She Doen't like Her Bed

If she will fall asleep anywhere but her crib, why not consider taking the crib out all together & putting some comforters down on the floor for padding & gate the door?? You'd have to childproof any dressers & such, but my friend's kids did this at their grandparents at around the same age. At home, they were sleeping in twin mattresses on the floor by 18 months & off the floor by 2. Why does sleeping always have to be such an issue?! Good Luck!

I have a 2 and 3 yr old and with my son I would never let him cry it out and he is now almost 4 and just now sleeping throgh the night! So with my daughter at 14 mos we moved her to her own crib and I tried where you stay in the room and that didn't work so we decided to let her cry it out. AT this point I was so exhausted and need to teach her to sleep so I could finally sleep and it was hard but a week later she was sleeping better than my son at the time! The docotrs even told me ,et them cry it out it hard but it works. Mine are 16 mos apart and my daughter was breat fed till 20 mos and before we moved her to her crib she wanted to be fed every few hours like a baby so I was so tired!

My kid never could cry himself to sleep either. We never had nightlights on since it overstimulated him. We had a remote control battery operated mobile and turned it off as we snuck out the door. But he slept in his crib until 14 months old. Then we took it down, moved out of state, he slept on mattress on the ground, then we moved and then he slept in twin bed by himself. But after he turned 18 months old, night terrors started, my husband couldn't sleep very well, he tends to shift in bed a lot when I can sleep in one or two positions the whole night, so he moved out of my room, and my kid moved in. He's 3.5 y.o. now and unless he passes out on the floor/couch, then he gets picked up and moved back to his own bedroom. But otherwise, he's sleeping with me. I think if he eats a lot of carbs - bread, pasta, etc before he goes to bed, then he stays in bed all night. But if he doesn't eat well, or overstimulates from watching too much tv at night, then he won't sleep at all.

what if you make it a toddler bed? My two year old doesn't like sleeping in her toddler bed but she will sleep on the floor on her mattress.. then she sleeps just fine. just put a baby gate up in case she wakes up..

Hello T.
I had a VERY hard time letting my child "cry it out". But I finally made myself stay out of her room all together. I sat right outside the door the whole time and The "cry it out" method finally worked it took 3 nights (first night she cried for 3 hours. then the next 1 1/2, then cut down to where she just laid downand go to sleep) and I have not had a problem with her sleeping in her bed since then . She is now almost 6. And I felt that because she slept good in her bed at night that she was allowed to sleep anywhere she wanted during the day(which was usually in my bed). STart a routine with her. Sit down with her in HER room and maybe put lotion on her, read a book, then put her to bed. And do that every night. She will learn to what to expect every night.
GOOD LUCK

We co-sleep at our house. When my son was about six months old we started letting him sleep in our bed. The rest is history, he co-slept with us until he was three and a half. We never used our crib and when our daughter came along we tried to put her in the crib, but it did not work. We co-slept with both of our children in bed with us and finally when my daughter turned two we got her a twin bed and now both kids sleep in their own beds, in their own rooms. We never wanted to co-sleep, but it is what ended up working the best for us. They are only little once and in a few years they might not want to cuddle up with you and sleep. My husband and I have no regrets and have really close bonds with both of our children.

If your husband and you are ok with it why not co-sleep? We took one side off of the crib and scooted it up next to our bed. It worked great. We did that until she was 18 months and then put her into a toddler bed.
R.

I used the cry it out method with my son and it worked beautifully (I started when he was 5 weeks old and my he never cried for 3 hours, though). Since that doesn't seem to be working for you, there is a book that I've heard of called the "No Cry Sleep Solution." I've never read it but I've heard good things about it. You might want to check it out. You can probably get it at the library.

Good luck!
B.