Sleep training your child before baby comes

Can’t you put a toddler bed next to yours and extend your wrist to her ? I know might not be a good advice but that’s what I’m doing with my daughter

What kind of bed is she in? Our then 2.5 year old used to come into our bed all the time and then when we had our 2nd in the end as he had a full sized single bed my husband often ended up getting in there so me baby and toddler could have the space in our king-size! We would still lay with him till he fell asleep and hold his hand though! Now he's 4 and shares a room with his little brother, until a couple weeks ago would still try and sneak into our room, we recently got him a dream catcher and honestly I don't know if it's a coincidence but he seems to feel more settled since 🫣😂 also he was needing a wee in the night then coming into our room so we've been a bit more persistent with him getting back into his bed and then I may stand and hold his hand for a couple minutes but normally say to him me and the baby are feeling a bit tired and he'll tell me to sit on the chair or go back to bed once he's feeling settled in again 💚

My daughter is nearly 15mo and has slept in our bed since about 8/9mo. We are currently getting her in her own bed/room in preparation for when her brother comes in April. My only advice is that you and your partner have to be committed and on the same page about it. We have said for ages how we were going to get her in her own bed but something has always come up. Only now (because we both took a week off work) have we fully committed. Neither one of us wanted to take the task on alone as we knew it would be hard!

my almost 3 year old has never gotten out of bed on her own, it drives me mental, she will lie there and cry for us rather than get out of bed and come into our room. we also have to sit on her floor whilst she falls asleep which i’m dreading as it’s hard getting off the floor already, nevermind when i’m bigger, also how will i leave baby and sit and watch her sleep🥲

@Charlotte aww this sounds nice, it kind of worked out naturally. My bf did suggest we just let things roll last night. I got really snappy and defensive with him 😂 my daughter is a single bed next door and use to sleep through the night. I feel like I miss pillow talk and hanging out with my bf in our room and with my daughter in the bed and him next door I’m kind of missing out on our relationship. I’m also just worried that the baby will be here soon and waking up throughout the night and waking my daughter up too. Although it is good to hear that the hand thing is a little less now (time wise)

@Aimee my daughter ALWAYS used to shout for mummy or daddy to come into her room throughout the night. That’s why when she started getting into our bed we thought it was easier. But now it’s part of her nighttime routine and we’re trappped lol. It’s honestly better your way. Maybe see if you can teach them to self settle?

@Tara we’re gonna try during my partner’s AL, tho i hate leaving her crying, feel so guilty🫠

When l was pregnant with my second. We had a similar issue but our first 1 at the time. We did try to sleep train and let him sleep in his room but it failed. BUT the amazing thing that happened when baby came he just got into the swing of things and started sleeping in his own bed, though there were days he’d come into our room. We would allow it cause we didn’t want him to feel left out

@Aimee we’re doing the chair method. It’s what we did when my daughter was around 1 as well. Have a look into it as it’s super gradual and gentle and you don’t leave them to cry x

@Tara she’s in a very small box room atm whilst we’re with his parents waiting for our house purchase to go through doubt i’ll manage to get a chair in, but i’ll save it for the next one as that’s a really good idea thank you x