Looking for help with 19 month old sleeping in his own room/ bed!!

no judgement! my son is gonna be 19 months this month and ive heard a lot of success with people who create a new routine. he is likely used to ending up in ur bed so instead of letting him in the bed, try to settle him back to bed somewhere else or even in the room and back to his own bed. its exhausting but personally thats the route im going to try when my son and i no longer share a bed. i also dont think i would want to or could handle him crying it out

My daughter had her cot in my room for a very long time. It's what she needed. You've put so much time and energy in getting your son to fall asleep gently, feeling safe, and loved that crying it out advice from your pedetrician is pretty awful. Introduce a routine,if you don't have one (bath, book & cuddle), make his bed in his room fun and cosy (not too stimulating, tho). Maybe start reading a book in his room to start off, fall asleep in your bed for the first few nights..cuddle him in his bed till he fall asleep. If he comes to yoir bed, take hik back to his each time and stay with him until he falls asleep, then stay with him for shorter and shorter time but always take him back to his bed.. just few ideas. Crying out loud just teaches a child that they can't rely on you

Hi there! Here is the Pediatric Sleep Expert. I feel your exhaustion at this point. But you don't need to let your baby cry out all alone to teach self-settling skills. There are many gentle, gradual and connection-filled methods available that also support a child to learn to sleep through the night within 3/5 nights. If you are interested we can connect for 20-30 minutes to do a free sleep consultation and discuss the sleep concerns and goals in detail. Kiddo Sleep Factor is my page on Instagram.

I’d never let my baby cry it out. It’s a joke when professionals recommend that to a mother… follow your instincts. Don’t get bullied into something you don’t want for your child. You can still be there for him to fall asleep in your arm in his own bedroom then when asleep get out so there’s no changes that way. He’s gonna wake up loads you’ll be tired but if you stay consistent and have your eye on the prize wakeups will be slowly farther and farther and you having to go and comfort him get him back to sleep as well. Be ready it may take a long time unlike sleep training but no one will be left crying and heart broken and its going to be natural and healthy. Xx

If after let’s say 2 weeks your baby still wakes up like hourly or whatever you can think gon different methods but I would doubt that. There will be better and worse nights and slowly there will be more good ones than not. It’s normal for kids to wake up at night and it’s also normal to want to be near their parent. These are facts… I sleep so much better w my husband and him holding my hand when I can’t sleep will help me sleep. Can I sleep on my own? Yes. Do I wake up more? Also yes. I noticed my kid as getting older and older gradually started to learn how to fall back to sleep on her own. Stopped cosleeping at 2years. Now she’s 3 and a half and sleeps in his own room never in mine and on a single bed. First we had hard time even sleeping in a double on her own without me but it had to happen. I think turning point was the 2 week mark when it got better. I’m a very attentive and deeply bonded/caring parent, my heart aches when she cries and is sad/scared etc never ever did CIO.

Also prep him for the changes during the day in advance. Talk about it to him make him feel excited. Go on his bed together often and his room. Make it a comfortable space for him and you.