I started out breastfeeding my son and thus co-sleeping with him. Now, I've weened him and my husband and I feel that (even though we love our son to pieces) we want our bed back. I used a snuggle nest in our bed and I've moved it to our playpen/bassinet at the foot of our bed so there's a feeling of familiarity. But, I find myself still having to soothe him at night. How can I teach him to soothe himself? I know it's a bit early but I really want to try and start getting him to sleep through the night.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
I saw a show where the parents had the same dilema. To break their child, the mother would lay on the floor next to the crib (in his own room of course) until he got tired and fell asleep. Each night, she would move closer to the door. Eventually the baby learned to sleep without mommy or daddy nearby.
M.,
Yea I agree with the other two. I did the same thing with my son. I just let him be in his crib, and if he would start fussing I would wait, cause other than that, he got the impression, oh if I cry she will come get me, and I didn't want that..
Good Luck.
Hi M.! Our daughter slept in our bed until 6 months. I am a teacher and worked from the time she was 3 months until then. We put her in her room cold turkey and it worked! We had about 2 rough nights but then she went to sleeping 12 hours! Before that she was up 4 times a night for feedings. It was so hard but in the end it was worth it since we all starting getting much better sleep. I hope this helps! Good luck!
C.
Move him to his room � it will probably be harder on you than on him. Then I use to time myself at night. If my kids would start fussing, leave them be for at least 5 min. � work your way up to 10 before you go to his side. You have to have a clock and really time it because 5 min. is an eternity when your baby is crying, I was usually standing up pacing by 2 min. But it worked. My son, once he was older, also needed me to yell �go back to sleep, mommy is right here� from my bed and he would stop crying and go right back to sleep. --- but this technique just made my daughter cry harder. Good luck finding what works for you.
