Co sleeping to sleeping alone at 17 mths?

telfakaye

Hello, I've never posted here so this is my intro as well. My DD is 27 mths and I nurse to sleep every night and she sleeps in our bed as well. I feel like she should really start sleeping in her own bed bc DH and I really could use sone "us" time and I feel like since she has to sleep alone on a bit at daycare in doing her a disservice by switching that up during the night. Our Ped says if we don't "sleep train" now we will be getting into the terrible twos, which will make it near impossible to do. My DD is also incredibly attached to me, so much that even most of the ti

E when DH picks her up she'll cry until I pick her up again. I don't know if this will improve as well with her sleeping alone? I've read the no cry sleep solution and started to try it using her mattress on the floor, but never really followed through. Any advice? 

kcisthebombdotcom

I had good luck transitioning at that age. We did it around 19 months. We let him pick out some special sheets/a new toy for his "big boy" bed. We talked it up all day. We read him a story, gave him a kiss and left. He went right to bed.

We also transitioned him to a full sized bed. We tried to move him to a toddler bed a few months prior and it was a huge fail.

GL!

nosoup4u

We moved DS1 into his own bed at 22 months or so. I night weaned him around 20 months, but he was still waking up at night, so we just decided to see if sleeping alone would help. It was a really easy transition for him - we got him a "big kid" bed, and made a big deal about putting it together. He was really excited about it, and never wanted to come back to our bed. He was still sleeping in our room on it, though. But when we moved him into his own room a few months after that, it was easy to - we made sure he knew how the monitor worked, and that he could call for us if he needed us.

DS2 is currently 17 months, and is a horrible sleeper again. He won't really let DH deal with him at night, either. I'm starting to night wean him, but we'll see. The closer they get to two, the easier it is to talk to them and (somewhat) explain what's going on.

I wouldn't worry about what your doctor is saying. They love to be all gloom and doom about co-sleeping. 

telfakaye

KC_13:

I had good luck transitioning at that age. We did it around 19 months. We let him pick out some special sheets/a new toy for his "big boy" bed. We talked it up all day. We read him a story, gave him a kiss and left. He went right to bed.

We also transitioned him to a full sized bed. We tried to move him to a toddler bed a few months prior and it was a huge fail.

GL!

I'm so glad to see you were able to transition your LO around the same age!! Do you have a rail in the side of the bed? Has he fallen?

telfakaye

nosoup4u:

We moved DS1 into his own bed at 22 months or so. I night weaned him around 20 months, but he was still waking up at night, so we just decided to see if sleeping alone would help. It was a really easy transition for him - we got him a "big kid" bed, and made a big deal about putting it together. He was really excited about it, and never wanted to come back to our bed. He was still sleeping in our room on it, though. But when we moved him into his own room a few months after that, it was easy to - we made sure he knew how the monitor worked, and that he could call for us if he needed us.

DS2 is currently 17 months, and is a horrible sleeper again. He won't really let DH deal with him at night, either. I'm starting to night wean him, but we'll see. The closer they get to two, the easier it is to talk to them and (somewhat) explain what's going on.

I wouldn't worry about what your doctor is saying. They love to be all gloom and doom about co-sleeping. 

Thanks for the support, I wish my Ped was more ap friendly I think it's a great idea to keep her in our room still too, im not sure in ready to have her too far away

Ashoney1

Let me know any tips and tricks for when it's our turn.. but telfakaye someone is looking for experience with DiGeorge...

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