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@Poppy523

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Since you're back I have a question for you:

I recall you saying a while back you still rocked your 18 month old to sleep.  So I still rock my son to sleep too (all the rest of you - don't judge!!!!!).  My question is, if your DD wakes up during the night, does she have a hard time getting back to sleep without your help?  My son has been getting worse here lately where he won't go back to sleep during the night unless I sit in his room until he falls back asleep.  I'm not sure if the MOTN issues are directly related to the fact that he doesn't have to put himself to sleep.  At naptime I also sit in his room until he falls asleep.  Both my husband and I work and we are getting tired of the lack of sleep involved in spending so much time in his room at nights waiting for him to go back to sleep. 

If you've transitioned her to getting herself to go to sleep on her own at night, I would love the suggestions because I'm thinking I need to do the same.  Put him in bed while he is awake and do some method of sleep training to teach him to get himself to sleep. 

I'm guessing that I've created my own monster here by being his sleep crutch, so I feel like I need to fix this now that he's pushing 2 years old.  I'm really at a loss though right now on what to do.

Declan 2.21.2013
Baby Boy #2 EDD 6.22.2015

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  • Poppy523Poppy523 member
    Yes! That was me! We have made the transition to letting L put herself to sleep finally. I really had no choice with the baby coming. We tried a variety of methods and we were fortunate enough that she adapted quickly. Some nights involve a little more fussing and I still go in from time to time if she wakes up just to give her a hug and try to calm her down, but for the most part I always try to give her a few minutes to put herself back down before I go in now, and most of the time by the time I have gotten up, gone to the bathroom and made my way to her room she has stopped crying. Some nights are better than others. We just started giving her books and after a very solid routine putting her down awake. I also put her down a little on the earlier side so we have plenty of time to get to sleep before the over tiredness sets in, because once that happens nobody sleeps. I read sleep lady shuffle and some other books and really just ended up doing our own thing. It was tough for the beginning but definitely worth it.

    I know this isn't much help, but I hope it's some!
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    I really do appreciate your response!  That will help me out here as I'm trying to decide what to do in our situation.  I was texting my MIL yesterday and she said MH went through a phase at my son's age where he did the same thing and he had to sleep with MIL and FIL for a while until he grew out of it.  MH doesn't think we need to change anything right now, but we will see.  I'm sure I'll need to let go of rocking my "baby" to sleep every night now that he is starting to push 2 (not exactly sure when he grew up so much). 

    Declan 2.21.2013
    Baby Boy #2 EDD 6.22.2015

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