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co-sleeping (if any) mamas?
**I never planned on co-sleeping, I just started to save my sanity. In fact I always said my child will NEVER sleep with me...and then I had one. 
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KR has been co-sleeping with us since he was 8 months. I kept trying to do cry it out but he would cry for 2 hours...a mama just can't take that. So Ryan decided screw it, we will actually get some sleep if he sleeps with us. So he did.
It's not horrible, but the issue is that now at daycare, he can't sleep alone for naps. Daycare has to put him in a swing (that he's too big (heavy) for so he can see everyone to fall asleep. He screams bloody murder when he is put in a pack n' play at daycare.
So I started trying to break him in, by buying a pack n' play, putting it right next to my bed.
Armageddon happened last night at my house.
I was literally RIGHT THERE talking ("Mommy and Daddy love you very much, but it's time to go to bed") to him, rubbing his tummy, back, putting him back on his back after he would stand up(and try to host himself out) while he cried for 45 minutes. I finally gave in and put him in my bed. He laid as still as possible almost as if "If I don't move mama won't put me back in there"
Help me. I've tried putting him in his crib in his room but gave in after he fell and hit his head on the crib rails.
Re: co-sleeping (if any) mamas?
I went through the exact same thing (including her not sleeping at daycare). The only thing that worked was cry it out.
You have to be strong and stay consistent. Set up a bedtime routine and follow it every night. For example, we do bottle, brush teeth, story, turn twighlight turtle on, and then into the crib she goes.
The first few nights are brutal, but so worth it. What helped me get through it was that I was doing it for her, not me (although I enjoy the fact she sleeps through the night now). It is very important that he learns to put himself to sleep or else you will be setting him up to be a poor sleeper for life.
Good luck! I'm here for moral support if you need it!
I'm not a mom... and I hate to butt in but I really admire that you girls put up with the hours of screaming. I think that if the child knows that eventually mom will give in, he/she will just keep crying but after one or two nights of learning that mom isn't going to give in... it'll become a learned behavior...
Just my humble two cents.