Hi fellow IM's, please help!
My son is 2.5 years (only child) and has been sleeping in a toddler bed for about 4 months now. For the past 6 weeks he has been continuously getting out of bed and wanting to sleep with my husband andni in our bed. If we get him to sleep in his bed he will wake before midnight and come in our bed. It's getting to the point where either my husband or I have to sleep in the spare bed as there isn't enough room with the 3 of us.
When I ask my son why he won't sleep in his bed his answer is " because I need you". I work 4 days a week and he is in daycare and with his grandparents on the day I work.
Can anyone offer advice on how to get him to sleep and stay in his own bed?
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if he tries to get in your bed you take him back to his bed. They eventually get the hint
He's trying desperately to reconnect with you. When you're at home after work/daycare, what happens? Cook dinner, bath, story, bed? Does he get much time to reconnect with you and hubby? If your house is anything like ours, probably not. When can he find you and gain your undivided attention? Nighttime, in bed. Can you work on carving out some special time with him of an afternoon/evening before bed (not in his room or yours). Cuddles on the couch, talk about your day. Talk to him. Read to him. See if that helps. If he feels connected to you he might find sleeping in his own bed better? Or perhaps you could make him up a bed on the floor in your room? He can come in and sleep there near you but not in your bed?
My daughter is 3 and a half she's only just started sleeping in her own bed. How we did it was put her in her bed and lay down with her till she's asleep. She kept coming in so we'd put her back on her own bed. Now we've finally got her to the point she's sleeping through the night in her own bed! Yay.
Ps we co slept for the first 2 years its a hard habit to break but totally doable