Let him cry it out. It sounds terrible and it is heartbreaking at first but it really works.
I know I sound mean but I had to let my son just cry. The books said to go in every 15 minutes but I found that only prolonged him from going to sleep. He would cry for around 25-30 minutes then he was asleep and the amount of time only goes down too, in fact within 2 weeks I laid him down and he didn't cry at all!! He's 20 mths. now and goes to bed every night at 9 pm, he gets mad if he's not in bed on time! It just takes alot of patience! My husband and I fought about it alot at first, he would just want to go get him and make him stop crying but he was very glad when our son just started sleeping by himself. He has a son from his first marriage that never slept alone and refuses to sleep in his bed when he's here, he's 8. I stopped him sleeping with us when I got pregnant with my son because he kicked so violently in his sleep. Anyhow, there are some weekends he decides at bedtime he wants to go home because he STILL sleeps in bed with his mom. Unless you want to kids in bed with you then you gotta try something, and the doctor told me that some crying is actually good for babies. You aren't physically hurting him in anyway by letting him cry it out. I really hope I was some help to you!
Hello Ashley,I didn't/ couldn't read all the responses, because I could never allow my little guy to cry it out. We tried it, it just didn;t fit our parenting style. However neither did the sleepless nights. We read the "no cry sleep solution" and it has worked soo far. I hope this helps! Just follow your instincts...if it doesn't feel right don't do it.
I have a two year old that still sleeps with me. I regret letting him ever start that. He kicks and flips around all night long and I don't get good sleep. How would he do if you let him fall asleep with you then move him? My best friend put a matress in the floor of her daughter's room and that worked for awhile but then you have to start sneaking out in the middle of the night. Plus, with a baby on the way, you don't want to be crawling out of the floor at 9 months pregnant. I'm slowly wheening my son out of my bed. I've put his toddler bed in my room so I move him after he has fallen asleep. Maybe something like that would help.
I tried to the whole letting him cry till he falls asleep and my son cried for an hour straight! So what I had to do was start by putting him to sleep in my bed and then moving him to his bed. Then eventually he got to where I could go sit with him in his room and put him to sleep and so on. Good Luck!
My daughter used a boppy pillow which surrounds the babyand I feel makes the baby feel more secureLook for something like that ,but be sure you get something that is safe to be in the crib with the baby.renee m
Well, first I’d like to thank everyone for their responses. I have found that if I put my son to sleep and then put him in his crib, he does great. He has started to almost sleep through the night waking only once. My husband and I are starting to put him in his crib when is not yet totally asleep. So far we have success. Again thank you.