I need suggestions on the best way to transition my daughter from co-sleeping to her own bed in her…
I need suggestions on the best way to transition my daughter from co-sleeping to her own bed in her own room. I feel like I’m finally ready to moved her to her own bedroom but she’s slept in my bed since she came home from the hospital after birth and 90% of the time when I do sneak her into her toddler bed that sits across the room from my bed she ends up waking up a few hours later and coming back to my bed. I think if I work with her and get on a better sleep schedule and such that I can move her to her own bed in her own room... I’m so nervous that it’s gonna be really hard on her though 😩
Jami·
I actually just transitioned my son last month to his own bed. I got him a twin bed. I put bedding on that he likes. At first he was irritated about bed time because I didn't really ever have him on a schedule, he'd just fall asleep with me when it was time. So I pretty much started a schedule, where we brush teeth, say good night to his stuffed animal doggy and then go to bed. However I actually still lay with him in his bed till he falls asleep. He sometimes does wake up multiple times, he did last night, but I think sometimes they just have bad nights. Sometimes he sleeps the night, however he mostly talks in his sleep and I think he's awake and he's not. He even whines in his sleep sometimes. There are nights where he comes into my room crying because he had a bad dream. I would say to just keep being consistent and putting her in her bed, making it fun where she looks forward to bedtime, if she has a favorite stuffed animal or something. I was really depressed the first few weeks because he wasn't in my bed anymore, however now, he prefers to go to bed in his own bed. I just wanted to get him in his own bed because I'm having a baby soon and wanted him to get good sleep and not be interrupted as much. I also put a camera in his room so I can check in on him at night 😂 not going to lie I get up a lot and walk to his room to check on him lol and I did cosleep with now up until last month
Casey··
Мама дочки (2 года)
She has a twin bed but it sits really high up and can’t be adjusted so she doesn’t really care much for it. I do want to let her pick out her own bedding and stuff though to make it more fun! I don’t mind her coming to my bed but at least a few hours of good sleep where I can stretch out would be nice lol and for her to kind of put herself to sleep. I don’t care to lay with her but at this time it literally takes at least 2 hours to fight her to sleep because she doesn’t have a schedule and she’s never liked sleep 😩 I do need a monitor too! I completely forgot about that lol
Jami··
@caseyann19 oh yeah, reason I got a twin bed is to somewhat mimic our bed, since he never liked sleeping in his own crib on a firm crib mattress. His bed isn't terribly high, however I do have a guard rail because he rolled off one night 😐 and yeah I totally understand, I have no problem letting him in my bed, and by all means he's welcome anytime haha he usually doesn't fall asleep right away, it's usually where he settles down. Like we will say good night to the stuffed doggies then he will ask for water, get comfy, turn over, sometimes he will sit up and say he wants to come to my bed, then back to his bed. It's an adventure haha. Usually takes somewhere around 30 mins. But at first he would get upset because he didn't want to be in bed and want to play with his toys still, so there was definitely tantrums and tears at first. Now he's got an understanding of when bed time is. And yeah my bed time isn't exactly early, we have to work on that still. He used to fall asleep at 12, now I got him down to 10:30-11pm 😅 it's just a work on progress haha