It Is Time to End 'Co-sleeping' Dumdumdummm

It took me two weeks of feeling like the worst momma ever and not getting much sleep ( and my little one was 3!!!)
Two weeks of picking him up and putting him back in his bed, no talking no negotiating...it was the HARDEST thing I ever had to do. I even had a baby gate across his door, but I would not close the door. Even when he would climb over the gate or end up asleep on the floor.
Two weeks...you can do it!!! Be strong!
( This was with my first born...I did not co-sleep with the other two because this was such a traumatic experience for me! )

Here's what I would do. Move the crib back into her room. Explain to her that she's a big girl now and this is where big girls sleep, no exceptions. She can either freak out or not it's her decision but either way she's sleeping in her room. Put a night light so you know she won't be scared then let her cry. Yes she will freak out because she knows it works in getting you to get her. If she pukes clean her up, put her back in bed. Let her cry more. At her age crying won't hurt her and once she figures out it doesn't work she'll stop. She's smart enough to figure out what's going on while she won't like it you can definitely get through it! I guarantee you maybe 2-3 nights of crying and she'll be over it.. and you'll have your bed and sex life back :) Stay strong mama!

Get rid of the toddler bed completely.
Put the crib back in her room.
Do a set nighttime routine. Put her in her crib, not thirsty, teeth brushed, dry diaper & jammies. Play some soft music for her (on repeat) in her room.
Do the routine of check after 5 mins, 10 mins, 15 mins, etc.
It will be about 3 nights of hell, but it will work.

She's playin' ya mama!
Stand tough.
You will be doing her a great service by teaching her to sleep in her room. And everyone will be all the happier in the long run. :)
Leave her in her crib (as long as she's not climbing out) until she's 3.
Good luck!

My typical advice has proven to back fire on me here lately...We did the move from the bed to the floor and then closer out the door in about a two weeks process. My three year old is not having any of it now.

Stick your guns and in a few weeks she will not think twice about it. I cant say that is ''Great'' advice. but that is all I got for an answer....I am hoping you get good responses...so , I can try something else.

Put her mattress on the floor.

Kids this age, do not have fully developed impulse-control.

Take things out of her room, that are over stimulating.
Make her room 'boring.'

Make the room DARK.

Put on white noise.

Put a chair in the room... and maybe you can sit there, as she winds down and falls asleep.
Hence it being a transition, from you laying next to her etc.

Let her wind-down BEFORE nap/bedtime.
And to key down. BEFORE bed.

take her crib, OUT of her room. And dismantle it.

Or maybe, she is not ready for a bed and should still be in her crib.

My son was in his crib and slept WELL in it, even when he was 3 years old. He LOVED his crib. Then one day HE told us, he wanted to be in a bed. So we did. And he slept well there. He was ready.

We tried at that age to break the co sleeping cycle too! After 3 night mare months we decided to hold off until he was closer to 5. When we move to our new place this summer we will start again, it's a rough road but we enjoy the co sleeping once we realized how well we all sleep.

I decided I was tired or co-sleeping. So I pretended to be asleep one day. I flopped my arm over her. I nudged her with my knee. I was a complete bed hog. She got MAD. She flounced out of the room and said she was sleeping in her own bed. Rarely comes and sleeps with me. If she does to often, I do the bed hog routine again. Works like a charm.

Good luck!

I would take a break from this for a while. She is obviously aware that you are trying to change her sleeping routine and she just doesn't seem ready for it.

Do you have an extra bed you or your partner could sleep in for a while? I always have to remind myself that nothing with kids is ever permanent. When my daughter was around 3 we put her toddler bed next to ours and after she fell asleep in our bed ( a nice relaxed sleep) we would move her to her toddler bed. She would sleep in it for a few hours and then want to be with us again. Eventually she lasted all night in it. After 6 months we transfered her to her own room and that took another few months of her sleeping in there all night. My poor hubby carried that toddler bed back and forth so many times in the middle of the night :) but we were really committed to making bedtime and nightime a non stressful event for all of us. Good luck!

When my daughter reached this stage, I had her snuggled tight against me with her head in the crook of my shoulder and my arm as far across her upper body as possible. The kicking and moving about ended quickly once she realized it meant being so snug with Mommy.

She'll be 6 y/o in Sept and we are finally transitioning her to her own bed in another room.

Our daughter was a puker too. So sorry and good luck.

No crib take it down. In order for her to sleep its either her bed or ur floor. Don't let her in ur bed but put he on the floor next to you. Good luck

Ok. Deep breath. It will be ok. :)
When my DD turned 2, I was done. She had this horrible habit of running her feet up and down my legs to get warm and I could not stand it!
So took the crib mattress out of the never used crib and put it on the floor next to my side of the bed, nice and cozy.
Then I took some soft (king sized) pillows and made the toddler mattress a little more like the soft "big bed" (as it's called in our house).
(And used a twin sized fitted sheet over top of that.)
She also had one of those glowing bears-not sure if they can be found anymore...that thing has been a gift from above.

Did she like it? No. She is a cuddler. But did she finally stay there? YES!!!

It took much wailing/whining and many times I had to put her back in her bed-I'm not gonna lie...but she DID get it.

And then my DH invited her back once winter set in...*smacks hand on head*. ;)

She did eventually move into her own room.
We will take the same route for DS when the time comes. :)

HTH!

We have never cosplept, but my sister does with her kids. If you think you are really ready, I would imagine that you need to follow some sort of sleep training system. We did the Dr. Weislbuth and our son is a great sleeper. I know that Supernanny also has a good way of helping with this. I agree with a PP...if you are ready to do it, then you NEED TO BE CONSISTENT. It might be hard for the first few nights, but she will get there. Good luck!