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ginababy




by ginababy
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Hi. My almost 2 yr old will NOT go to sleep unless i am laying down next to him..How do i transition him to going to bed on his own? Or am i trying to push it too early?? He is my first and i am not sure..any ideas???

Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:26 pm

BZCA_Mandy




by BZCA_Mandy
Posts 14061
I went through that with my daughter as well.  Different things work for different people.  I know some that have laid down with their child every night until the child fell asleep.  Having other children, that didn't work for me. 

I talked to my daughter before bedtime, telling her tonight I wouldn't be sleeping with her.  When it was bedtime I reminded her.  Of course she cried when I left.  I let her cry for a minute, then went back in there.  Reminded her again that I wasn't able to sleep there.  This went on a couple of times then I told her that was my last time coming in for the night.  For whatever reason it worked like a charm. 

She will be 4 in a couple of weeks and we still have nights when we go through this.  lol

I'm linking you to our Birthday Clubs.  If you click on the month that your son was born you can see what other mom's are doing to get their kiddos to sleep at night.  ;)
2007-babies-birthday-clubs-f930.html

Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:25 am

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