Intro and bed sharing question.

halfthetree

Hello,
I'm a mother to a beautiful little boy, who will be 3 on Thursday! He is going through a transition period as he self weaned this month, and we recently have began putting him to bed in his own bed now. However he comes to our room around 1am every night.

We are expecting our second child in the beginning of February, and I am worried about bed sharing with the new baby and our DS. I will have the bed on the floor against the wall, me in the middle and baby between me and the wall.
Has anyone had success getting their preschooler to stay in their own bed through the night? Or should we put our son between me and DH if he comes to bed? I don't want him to feel like he's being replaced, but I'm worried he will wake up with me and the baby, and of course the safety of the new baby.


Sorry for the chapter post haha this is my only sorry about adding another baby, our DS is quite the bed hog now so I don't know what to do really

=Lee=B

I only have 1 child so other moms might have more advise but I would say keep doing what you are doing.  By putting him in his own bed at the start of the night you are beginning the transition for him to stay the whole night in his room.  It looks like you have many weeks left before new baby comes so he may transition completely on his own before baby comes (especially as your belly grows and takes more space lol).  If not then odds are once baby is here and up all night he will just say enough and move to his bed where it is quiet!!

Emerald27

It is a good idea to encourage him to sleep in his bed throughout the night now if you're worried about bedsharing with him when the baby comes. Putting him between you and DH or on the other side of DH is definitely a workable option, though.

Could you put his mattress in your room near your bed so that it feels more like he's near you? Another idea would be to have either you or DH go to him in his bed when he wakes instead of bringing him in with you.