Too much at once?

bliss611

I am working on taking DS off his 2-3am bottle using Dr Gordon's method but it's taking longer than expected. I am guessing it should be another week or 2 before he stops waking up for it.

Once that is done, I plan on moving DS to a mattress on the floor in his room. We currently bed-share and we've all outgrown the set-up; DS wants more espace to move around and we all just disturb each other at night.

DS will also be starting daycare in Sept 1st. Right now he is home with DH some days & a nanny other days. So, it's going to be a serious adjustment for him - being in a new place, a real schedule for eating/sleeping, not being rocked for his nap.

 I'm just getting concerned - he's losing all his comforts all at once over a few weeks. Is this too much to put him through so quickly?

The only thing I can actually control is the bed change and put it off until a month or so after he starts daycare. But we are all losing sleep with him in our bed - including him.

Am I just being silly worrying about this? Or should I rethink my plans?

SnoopyLuv

Kids are surprisingly adaptable and fluid. He will probably really like daycare, I don't think I'd see that as a stressor beyond the first few days.

webMistress0609

He may take to it all just fine, or he may not. It's really hard to say. My advice would be to watch him & see how he's reacting & adjust accordingly. My personal experience was this - Ari was asking to sleep in his own room & staying there till between 1-3:30 most nights. I had to go back to work for a week & he got very clingy & refused to sleep in his own room then. I didn't push it b/c I was prepared that he would regress a bit, especially since he had just started sleeping in his own room for about a week before the change. He was able to go back to sleeping in his room for at least part of the night a week after I left work for good, but some nights he just doesn't want to. We're going with the flow for now. 

If it's seriously impacting everyone's sleep to move him out of your bed, but he's resisting, could you place his mattress next to your bed for right now? That way you're still close so he may feel more comfortable, but you're able to have some more room. 

Kingston54

SnoopyLuv:

Kids are surprisingly adaptable and fluid. He will probably really like daycare, I don't think I'd see that as a stressor beyond the first few days.

I agree with this.  If you see him stressing out, adjust to make sure he feels comfortable.