Sleeping on There Own

Make it transitional. Start by shifting her into her bed once she's asleep
in your bed.
Make sure her door is open, your door is open, her bed's not to high up &
she has a night light.
Be listening for her.
Don't be surprised if she tries wakes up & calls for you.
Not sure how old she is. If she's older like 3 then you can start advising
her during the day by telling her she's such a big girl now so she got a
big girl bed, etc!!!

M.:

Welcome to mamapedia!

how do you get a child to start sleeping in their own bed? By putting them there.

I realize many people co-sleep, however, since your daughter has been in your bed since day one, she will need adjustment time. I would start having her nap there during the day. Then start putting her in there at night, stay near her until she falls asleep.

My husband would NOT allow co-sleeping. he said "this is our bed"...we had some tiffs over it - but overall? I'm glad that we didn't do it. We never had this problem.

Good luck!

I like Jay Gordon's advice on these topics:
http://drjaygordon.com/attachment/gentletranstition.html

She is used to having you there so you need to take steps. first see if you can get her to sleep in her own bed next to your bed, then move her bed into her room but one of you stay with her, and then finally get her all on her own. I can not say for sure this will work, I moved my kids at 3 months, and being so young we had very few transition problems. I imagine once you start leaving her alone you will have few nights were she gets up and wakes you, I would just put her back to bed each time, but it will make for some long nights to be sure! best of luck!

I can only relate how we transitioned our two kids, which started when they started to roll (around 4-5 months). My two were very different because of living arrangements, but the philosophy was the same.

For both kids, I had the crib set up in their room and a separate bed (cradle or mini crib) in my room, and neither ever napped in my bed unless I was napping with them. I started with daytime naps, and when they slept relatively well, they started the night in their crib in their room. This happened around 1 year, and while they nursed during the night, I would pull them into my bed when they'd wake to eat and leave them in bed with me.

Around 15-16 months, I started putting them back in their crib after they nursed, and I did this until I night-weaned between 18-20 months.

That being said, my 6.5yo son still crawls into bed with Daddy in the middle of each night and sleeps with him on the weekends. My 3.5yo daughter typically ends up in my bed around 5ish. It's very understandable and natural for a child to want to sleep with someone. After all, don't adults sleep with someone (usually)?