my husband is having surgery in December and we have to get our little one out of our bed. She is 20 months old and except for the first 5 months in the bassinet she has always slept between us. Didnt plan on being co-sleepers, but with the extended nursing and the warm snugglyness...
Get a toddler bed or toddler sized mattress and put it in your room beside your bed ~ that way she'll still be close so you both feel more secure! :)
You can start moving the toddler bed farther & farther away from your bed slowly if you want to get her to her own room, but I would not just expect her to leave your nice, safe, warm, comfy arms to be in a big scary bedroom by herself.
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Good luck!
R.,
Hello! This will most likely not be a smooth transistion. As I am sure you have figured. There are many ways you could try it. When we broke our daughters of sleeping with us, for the first few nights, I would let them fall asleep in my bed, and move them to their bed. This way, they were waking up there and becoming familiar with it. After a few nights of that, I laid with them for a little while in their beds. The idea someone left of having a toddler bed in your room is a great idea. I would lay with her there for a little while so that she knows its safe and okay. Eventually, try putting her to bed by herself. I hope it goes well for you, as it did for me. It took about 2 weeks for our girls to even consider laying by themselves, but after that, they were fine.
Good luck with everything!
try getting her a " big girl bed" and put it in her room. Get a bed gid enough for you to sleep next to her in her room ( well, just until she falls asleep) then you can go back to your own room. When my son was 2 we got him a bed , but ti was so small thnat the two of us couldnt fit comfortly on it, i would recommend getting a full or a queen..that way you can lay next to her everynight until she falls asleep
Put him in a crib, night light, music, story, the works, then let him cry a few nights (2-4). I bet you in less than a week he will no longer cry and you will be free. You are doing everyone good.
Take her out of your bed slowly. Maybe make a bed for her in a corner of the room. Offer her bears to sleep with, read to her a nite light helps singing to sooth her and reminder that shes a big girl and big girls sleep on their own bed, but mommy is a few steps away in case she needs you. I do it like a routine to my son every night and he has been sleeping in his room since he was 11 months.
