Moving 2 YO from Family Bed to His Own Bed

Hello L.. I wish you the best of luck with this challange. With my four-year-old, I put her to bed (she no longer sleeps in her own room, but on the floor next to the baby) and when she wakes up during the night, which she does several times a week, she usually comes into our room and sleeps on the couch. What I did with her when she was younger and climbing into our bed every night was tell her she had to sleep on the floor or go back to her own bed. Just not enough room for all of us.
It can be a challange, but if your pick your plan and stick with it, your little one should be going to sleep on his own in his own room in a matter of weeks. I suggest the Supper Nanny way where you just put them to bed, and when they get up, just walk them back to bed without even saying anything. Best of Luck!

hello L.! ok if your doing the switch then you need to stick to it. dont sleep in his room. he will think you will be there all the time, which isnt good. you can try giving him a shirt of yours so your smell is there. dont let him cme back and forth to your room. your bed will become the kids bed. my daughter sleeps in a bed bed and goes to bed find, in the morning cmes to our room . which i dont think is that bad. of course its not great but it works. i think you and your son would be ok with it. good luck!

Is it possible for him to share a room with his brother, it was the only way my boys would sleep after my youngest left my bed, but it made the transition pretty easy. other than that jsut expect him to be back and forth a lot like you said and do wahtever works best for you, it could take awhile but he'll come around.

Good Luck getting him to slee in his own bed at night. When he cries at night, I would not bring him back to your bed because that will only prolong the process, I would however go in the first night and make sure he is okay, and reassure him that when he wakes up in the morning he will see mommy and daddy. He will probably cry himself to sleep many nights, if you can stand it let him cry, if not, do not sleep with him that will only prolong the process as well, try a bedtime routine, read a story or sing to him something that you will have time t do every night.
Good Luck!

I agree with not bringing him to your bed. you need room for your coming baby. I would like to recommend a very good book: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
by Marc Weissbluth. You can read the synopsis on Amazon.com. It was passed to me and it seems I need to reread it with each child that I have.

Hello Laura,
I know exactly what you're going through.
We went on vacation to Disney when my daughter was 2 yrs and while on vacation we allowed her to sleep with us. When we got home she still wanted to sleep with us and it was easier for me to not have to deal with her crying.
We finally got her a huge princess castle bed and she loves sleeping in it and under the castle.
However, we had to move her in stages. We started by putting her mattress beside our bed and allowing her to sleep in the same room but NOT in our bed. Then, eventually we moved her mattress into her own room. Now, bed time is better. We start with reading books first. Sometimes I'm so tired I fall asleep too and wake up later and go into my own bed with my husband.
It's better for my husband and I when we can actually snuggle:) However, when my daughter wakes up in the middle of the night she will yell for mommy and of coarse, I have to get up and go into her room until she falls back to sleep. This was very tiring when my son was born. It seems like I was up feeding him throughout the night and was also waking up once or twice to take care of my daughter. I really wish we would've done things different and had her sleep in her own bed at a young age. We find it's very hard to break her from wanting someone with her at night. My son just turned 1 and we have said we will not allow him to sleep with us because of this. He is pretty good about putting himself to sleep and being alone and that's how we want to keep it.
A-lot of my friends think we were crazy for ever letting our child sleep with us and I hear them talk about how easy bedtime has always been for them and their child and I get jealous.
I hope you are able to transition your son into his own room before the baby comes:)
Maybe you could make a chart for every night of the week and each night he sleeps in his room let him put a sticker on his chart and once he's in his room for good allow him to have a treat or gift I find even buying some little treats from the dollar store is rewarding and not so expensive:)
I know it might be hard for a while but it's well worth it at the end. Hang in there!
Let me know how it goes.
T.