DS3 will be 3 in February and we are having major problems getting him to sleep on his own (ie he won't).
He was a proper Velcro baby from the word go and wouldn't let me put him down until he was 18 months (hyperventilating etc) and is just so completely unlike his two older brothers who we treated exactly the same - co-sleeping until 1 and 18 months respectively and then painless transfer to cot.
We had some success last January and actually got him sleeping most of the night in his own bed, but his waking, climbing out and clambering into my bed got earlier and earlier until we were back to him just coming straight to bed with me - not helped by me being pregnant with DC4 and desperate for sleep at any price.
I know I should have been firmer, but I wasn't, and now when he wakes in his own bed after an hour or two he just climbs out and wanders round the landing crying for me and waking his brothers up...
DC4 is due in January and I will be EBF and co-sleeping and don't feel comfortable adding a wriggly three-year who doesn't just want me next to him, but my arms around him into the mix.
This morning I'm a mess from getting in and out of bed three of four times (I can't actually remember) and spending the last three hours asleep in a single bunk with my arm up by my ear. My back is wrecked
Good job he's cute . But I am desperate for any tricks, tips or advice (or even a totally failsafe solution )
I should add that DH is very supportive and more than happy to get stuck into sleep training at the weekends, but works the most ridiculous hours during the week (bed at 1.30-2am and up at 8 for school run, then straight to work), so this is really on my shoulders (ouch!) during the week...
TIA
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Toddler won't sleep alone - getting desperate! Help, please?
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Sleepthief · 16/10/2013 09:35
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