash face, hands, feet, 10 min mess around while I tidy, bedtime story, sleep.
wake up time? 6.45

PS I bathe dd in the morning as she has loads of hair and hates the hairdryer, just to let you all know I don't have a really grubby baby.

[madrose]

DS/DD?
Age? 17 months
Bedroom? (own room)
Bed? (cot)
Breast or bottle? Bottle
Solids? oh yes - three meals plus snacks
Sleep through? yep
at what age did he/she start sleeping through?
Bed time? first time 5 weeks, regularly by 12 weeks.
Bedtime routine? play, milk, bath, pjs, milk, 10 - 30 mins playtime (quiet), clean teeth, cuddle, bed.
wake up time? 7.30 - 8.30 (9 on a good day)

[Olipop]

DS/DD?
Age? 5 1/2 months
Bedroom? share with parents
Bed? cot
Breast or bottle? Breast
Solids? Tiny bit twice a day..
Sleep through? Nope...and getting worse..
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? We had a few 7pm - 5ams but not for a month or so.
Bed time? 6.30-7pm
Bedtime routine? bath, massage, feed and fall asleep then into cot (then up, down, up, down unless we are lucky!)
wake up time? 5am...eurghh.

Interested in your findings...half decent sleep patterns now going a bit wrong..could be heat, weaning, teeth or just plain old 'would rather have a cuddle'!!

[Olipop]

oops - missed that its a boy!

[madrose]

oh she's a DD and was breast fed until she slapped the boob away at 11.5 months

[PiccadillyCircus]

DS
Age? 2.8 years
Bedroom? Own
Bed? Yes
Breast or bottle? Breastfed until 9 months
Solids? Yes
Sleep through? Yes, unless ill/nightmare etc
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? About 3 months I think
Bed time? About 8pm
Bedtime routine? Bath, stories, beaker of milk, sleep.
wake up time? Around 7:30am

DS/DD DD
Age 10 months
Bedroom? own room
Bed? Cot
Breast or bottle? Has both, more bottle than breast now (unless it is the middle of the night)
Solids? 3 meals a day and everything else she can get her hands on
Sleep through? Er, no.
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? See above
Bed time? 7pm-7:30pm ish.
Bedtime routine? Bath, milk (bottle), cot. Doesn't have to be fed to sleep.
wake up time? Around 7 (and the other few times as well in the middle of the night)

[chocolateshoes]

DS/DD? DS
Age? 12mths
Bedroom? (own room, share with sibling, share with parents) own room
Bed? (Cradle, cot, cotbed, share with parents) cotbed
Breast or bottle? breast (still)
Solids? yep - lots of them
Sleep through? yep - very rarely wakes up
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? 4mths
Bed time? 7pm
Bedtime routine? tea- 5pm, play & story, bath - 6pm, story, breast feed 6.30
wake up time? Anytime between 7am-8am

Does that confirm or mess up the theory??

[Thomcat]

DS/DD?

Age
DD1 - 4.5yrs DD2 - 7months

Bedroom? (own room, share with sibling, share with parents) Both started out with me now both in their own rooms. DD2 styaed with me in my bed for longer.

Bed? (Cradle, cot, cotbed, share with parents)
DD1- bed
DD2- cot

Breast or bottle?
Both started on breast and then mixed.
DD1 ended up just formula, stopped b.feeding at 4 months.
DD2- breastfed first trhing and last thing at night, formula inbetween

Solids?
DD1 yes obviously!
DD2 - been on solids about a month. I took lead from her.

Sleep through?
DD1 can't rememebr when she went from 7-7, but she did 11-7 from day 8.
DD2 went from 7-7 a few weeks before she turned 6months

at what age did he/she start sleeping through?
see above

Bed time?
DD1 7pm if she makes it that long. Tonight she fell asleep just before 6pm
DD2 - between 7 - 7.30ish

Bedtime routine?
dd1 - story, falls asleep while i read most nights
dd2 - take her to nursery breastfeed, she falls asleep on me and i lay her to sleep in cot. sometimes she wakes & cries but I leave her and she goes back to sleep

wake up time?
both between 6.15 and 7am

[Coolmama]

DS/DD? DS
Age? 17 months
Bedroom? on his own
Bed? on his own
Breast or bottle? neither
Solids? 3 meals big meals and snacks
Sleep through? yes
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? nearly 4 month old
Bed time? 7pm
Bedtime routine? bath, story, feed, brush teeth, bed
wake up time? 6.30 -7 am

[jollyfolly]

ds
14 months
own room (only very recently... was in with me)
breast (still)
3 meals fairly good appetite
wakes x 2 at least for feed in the night... better now in own room though
has slept through only on two occassions ever!!!! yawn!
6:30 bedtime (is exhausted by then!)
routine... tea about 4:30 then bath if having one, bit of play, get changed brush teeth, go round house close all curtains saying 'time for bed now', boob...both sides, and then i sing twinkle twinkle little star a few times and hey presto..... sleep!!! then go round house open all curtains again and turn phone off!
wakes 6am to 6:30 am.

[DollyP]

DD
15 months
Bedroom? (own room, share with sibling, share with parents)
cot
Breast (and bottles of cow's milk in day when I am at work)
Solids - copious
Sleep through? What's that then?
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? Still waiting....
Bed time? 7pm
Bedtime routine? Nappy, milk, story, face wash, teeth clean, sing song, cot.
wake up time? 6-7am

[DollyP]

Sorry DD has her own room.

[DollyP]

Like callisto, we do morning baths... her head gets very sweaty and it's easier to send her off to nursery nice nad fresh

[TheBlonde]

DS 17 mths
Own room, cot
Breast, bottle & solids
currently 50% chance of waking up before midnight for milk
3 mths
7pm
bath, milk, bed
7am

[navyblue]

DD1

Age 3
Bedroom? own room
Bed? toddler bed
Breast or bottle neither (breast til 2.5)
Solids obviously yes
Sleep through yes, but maybe 1 night in 3 she'll have a bit of a whimper and need quick reassurance
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? 1.8
Bed time? 8.30
Bedtime routine? bath, story with dd2
wake up time? 7.30ish

DD2

Age 14 months
Bedroom? own room for first half of night, then comes into our bed
Bed? cot
Breast or bottle? breast
Solids? 3 good meals
Sleep through? usually wakes 2 or 3 times at least. Will go til 5am on a good night.
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? n/a
Bed time? 8.30ish
Bedtime routine? Bath, story with dd1, breastfeed
wake up time? 8am

[bramblina]

DS/DD? ds
Age? 11 months
Bedroom? own room
Bed? cotbed
Breast or bottle? breast
Solids? 3 good meals plus snack mid aft. Lunch and dinner are followed by pudding
Sleep through? usually, sometimes wakes once for feed then straight back down- about once a week
at what age did he/she start sleeping through? first time was at 8 wks for 3 nights then regularly at 4 1/2 months
Bed time? We aim for 7.30pm but each day is quite different
Bedtime routine? bath, breastfeed, 8oz cows milk, bed
wake up time? Usually between 7.45-8.45 but again each day is very different (depends if he's slept through)

[nooka]

My two are probably a bit old for this, but I like quizzes

ds, aged 7
Sleeps with dd (since she was a year, own room before that)
Bed (after cot bed broke!)
Breast to six months, then bottle
solids from 4 mths, he's a very healthy eater
slept through from about 4mths, I think
Bed time at about 7.30
Used to have religious routine (bath, book, bed)
Now a bit more flexible, bath/shower every other night, books, story tapes, music depending on mood
I wake him at 7.30 for school. He's started getting up at about 7ish at the week end to watch TV, but has been known to sleep past 8am.

dd aged 5 1/2
Sleeps with ds (since she was a year, she slept in our room before that, and we slept on the sitting room floor)
Bed (after she grew out of her cot)
Breast until 3 mths, then bottle
Solids from about 4 mths, has been very picky about food din the past but getting much better
Slept through from about 4 mths, but was difficult to get to sleep for ages
She's usually up first at about 7ish.
Same bed time routine as ds.