Breaking Cosleeping Habits
Posted on | February 12, 2010 | 4 Comments
I need to find a way to get my son out of my bed. When the lease is up I think it would be best for us both to get a 2 bedroom apartment, something with plenty of room and his own personal space to play freely without me worrying what non-babyfriendly things he may pick up and put in his mouth, hit, whatever. But us sleeping in two totally different rooms is going to be near impossible if I can’t even get him to sleep in his own bed comfortably first.
-I decorated the bed with friendly colors and sheets similar to the ones I sometimes use.
-I purchased him a mattress similar to mine
-I put some toys in there he can play with to show how fun the bed can be
-I place the bed where he can see me in my bed
It’s still hard to get him to sleep in there a full night. Once he wakes up and realizes where he is he starts screaming bloody murder and won’t rest until he’s in the bed with me. And he’s a horrible sleeper. I have to wake up multiples times just to make sure he’s not about to crawl off the bed or behind it. I’m dead tired.
Argh. I need a vacation!
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February 13th, 2010 @ 8:24 pm
That is a tough habit to break. If you figure out how to do it let me know! Our 2 yo still sleeps with us.
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February 15th, 2010 @ 7:01 pm
I have been through this and pretty much failed. I got my son to stop sleeping in my bed but somehow now I cant manage to get out of HIS bed. Funny how things work.
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February 16th, 2010 @ 8:25 pm
LOL@ Meg.
I realize it’s taking some adjusting for both of us. I can get him to nap in the bed and sleep half the night, but he will end up sleeping with me because I’m too tired to sit around when he wakes up for a feeding or changing. I prop him up o the boppy, he holds the bottle and we both fall asleep together. AGH!
March 29th, 2010 @ 12:24 am
I feel your co-sleeping agony. And the sleeping through the night agony. I had to just bite the bullet and mentally prepare myself for a few days of torment for myself…I let my daughter cry herself to sleep. It ended up only being one really long night. The next night was a quarter of the time and then it was over. Poof. And I wondered why I waited so long to do it (over a year). I think it is so much harder on the mommies than the babies.
And I also invested in a pack n play. It was her bed for a long time (she didn’t have a crib for quite a while). No worries about the babe falling out!
) And it became a comfort for her.
Best wishes!