Ldowson

Hi - take a look at the Lindam website. I've found their pressure fit stairgates are great (though best if you can leave them in situ, and not take them up/down frequently). I think they have a narrow fit gate that could do the trick.

Hi All, Our 9 month old is wearing us out! For the past 5 months - ever since he started teething - he has woken 5+ times a night. We've got a good evening routine and he goes down by 7.30 in his own cot without much trouble. He usually has a good first stretch and then wakes every hour to 2 hours until about 5.30 until he settles into calm sleep until 7.30 am. Though our 3 1/2 year old is up by 6am, so we don't benefit much from that. He's been teething non-stop. Current count is 6, but 2 more are on the way. I'm still breastfeeding and he doesn't take a bottle. We co-slept initially and he still ends up in our bed or one of our 'musical mattresses' with me at some point during the night. Any/all ideas and tips much appreciated!

Thanks everyone for your ideas. It's so nice to hear others go through this too! We've taken little red riding hood and the billy goat gruff back to the library today and hope this calms things down. Lots of cute non-scary stories from now on.

Hello I don't know whether anyone will be able to give me advice on this, although I imagine many will relate! Since my son turned 3 in December he has been waking screaming for me every night without fail. The only way to soothe him is to bring him into bed with us. Sometimes he then stays awake for an hour or 2 but often he just drops back to sleep. The only problem is he is very wriggly and pretty big too so our sleep is awful. Plus, we have a 4 month old baby sharing the space as well. My son says that he s scared of lions biting him, monsters and men coming to get him in the dark. And I have to say his fear seems genuine - last time I tried to put him to bed in his own room he was actually shaking. Poor sweetie. I've tried: giving him a torch which beams a giraffe face to get rid of the monsters telling him all our doors and windows are monster proof (he was interested in this) a good nightlight It's possible to go and sit by his bed until he goes back to sleep, quite fast usually, but often he will wake again an hour later until he gets into our bed. Friends with similar problems have put mattresses on the floor and go off to sleep in the kids room. This would be a last resort for us! I really like my bed and sleeping with other half. Any new and genius ideas or advice gratefully appreciated. Thanks Laura