How to move LO out of our bed.

KateLouise · July 2011

A few weeks ago LO was sleeping in her own bed until at least 530am, when she'd wake and normally have a nurse and snooze some more in our bed.

Prior to that we'd worked hard to cut out the night nursing and get her in her own bed.

Then she went into hospital for a week which meant her sleep was constantly broken. When we got home there was lots of night nursing and bedsharing.

Then morning sickness kicked in, and I couldn't face trying to break either habit whilst feeling so wretched.

The morning sickness has eased and I'm wondering how best to move her back to her own bed.

On a good night she'll sleep until about 330am in her own bed. On a bad night she freaks out at around 930pm and I take her into our bed.

Sometimes she'll nurse a lot, but it mostly seems to be comfort.

Last night she just nursed once, I tried to dissuade her but of course being snuggled up against me made that hard. If DH sleeps with her, and I sleep on the couch, she still wakes but copes without nursing.

In amongst that I've been thinking about putting her in a bed rather than her cot, but I assume it's best to get her STTN in a cot before attempting a bed.

Should I go cold turkey on everything? The nursing the bedsharing? or continue nursing as needed but have her go back to her cot (this is how I did it the first time) then reduced nursing.

She just seems much more attached to our bed than she was last time.

Any thoughts? Advice? Support?

Thanks.

webMistress0609 · July 2011

There's a peak of separation anxiety around 18 months usually, do you think maybe that's the culprit? If so, you may want to see if it passes in a few weeks & try then.

If you suspect a bed may work better, you can always try moving her mattress to the floor & if it works do the floor bed thing. Ari would **never** sleep in a crib for more than 15 minutes, but he'll sleep in his floor bed great. We still bed share for the most part, but that's more b/c I'm lazy about middle of the night potty trips than anything else.

If she's coping w/o nursing okay, I would go for that before moving her.

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