How do you get your child to sleep alone? 10
Jul10
Hubby and I had always wanted to let our son sleep alone in his own bedroom. For one, it frees up our bedroom so we can at least have some pillow talk at normal conversation volume. Also, in preparation for our 2nd one - We wouldn’t want him to feel that he has been ‘chased’ out of the room when the 2nd one comes along, since people say babies know when little bro/sis is coming even when parents don’t tell. And our bedroom can’t fit 2 kids.
Everything was going well until he fell sick one time and we kept him in our room. Ever since then, he can’t sleep without us beside him. Sigh… anyone has ’successfully’ transferred babies to their own room? How do you do that? And how old is the best time to do that?
How old is your son? Does he have a bedtime routine? Still have naps in the daytime? How far away is his room from your room – he might be scared if it is too far away.
We moved my daughter to her own room and a big bed when was about 3 years old. We started with naps in her room. Our bedtime routine was brush teeth and read a few books, then lights out. At first I sat beside the bed till she fell asleep. Then over the next few nights, I sat further away. Eventually sat just outside the door, then in the living room (our house is small, her room is very near the living room and our room).
She is also able to get up and come find us if she needs to go to the toilet or wants anything.
Hope that helps…
Hello mums! What my husband & I do so far is to let the children fall asleep in our room and than carry them back to theirs when they have slept in. So techincally they sleep on their own la. Works for us—for now. Maybe U can try this approach. Than U both can talk talk talk. Let me know how it goes ya.
My son is 1 year old. He now sleeps on our bed with us until he falls asleep, then we move him to his cot (which is also in our room). Perhaps we can move his cot over to his room for a start…
Aha….d challenge of parenthod
U know what, I began training my 1st son to sleep in his own room when I was 6 months pregnant wt d 2nd one, jez to free some space on my bed in preparation for d coming baby. It went real well…a bedtime story or 2, and I jez sat for a while on d rocking chair until he fell asleep. Then comes d baby bro. We all camped in my hospital room. Then on d 1st nite d baby was home, my 1st son asked me “Mommy, why does baby get to sleep with u? Why does Daddy gets to sleep with u too? Why can’t I???????” For d life of me…I culdn’t find any gud answer
So d big bro got to join us again in my room. We moved his bed into our room, n d rest is history….
Until….early this year when d lil bro turned 2. I weaned d lil fella, n since he was already sleeping so well on his own, I decided to move both of them into their own room. Having 2 boys helps. They find assurance n solace in each other whenever they feel scared or afraid.
N so far so good. We bought a bunk bed for them. D big bro is in d upper bed, while d lil one is below, with a guardrail attached, of course
N Mummy n Daddy is having such a blast with d newfound freedom!!!
My hubby and I decided from the very beginning that we need to move our son into his own room as early as possible – B4 he could UNDERSTAND what that means.
When our son was 5 months, he was OUT and boy, were we ever sooooo glad to have some privacy again. Now, our son KNOWS its his room and he expects to sleep there. (not sure what will happen if we have a 2nd child)
Daddy puts our son to bed every night, with stories and cuddles. Its their ritual. Daddy has begun to sing/talk our little one to bed from the chair, helping him to sleep on his bed on his own. It’s still a hit-and-miss but we’re working towards him sleeping on his own.
Dear all,
well..almost all the comments came from mommies,felt weird though hehe
anw, my son, Danish is 1yr8months and sleeps with us.he cant really stay away from his mother and always cried for her if he woke up in the middle of the nite. i’ve tried moving him to his cot after he slept.anw, now his bro is coming so, somehow need to find other ways to move him hehehehe
my son is 6 years old and will only go to sleep if I sleep in his room with him
slick9482, dun feel weird it’s ok we welcome all fathers & mothers to share your experiences with us. Do come back & interact with us.
I totally agree with mommie. Hearing from big daddies can be really enlightening. At least us moms get to hear d daddys’ side of the story
So pliz don’t be shy slick9482…do join us here anytime
It has been 3 mths and son is still sleeping with us (fall asleep) on OUR bed! Ha! Maybe I shld just give up for now and hug him more
And take mommy2A’s advice to move two together to the new room next time…