Sleep/transition to cot bed advice
My little boy just hates going to bed. Yesterday was awake about 6:40am so I put him down for a nap at 12 and he didn’t sleep. Put him to bed and left him and he was asleep by 6:55pm but then he woke at 10:45pm and didn’t go back to sleep until 2:45am. He wanted to get up, said it was morning, wants to read books etc but at 1:15am after I left him in his cot he climbed out. Luckily I saw on the monitor he was trying to do it and got to the room just as his feet were about to hit the floor.
He had climbed out a few times when he wasn’t in his sleeping bag which wasn’t so bad but now he’s managing in the sleeping bag the cot has to go
I’m not ready for this, how can I transition to a bed when he refuses naps and bedtime anyway, what do I do?
Did you have to go back to sleep training, staying in there until they fall asleep etc?
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I’ve transitioned my lo out of a cot about a year ago because he just hated it. I got him a low bed and told him it was his special bed for grownup babies, he sleeps quite well in it- however from time to time he asks for dad to sleep with him and also comes to our bed in the morning for one more nap. We’ve accepted it’s not an exact science and sometimes he just feels more comfortable and secure with us.
I’ve dropped his afternoon nap completely as whenever he took it, he would not sleep until 10-11pm, although I will let him sleep for 30-40 minutes in the day if he’s has a super active time and is really tired.
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