Currently stood outside DC3’s bedroom. She’s 2.5. I have successfully taught the older two to go to sleep by themselves. Bedtime routine is bath, book, song, kiss and cuddle then go.
DC3 is still Bf to sleep and/ or I stay with her until she falls asleep. She’s definitely old enough to understand what needs to happen. I know this. But there’s something about her cry that gets to me in a way the other two didn’t. Maybe because she’s the baby of the family, and so she gets treated that way.
We did the same routine as the other two tonight. Talked to her about how it was going to go. I am experienced in rapid return and gradual retreat, yet I’m sat in the hallway outside her room, listening to her cry and I just want to give her a cuddle. It’s only the first night!
I need to do it this week before I go back to work. I’ve got to crack it. If I don’t do it this week, I’ll be back at work and having conference calls in the evening, and just revert to the path of least resistance ie staying with her until she falls asleep.
Help me not crack, please!