Help Getting 2 Year Old to Sleep in His Own Bed.

My first born also slept with us much of the time and was in our room by necessity being in a l bedroom apartment at the time. When we did move to a house we first bought him a toddler bed which we put next to our bed for a few weeks. We then moved his bed down the hall to his own room. We gave him stuffed animals to sleep with and he had special blankets. I do remember laying next to him while he fell asleep for awhile but then we just transitioned to letting him fall asleep on his own. I hope this helps everyone is different maybe since he likes playing with your hair you could get him a stuffed animal that has hair like a pony with mane or something. I know it won't be exactly the same but if they have a lovey or object that can pacify them when mom isn't close by it is helpful.

Anyway good luck

I've goen through the "bed weanign" process as well, one thing that i did was to let my daughter fall asleep with me and then transfer her to her own bed. With my first daughter she would then sleep all night long and get back into bed with me at 6:30 or 7:00 so it worked great. My secodn child was sneakier and would climb back into bed with me at 3:00 AM sometimes! I have tried the sleeping bag on my bedroom floor trick with limited success, sometimes your child really wants to cuddle, but you can say "OK, we'll cuddle for 10 minutes and then you go back to your big kid bed." Occasionally I have found that night time wakenings are because the child is getting sick or just needs to be taken to the potty and once they are taken care of they will go back to their own bed. Good luck with bed weaning!

My babies all co-slept with me and my husband and it was great for all of us! When we were ready to move them out of our bed, we got them excited about their own bed (big boy beds oh boy!) and then slowly transitioned them. We often would let them fall asleep in our bed and then moved them into theirs so they would wake up there. Then we'd lie in their bed so they got used to falling asleep there. Gradually, we'd start leaving before they were asleep, and finally it just took and snuggle and tuck-in. It takes a while, but that also goes along with their developmental stages. Just be super patient and give him the extra lovies in the day!

Hi, B.. Since you haven't actually conceived yet, you have plenty of time. :) Some ideas that worked for my kids (4) include: letting him fall asleep in your bed, then move him; make him a bed on your floor so if he wakes at night you are close; let him sleep in his own room, but have a sleeping bag on your floor so if he comes in at night he can crawl into a bed without waking you. All of our children started in our bed, and they all sleep well on their own now. My three year old, just three days ago, announced he was sleeping in his brother's room--and he has, all night each night. Prior to this, he had a bed on the floor next to me. Children absolutely move on when given the opportunity. Good luck!

Hi B.,
I saw a sleep expert once say that you should go to the store and buy a "mommy bear". (I would probably do something really really soft, like your hair.) Do everything you can with it, let the bear help you cook, clean, (they even said let it help you drive??), meanwhile calling it the mommy bear. Then, you should let your son pick out one of your shirts and put it on the bear. Next, explain to him that it's a mommy bear that will be there for him in the night to help him sleep. I would really reinforce that the bear stays in his room at night. I hope that this helps. I know that it's hard when nobody sleeps!! Tell your husband "THANK YOU" for defending our freedoms. We really appreciate him. :)
God Bless,
H.

I started cosleeping with my first when she was 2 months old and my second as soon as he was born. They were just too hard to put to sleep at night and I was getting NO sleep. My daughter is 3 1/2 and sleeps in her own bed.

She had a big change coming - preschool - that she was totally excited about. I told her that she would not be able to go to preschool if she wasn't sleeping in her own bed. It took a few nights of reinforcement, but worked.

We changed the bedtime routine a bit, but she sleeps in her bed all night about 5 nights a week. The other nights, if I feel her crawl in bed, I get up and put her back in hers.

I think it just took communication and understanding on her part to work for us! Good luck!
J.