My youngest son is 3 and I have co slept with both my boys. My oldest moved into his own bed when my youngest was born, maybe a lil before then. We were able to share a full size bed as Dad works nights. I have been trying to get my youngest to sleep by himself in his twin bed. He will fall asleep and sleep for about 4 hours then he comes and finds me. Do you have any suggestions on how to get him to sleep all night in his own bed? We are expecting our 3rd in november, and I am going to need him in his own bed all night. Thanks soooo much!
Ummm....I didn't get my DD into her own room until she was 5. And DD2 was great sleeping in her room until the past couple months...now she's with me after about 3 hours every night because she has really bad, vivid nightmares with the medcication she's on. Oh well :)
Your DS is younger than my daughter, but we made a big deal out of her getting her own room instead of sharing with her sister. I'm pretty sure that's the only reason it worked. And then to get her to sleep down there, she earned money. She really wanted an MP3 player, so I gave her a dollar every night she slept down there all night. She had to buy a case and then she was done earning the money but was still expected to sleep down there with one night a week of her choosing to come to my room. It worked pretty well. But again, she was older. When she was little, it did work well to just take her back to her room, tuck her in with a kiss and tell her "this is where you sleep. Good night, I love you." If I was consistent it worked pretty well around 2-3....but I was too damn tired with her and either being preggo or with the newborn....so she just stayed with us :)
I sort of have the same problem as I too have a soon to be 3 year old who will come into my room late at night to sleep with me. However, I am single & don't anticipate sharing a bed with a man for quite a while so I won't have to worry about getting my DS to sleep in his own bed. Besides- with DS being the youngest of 5 I really don't mind him being in my bed. Plus the dog is there anyway & DS loves to cuddle with the dog! lol
How's your kid's first day/week of daycare or preschool? Please share! :)
- mommylang
on May. 9, 2012 at 11:57 AM