Sleeping in His Own Bed - Guyton,GA

I saw something about this on a show one time they had a doctor on there and this is what they told him to do.

on the first couple of nights sit in a chair next to his bed until he falls asleep. after that just start moving your chair closer to the door eventually you will be sitting outside of his room and hopefully he will be use to sleeping in his on bed with out you.

I don't know how well this works I have never had this problem but it is worth a shot
Good luck

we had a little trouble with this with my daughter we started a sticker chart if she could stay in bed all night she got a sticker on her chart. she loved stickers and loved putting them on her chart, when she got a sticker we praised her and made a huge deal out of it , and we would keep reminding her that if she stayed in bed shed get sticker on her chart. if she filled up her chart shed get someting special. and we had a routine, bath , story in the rocker, cuddle time , prayers goodnight. she also had music on constant repeat.

I refuse to sleep in the same bed as my child simply because my baby boy can take up some major space, making my sleep uncomfortable.

At first his crib was in my room and while he was still breast feeding, I would lay on the bed and feed him if I was tried and sometimes I would fall asleep and as he got bigger he would drink from a bottle I would leave him in his crib but he would always wake up and want me, my doctor told me to ignore it, that Jaxon (my son) needed to learn that night time is sleep time and mommy will not play with you until the sun comes up. After a week of this (maybe less) he was learning, not to long after that I moved out of his room and he got a toddler bed, which was easier to get out of, thank god he did not know how to open doors, and me being out of the room was different and scary to him, so every night I would play in his room with him and read stories and leave his drink with him and lay him in bed tuck him in give him a kiss and say goodnight I’ll see you in the morning, the moment I shut the door he started to cry, and some nights it took an hour, he would get up and throw his pillow on the floor and lay on it and cover himself with his blanket, I would return to his room when I knew he was passed out, and put him back in his bed, after a week he was use to it and now he is two and night time is easy for me, and sometimes he’ll still cry but only for a minute or two.

If you can’t stand hearing him cry go to the other end of the house and wait it out.

I hope this example helped

Go get the book "THE SLEEP BOOK" by Dr. Sears. He is not only a wonderful Doctor, but he also has 8 children of his own! I read that book and it helped me understand a lot of why and how children fall asleep. Or if you want to skip it try creating a "safe bed" on the floor at the end of the bed. Teach him to tip toe into the room and not wake mommy. This way he can start out in his bed and if he gets scared at night he doesn't feel like he is being forbidden from entering your room. Plus, you don't wake up and everyone is happy. Good luck!

L.

Hi A.,
My 3 yr old son has slept with me & my hubby for almost two years until recently. My husband actually had the idea that got him out of our bed. We moved his toddler bed and his lamp into our room. For the first week we didn't really do anything except talk about the bed and about sleeping in it. Then we started to put him in his bed every other night. Finally he was sleeping in it every night. After about a month we put his bed back in his room and now we don't have any problems with him sleeping in his bed. He of course has 3 nightlights and sometimes we turn the hall light on for him, but we have our bed back. It takes patience and a couple of months to see this though, but it worked for us. Good luck!

Hi A., The best advice I can give you is routine, routine, routine. Do the same things everynight. It may take about 3-4 weeks and you need to outlast the crying. That makes it worse when you give in to him. Mine will cry and kick and scream for about 20 minutes and then say 'mommy I am ready to come out of my room now'. Meanwhile I have left and not even looked at him while he is crying. The next thing is to give him something of comfort like a stuffed animal or blankit that reminds him that you are there. And then when he gets up at night, take him IMMEDIATLEY back to his bed before he gets good and awake. I tjust takes longer if you dont do it immediately. Someone passed a book my way called Helping your child sleep through the night by Joanne Cuthbertson and Susie Schevill. It has worked for us and our 3 year old does not get up until 730 every morning. We have been doing it for about 3 weeks now. It works.
K. S
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