My six month old son, used to sleep in his own crib and his own room, until we went to visit my parents, and now that we are back he goes to sleep, i put him in his bed, but by the end of the night, he is in my bed again. What do i do? How do i get him to sleep in his own bed again and help him fall asleep alone?
Well, on the upside, he stayed in his crib all night long. He cried a few times, but i gave him back his paci, and patted his bottom, and off to sleep he went. That happened a few times, but it worked. I did not pick him up once. I am going to worry more about getting him to sleep all night in his bed before i worry about him soothing himself to sleep. But thanks for all your help, i really appreciate it
hi there. i've been through the same thing. I just let my son cry it out once or twice and we were back to normal. it didn't take very long. maybe just 15 minutes of crying and he was asleep again. It's better than losing sleep EVERY night because he's in bed with you. That's tough! Well, good luck. i hope this helps.
The rule of thumb around our house is when we come back from grandparents or any trip where the night time routine is messed up, it takes 1-2 weeks to get back to "normal". The only way I've found to make it happen and not drag out is to immediately go back to the normal routine from before the trip and stick with it (as much as possible). Usually, my kids will just bounce back into it within a few days. On occasion, I've had to just really wear them out during the day (shortened nap, longer outside play time, more activities that make them tired, keep them up 30 minutes later) so when they fall asleep that night, they are out for the night and that gets us back to the normal sleep habit. I know that may sound weird but it works!
My advice is to get comfortable and have you or both you and your husband do the nighttime routine. Kids crave consistancy and security, you might even want to try staying with him in his room a couple of nights (not habit) to show it is ok by example for him to stay in his room. Good luck.
HEY J. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME. WE WENT TO A WEDDING OUT OF TOWN AND HE SLEPT WITH US IN THE BED. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WHEN WE CAME HOME HE WANTED TO SLEEP WITH US. MY HUSBAND AND I STUCK TO OUR GUNS AND PUT HIM IN HIS CRIB. I ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN HE IS TEETHING HE LIKES TO SLEEP WITH ME, BUT ONCE HIS TOOTH ERUPTS HE IS BACK IN HIS CRIB. STICK TO YOUR GUNS, THESE BABIES ARE SOME SMART LITTLE CREATURES. :)
I'm not much help...we co-sleep.
My son started waking at night around 6mos also and from that point on we just started co-sleeping. He needs to be comforted back to sleep and that's so easy to do when he's in our bed (actually, we have our crib in the sidecar position which gives us more room).
