Settling to sleep

My toddler is perfectly capable of settling himself to sleep but right now he’s going through a phase of needing me to lie with him until he falls asleep (at least I hope it’s just a phase anyway!)

I still lay & hold my daughter on the sofa in her bedroom and then transfer her to bed when she’s asleep. Some nights it takes longer than others! We plan to aim for more self settling when she’s in a bed (still in her cot at the moment) where one of us can lay next to her then just slide away x

We still settle him to sleep and will do until he wants me to.

Thanks everyone, makes me feel a bit better
The thing is... at nursery, he falls asleep on his own, so I know he can do it, but he just needs my comfort I guess x

Yup! He use to self settle and sleep through fine but now kicks off going to bed and scream cries if we leave the room - I wasn’t sure if it’s because I have a 4.5 month old but sounds like it’s a phase too!

I think most children act so differently at nursery. He probably just wants the comfort of his mommy and that’s okay! It’s something we can all work on overtime x

My little girl has a floor bed so I sit with her until she falls asleep and will continue as long as she wants me to. We’ve dropped the nap so it doesn’t take long at bedtime xx

Never forget,they are only fully themselves when they are with us. Those moments in the evening are also when they decompress from their day.

My son also walks himself to nap and fall asleep independently at nursery and it's very dependent at home. It's ok, it's natural, it's actually sweet. I will be there until he wants me to.

Love to hear everyone’s struggles cos I was really thinking this was just a me thing still. I still have to sit on his floor and recently it’s taking between 1-2hrs, killing me off. And then he will wake at some point and bring his pillow blanket teddy and white noise machine to my room and get in my bed. I gave up putting him back in his