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Do you stay in the room?
A&J
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Just started wondering what other parents do--
We follow our nighttime routine and then it's to bed for Olivia, but we stay in the room until she is asleep. Ever since we switched her to her toddler bed (15 months) and now her twin bed (18 months) we always stay in the room. It takes bout 15-20 minutes for her to fall asleep once she gets into and lays down in bed.
So do you stay in the room? If not, what age did you start leaving them to fall asleep on their own? Do they stay in their bed?
Im just curious. Staying with O works for us for now. I'm just wondering at what age she may be able to be put into bed and fall asleep on her own.
We follow our nighttime routine and then it's to bed for Olivia, but we stay in the room until she is asleep. Ever since we switched her to her toddler bed (15 months) and now her twin bed (18 months) we always stay in the room. It takes bout 15-20 minutes for her to fall asleep once she gets into and lays down in bed.
So do you stay in the room? If not, what age did you start leaving them to fall asleep on their own? Do they stay in their bed?
Im just curious. Staying with O works for us for now. I'm just wondering at what age she may be able to be put into bed and fall asleep on her own.
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The reason I'm not in a rush on cribs is I don't see any harm in them & if they can sleep better then they will stay there. Z did not stay in his bed. He often got up & played. I'm pretty sure R would as well. We have to use a playpen at work & he can get out of it. I was excited for a big boy bed but all too often have heard of things going great before 2ish. I highly doubt R would have the attention span to stay in bed. It was a huge battle with Z & just not worth it. At 2 & now 4 they can't be put to bed at the same time or they will just play.
October 2014
The summer that they were 2 and trying to give up naps, I did stay at naptime but that was because I was so desperate for them to nap so I could, too! They were in Seren's "get out of bed and tear up the room" stage and I couldn't handle the destruction, so I napped on the floor between their cribs.
So, did your child just always quietly lay there and fall asleep-- in their bed, or did you do something specific to get them to lay down and go to sleep in their bed? At what age did this happen? Also,I know we switched Olivia somewhat early to a bed. This was because she had the worst time in her crib, but would always sleep well and peacefully in a bed. So, she has her own bed and sleeps here ( after we lay with or sit with her for a bit). I'm just thinking toward the future and wondering how we will get her to stay in her bed and go to sleep without one of us.
I've only ever stayed till he fell asleep if he was sick or had a bad dream - but that's middle of the night and doesn't take more than 5-10 mins... and that's very rare.
getting him to sleep on his own was, in my opinion, the best thing I did! LOL at 5, he'll "read" his book or talk to his stuffed animals for 15-20 after we say goodnight.
DS (7) - d#470
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it.
I put her in bed. We do hugs and kisses. We do a brief rundown of what the morning will bring (we talk about what's for breakfast and what we're going to do that day). I turn on her white noise, turn of the light, put up the baby gate, and I'm gone.
She typically stays in her bed, but if not, the gate is in her doorway to help keep her contained to her room. It helps her to learn her boundaries at bedtime, it allows me to avoid micro-managing bedtime, and it allows me to sleep better at night because I don't have to wonder if she woke up in the middle of the night and is wandering around the house. Now that she's approaching 3 years old, I figure that she's getting old enough to understand the bedtime rules, and stay put. I've experimented with leaving the gate down, but she actually asks for it to be up most nights. I think it might be a security thing .....?
Anyhow, that's what has worked for us. I've always wanted my kids to be indpendent sleepers and easy risers, so it's never really even occurred to me to stay in her room until she falls asleep. And heck, Kierren doesn't even like to be rocked. When he's tired he wants to be on his tummy, with a pacifier, and covered with a blanket. He doesn't even like to be patted on the back. He does like to hold my hand though when we're co-sleeping.
Our routine is brush teeth and bath at 7:30, pajamas, brush hair, drink of water, bedtime story, then he can sit with Mommy or Momma (which ever he prefer) for a few minutes, he usually plays with out hair which makes him sleepy, and then we lay him in his crib and cover him up and say good night. He rolls over and goes to sleep. He has done this for several months now. I'm not sure how it's going to work when we transition to a toddler bed and he can actually crawl out, but hopefully it will stay the same for the most part.