14 month old falling asleep on the floor - is this normal?

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Our 14 month old son still sleeps in his little bed next to our bed. Dad sleeps in other room because he has to be fit for work in the morning.

During the night he sometimes wakes up and comes in my bed, which I allow him to do.

It's just in the evening in the living room that he displays new and weird behaviour.

Before, he always fell asleep in our arms in the living room and we rocked him to sleep. We then let him sleep in his snuggleme cushion for a little while before we took him upstairs.

Now he grabs a cushion and falls asleep on the floor in front of us. He's sometimes on the carpet, sometimes on the wooden floor.

He rolls around for a while to soothe himself and then he falls asleep.

Occasionally he allows me to pick him up and rock him to sleep.

A lot of times he gets annoyed with me though when I pick him up and hold him.

I don't like it as I think he gets cold and I'm also unsure if it's normal for a 14 month old not to want to be hold anymore while falling asleep?

Can anyone give advice, please?

Please be kind, he's my first child xx

He has learned to get to sleep independently - maybe earlier than some kids but later than others. My second son can sleep anywhere, as a toddler he would just make a nest out of jackets at a party or restaurant then fall asleep under the table 😂

Might be time to put him in his own room? You can still have snuggles at story time then leave him to fall asleep himself.

Also, earlier bedtime if he's napping on the floor in the evening!

I think it's time to be putting him into his own room and moving his bedtime earlier. He's quite clearly telling you he wants to go to sleep and can self settle so I'd be working on letting him settle comfortably in bed rather than watching him fall asleep on the floor.

He’s ready to go to bed independently! Hooray!
Time to start putting him in his bed, maybe with a cushion to cuddle and letting him put himself to sleep.

Put him to sleep at a reasonable time in his own bed.

It does sound like he needs to go to bed earlier, sounds like the perfect time to start taking him up for a story and bed in his own room. He is letting you know pretty clearly what he wants.

Normal. Just put him to bed when he's tired in the evening.

Oh how wonderful! DS2 used to do this, he was a much better sleeper than DS1. He just needed to go to sleep when he was tired. I would suggest getting ds ready for bed and putting him down a bit earlier so he gets used to going to sleep in his own bed.

Has he started nursery? As mine sleep on a mat on the floor there so maybe he’s mirroring this?

If he’s that tired he falls asleep on the floor I’d suggest an earlier bedtime

This sounds great news! And you sound so sweet that you are still wanting to rock him to sleep. By 8/9 months my babies were far too heavy and I could not manage to rock them to sleep anymore. I agree with others, sounds like he needs an earlier bedtime and routine that lets him settle himself like this (with you there if you like) in his own bed.

mine used to be able to sleep on a rail and still can really. Think I'd be moving bed time and also rejoicing in the independent sleeping!.

Most 14 month olds fall asleep independently in their own cot/bed. Of course not all, plenty still co sleep but yours is clearly telling you that he is ready to go to sleep on his own and doesn't want to be rocked.

Why does your husband need to sleep in a separate room with a 14 month old?

Anyway, I’d start actually putting your son to bed before he is falling asleep on the floor OP.