Do they become less sleep sensitive as toddlers?

[julieb]

My 11 mo DS is very touchy when it comes to his sleep.  All conditions have to be JUST RIGHT in order for him to sleep well.  We have a very dark room, sound machine, luvies, etc, etc, etc.  We tiptoe around his room and refrain from turning on any lights so they don't show under the door crack or a/c vent!  :lol:   We're crazy!!  :lol:   All in the name of sleep!

Lately he seems to have become even more sensitive to sounds.  He been woken by DH's morning shower twice in a row.  This has happened in the past too.  I'm about ready to make DH shower in the other bathroom! 

Will this ever end?  Do they get easier in sleep as toddlers?

[kim&savannah]

I also have a very sensitive DD who has never been a great sleeper, but I can say that over the last 6 months or so (she's 18 months now), she has started to sleep better and sleep through noises that would have woken her for sure before.  I think they do start to sleep deeper, although it probably still depends on what stage of sleep they are in when the noise happens. 

~Kim

[Stacie:Emma&Josh Mom]

My dd's sleep patterns also changed randomly when it came to wakings due to noise.  She'd got through a couple of weeks of waking to dh's showers and then sleep through them again.  Hang in there!  Just when you get used to it, it will change...

[Kitsmom]

Good news ladies.  My dd was a very VERY light sleeper.  My husband and I wouldn't flush the toilet when she was sleeping.  We also opened soda cans outside and coughed and sneezed into pillows. :roll:   

I noticed that her sleep got deeper when she was around 16-18 months.  Now she sleeps through any normal noise.  Thank heaven that my son sleeps deeper. 

[Tonya]

Kitsmom - don't feel badly, we did ALL of those things!!!

And heaven forbid should dh open the drawer in the fridge that stuck and was loud - he got b!tched out by me, AFTER I pulled him into the garage!!! :shock: lol

Oh well, the things you do!!!  I certainly won't be doing that with the next one!!  I'll just use white noise (a fan!) from the start!!

Normal noise sleeping happened around a year at my house.  Really, everything seemed to get better around a year!!!  (sleep-wise).

[Mom to M&M]

I can't answer if it gets better as DD is only 5 months old. She sleeps through almost anything from 8pm -midnight - including loud sirens (we live in NYC). But come 2-3 am (and during naps) and all bets are off. Some mornings I swear she even hears DH's alarm at 5:30 am - which isn't physically possible.