Co-Sleeping

Still cosleeping with my 2 1/2 yr old. Wanting to transition him to his own room. Any ideas on how to make this go smoothly? He doesn’t go down for naps or bed without me being there next to him and I’m expecting in December. Help 😫

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No idea. My toddler expects me in her bed all night. I did a twin bed on the floor so I can law with her.

But I still have to sleep next to have until she goes to sleep. 95% of the time she sleeps through the whole night. But I have no clue how to get her asleep without my presence.

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Having the same issue , my baby does sleep in her room sometimes if I let her watch tv all night ( which cannot happen on school nights) we tried putting her crib mattress on the floor next to our bed( she rather sleep there then in her own twin bed 🙄)

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I was told that kids prefer smaller spaces to sleep. So a smaller bed is preferred when transitioning.

We just did the move to a floor bed a couple of months ago. I started with naps in the crib during the day in my bedroom and that seemed to help with the independent sleep part.

Then we took it VERY slow when we moved to his own room. At first it was just calm reading time before naps. Then naps. Then bed. Happy to go into more detail.

But any big changes are definitely going to make it harder! Be patient if you can, and hopefully the transition will be smooth and quick 🫶

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