Do you check on your children at night??

Gingham_Ribbon

I check on them shortly after they've settled down to make sure they're asleep/reading quietly (ie not bouncing around the room) and I check again when I go to bed to make sure they're okay.

I won't do it when they're older - a check to make sure their lights are off will be enough.

ciderwithrosie_2

No, I still check on mine and the youngest is 15 (not every night as I'm sometimes in bed before them). If they've been out drinking (oldest are 20 & 18) then I check to make sure they're not feeling sick/been sick (thankfully they've only come home in this state a couple of times each). My oldest came home at Christmas after his first term at Uni and I was out on a works do, he'd gone to bed by the time I got in - I went in just to look at him as I'd missed him so much, then I could go to bed happy!

Gingham_Ribbon

Greener_Grass wrote: »

My son is 14 months and I don't always check on him, probably on average every second night. I never used to check him until a few months ago, He used to sleep on a movement monitor so I never felt the need as that reassured me. Since I started checking him I am sometimes known for lifting him out of his cot and sitting giving him a cuddle on the chair on his room for 5 mins. I just miss him too much

Just as an aside, as I had a movement monitor and loved it, but it's worth noting that they can't be a substitute for checking on little ones. They don't pick up if the baby is too hot/too cold for example.

As for picking him up to cuddle him, that's adorable. :beer:

liney

I always check DS before I go to bed because he's usually in some weird position with the covers thrown off and then wakes up cold and shouting me to tuck him back in. He is only 5 though.

MadDogWoman_2

Hi,

My DD is three and we lift her for the toilet just before we go to bed. We don't have check on her during the night though as she is in our room and if she wakes up clambers into bed with us.

MDW

Silaqui

My mum used to check on me every night when I was a kid, I've always been a bad sleeper (even if feeling tired) and it takes me hours to get to sleep at night, always has done. Without fail she used to manage to open the door and wake me up when I was just about to drop off - cue another 3 hours of wakefulness.

When I was about 12 I asked her not to and she stopped but she used to listen outside the door because I used to hear her haha.

gratefulforhelp_2

OP what a lucky little boy he is. Of course it doesn't matter if you sometimes wake him up, he'll sleep better knowing you are checking he is ok. How lovely.

chelle230

I always check on my ds before I go to bed, he's 4, he quite often kicks covers off so I cover him back and give him a kiss, he never wakes.
I tend to wake in the night, get a drink, go to the toilet and if I get back in bed without checking again, I can't sleep and have to get up again to go and see him!

floss2

Not since they both grew bigger than me! And TBH, I was usually in bed before them! :rotfl: