This cosleeping is bs

tiff-n-nick

Owen has been sleeping in our bed since he got his tonsils out, a bad habit we started because we felt bad for him. I have been kicked, head butted, smacked, punched, screamed at, and pushed, all by a toddler during the night. 

I have had enough! 

Any advice in getting him back in his own fire truck bed? 

sroby

I have the same problem, except it's a 6m old that cries like you wouldn't believe when he's put in his crib.  You would think the crib is some torture chamber or something.  Mama needs her sleep.

Hey, I have an idea- let's make our husbands deal with this.  ;-)

luvjon

We go through this from time to time, my challenge right now is her wanting me to lay with her until she falls asleep.  I don't have time for that!  But anyways, when she was wandering into our bed, we immediately put her back into her room.  It took several times a night to get her to finally fall asleep in her bed and even then we'd wake up realizing she had snuck into our bed.  But consistency is key.  It's hard when you are tired, but putting him back in his bed repeatedly is the best thing you can do.  Co-sleeping is exhausting, I don't know who people actually like it!

NebraskaBride06

tiff-n-nick:

Owen has been sleeping in our bed since he got his tonsils out, a bad habit we started because we felt bad for him. I have been kicked, head butted, smacked, punched, screamed at, and pushed, all by a toddler during the night. 

I have had enough! 

Any advice in getting him back in his own fire truck bed? 

I started giving in to C when DH was at work... I had to end that REAL quick because then he was wanting to sleep in there when DH was home too. I only get 1/3 of the bed anyways, which I already share with the dog. Then to have a toddler that is either stealing my pillow or sleeping horizonal = me on the edge of the bed NOT sleeping. I had to go right back to bedtime routine and not even let him have the chance of getting in our bed. I just get very firm with him. He knows that once that bedroom door is closed, he doesn't come out. Some nights he really puts up a fight, but I don't give in. We both sleep a lot better if we're in our own beds  

OxAMYxO

NebraskaBride06:

I had to go right back to bedtime routine and not even let him have the chance of getting in our bed. I just get very firm with him. He knows that once that bedroom door is closed, he doesn't come out. Some nights he really puts up a fight, but I don't give in. We both sleep a lot better if we're in our own beds   

This is exactly what I'd do.  Dude, you gotta nip that in the bud real quick.  He's going to freak out for awhile no doubt, but he'll get used to it again.  Maybe do something to entice him back into his room.   an new sheet/blanket set? 

HawkeyeBride04

We did the whole Sleep Fairy thing when we were getitng Blake to go to sleep in his bed by himself and it worked wonders...got a bunch of target $1 bin items and each morning the sleep fairy would bring him something and lay it on his night stand if he fell asleep by himself and stayed in bed all night- the sleep fairy came for about a month and went from every night to every couple nights, until she sleep fairy quit coming and he kept falling asleep by himself...now he is allowed to read books in bed with his flashlight which he loves and will fall asleep doing that

CoriA

We are having the same issue as Krissy. I had a great sleeper until he fell out of bed and broke his collar bone about a year ago. Now he will NOT go to bed alone. He claims that he is scared of his bed, but he will go down for naps alone in his bed with no problem.

Teresa

I tell them if they want to sleep in our room, they can sleep on the floor next to our bed.  That gets old fast for them.  It's worked well over here.