My son will be 3 next month and he's always been a great sleeper until reciently. He still takes great naps and will sleep all night, most of the time, but he's starting to want to sleep with me. He doesn't like dad in bed with me, and if dad is in bed he's got to sleep between us. My husband is gone 3 nights out of the week and last week he had to sleep with me every night. I told him every day when dad came home he was going to sleep in his room and he seemedok with that. Last night he came into our room at 1am (he was in his room first and had no problem going down) and crawled into bed with us after hitting DH in the face and telling him no, mommy's bed. I wasn't awake for all of this and I had no idea what was going on, I just felt him curl up next to me.
Why is he acting like this all of a sudden? He's always been so easy to put to bed but now he always wants "mommy hugs" until he falls asleep. I tried to ignore him tonight but he just kept crying and crying so I went and rocked him to sleep. Dh tried to comfort him and he would tell him no, only mommy.
What do I do? I can't have this every night!
For us, it was because he didn't like any attention taken away from him (even if it was his dad I was paying attention to). Around this age is when they start testing rules and that may also be what it is.
Try a "fun" bedtime routine for nights your husband is home so the two of them can bond a little more instead of being in competition to be next to you at night. And have dad tell him how cool he is for sleeping in his own bed too :) boys like hearing they're cool. It may take a while, but it won't last forever. Hope this helps!
~hugs mamma~ I'm going through the same thing right now. I guess you can just enjoy the affection. I sure do!
you can either enjoy it while he is little and still wants to cuddle with you. lol or you can just continue putting him in bed every time he comes into your room. good luck!
Don't get me wrong, I love that he wants mommy but I don't want him to be like my SD and wants to sleep with us at 11. I'm afraid of that happening with him. He is allowed to sleep with me me when DH isn't home but not when he is.
Quoting .Angelica.:you can either enjoy it while he is little and still wants to cuddle with you. lol or you can just continue putting him in bed every time he comes into your room. good luck!
He won't let me read to him -Edit
- kris1stbaby
on Aug. 26, 2012 at 1:20 AM