Comments on: The Accidental Co-Sleeper: 5 Key Facts

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:52:30 +0000

In reply to kelli.

Hi @Kelli, thanks for your comment. I am sorry you’ve been struggling with your daughter waking in your bed. If you decide you want to work on getting her to stay in her bed the whole night, you may want to download our free guide with toddler sleep tricks as they are so different to sleep train than sleep training a baby: https://www.babysleepsite.com/toddler-sleep-tips
If you need more help our sleep consultants are standing by to help too. You can view the options to work one-on-one with a consultant to help create a plan just for you and your daughter here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
I hope this helps! Hang in there.

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:49:24 +0000

In reply to Crystal.

Hi @Crystal, thanks for visiting the Baby Sleep Site. It can be so tough to break a habit like that. If you decide you want help with it, let us know. Our sleep consultants would be happy to help you transition your son back to his bed so you can all get an uninterrupted night’s sleep. Here is the link to look at the options to work one on one with a consultant: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
I hope this helps!

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:15:11 +0000

In reply to Terri.

Hi @Terri, thanks for visiting the Baby Sleep Site! I can relate to having very conditioned sleepers that only want to sleep in their specific space. It’s awesome when you’re home, but difficult when you have to leave that routine for whatever reason. What I try to do is bring as many things that are the same that I can – same bedding, lovey, white noise, etc. Maybe you could even try putting her pack n play in her room for a few days/weeks to get her use to sleeping it that rather than her crib. As she gets older she will begin to understand more and will be able to see that this is “special” so she can transition a little easier. Trust me I was convinced my son at the age of 2 would never be flexible – ever – but he’s really smoothed out for the most part now that he’s almost 4 and can sleep in other places easily if we have his special blanket.
Here is a link for some sleep tips that will hopefully help: https://www.babysleepsite.com/travel/traveling-with-baby-toddler/
Have a wonderful vacation and good luck with everything!

By: kelli

kelli — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:08:44 +0000

My daughter is almost 3. I’m a single parent. She goes to sleep in her own bed relatively easy every night. We read a few books and I put her in her bed and then I sit in the doorway and wait for her to go to sleep, then go about my business. An hour or so later I get ready and go to sleep in my own bed. She always wakes up in the night and calls out for me, I take her to the potty and then bring her back to my bed. Usually this is 2-4 hours after she goes to sleep. At first it was so I could go back to sleep as I wake up for work at 530am, and now its purely habit. I don’t mind really, we both sleep well. There has been the odd night where she’s slept in her bed for 4-6 hours before coming to mine, but she ALWAYS wakes up in my bed in the morning. I worry she’s going to be 12 and still wanting to sleep with me, ultimately I’d really like her to have an awesome sleep in her own bed all night and wake up in it. I’ve tried offering her a present if she sleeps in her bed all night, but I don’t think she really understands, because it is such a habit now. Also because I get up for work early, Grandma comes over and crawls back in bed with her and the goal is for her to then wake around 730am, but lately she’s been waking before Grandma arrives because she’s alone in my bed. It’s a challenge.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:40:44 +0000

My son will be 4 in a couple weeks and we have become accidental cosleepers for almost a year now. We tried many different philosophies over the course of a few months, stuck with each one for a couple weeks and then I decided there was too much anxiety associated with bedtime and gave up. He goes to sleep in his own bed with me sitting on the floor by the door and then somewhere between 3-5am he comes into our bed. I used to walk him back to his room and he’d go back to sleep without a problem but he would eventually end up back in our room. Then we started not waking up when he came in… I don’t want him sleeping with us but I can’t imagine he’ll still be doing this in highschool…

By: Terri

Terri — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:04:40 +0000

We’ll be going on vacation in a few months and I’m very certain that our new 2 yr old will not want to sleep alone. How can we get her to sleep away from home, not with us AND return to sleeping in her own bed once we’re back at home?

She’s always slept in her own bed and still does. Being away from home is different-she won’t do the pack N play anymore and slept with us the last two times we were away. Thankfully she returned to her bed without a fuss. She takes all naps in her crib as well. That’s probably our fault because she won’t sleep unless she’s in her bed. We need help with that too… Or will she it grow it?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:01:31 +0000

In reply to Kathryn. @Kathryn Hi there! I'm sorry to hear that you're still having so much trouble with your son's sleep! Since you've worked with us before, I went ahead and emailed you privately with some information that I hope will help. Please do let us know if we can be of any further help. Hang in there!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 22:51:58 +0000

In reply to Hope.

@Hope Hi Hope, thanks for your comment! I’m glad to hear that co-sleeping has worked so well for your family. I’m not sure if you’ve seen our article series on sleep training here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-training-from-no-cry-to-cry-series-part-1/
It includes some sleep training methods for families who co-sleep if your baby is waking more often than average at night. Good luck with everything!

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 03:21:19 +0000

Our DS is turning 1year old in 5 days?. He is a persistent, highly energetic, amazingly inconsistent (w sleep) spirit who clearly ignores & tries to override his sleepiness to keep playing/doing/being w everyone. We have done multiple versions of co-sleeping approx 95% of his life. For the last 6months I’ve been w him for all naps & nighttime sleep; am able to sneak out on random occasions. We hired y’all close to his 6month bday, I think. The very thorough plan helped w multiple aspects, but did NOT result in no, little, or even less crying than CIO(which we don’t want to do). He is persistently persistent.
We have alot of frustrations & gripes:(, but currently I am most curious — why does he still wake up every 45min to 2.5 hours? I only nurse him after 4am, & he knows that (he’ll go back to sleep w other soothing methods –most of the time). Even if he’s put himself to sleep (w us in the room, it’s screaming crying mayhem otherwise), he wakes 3 – 10x/night, literally no rhyme or reason why the difference. Literally. The biggest response we got from y’all was “he’s overtired”; but that doesn’t always hold water! We had him on reflux meds & that helped the screaming/crying, but the wakings have persisted. Thoughts?

By: Hope

Hope — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:18:35 +0000

I have co-slept with all three of my children, at least to a certain extent. My last child was very easy to sleep train at a young age, though I did sleep occasionally with him when I was too tired to get him back in his crib or when he was sick. My daughter is almost 6 months and she is determined to keep eating every two hours, so I’m not sure when I will be able to get her to sleep in her own crib. In fact, she will not let me put her down anymore while she naps, she wakes up every single time. Motherhood teaches so much patience!

As far as safety, I am very careful with covers/pillows/bedding etc. I know we can never be too careful with our precious gifts from God! I don’t think I ever really fall into a deep sleep while co-sleeping because of that reason.