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[MaureenMLove]

Morning all.

Happy Birthday Shoshe. I got you a pressie! )

Ok, top tips for entertaining a 18mth old, who doesn't walk, today please. Its brass monkeys out there and no playgroups open, so what to do!

Just started my 'return to bed' sleep training with dd (as per Nick did yesterday).
Has started pretty well - I've been staying in her room with her til she falls asleep, but didn't tonight and she still fell asleep in about 2 minutes (after an initial resistance!).
Fingers crossed it works when she wakes in the night too!

How old is your dd SB?

She is 3! You'd think I should have it sorted by now wouldn't you

No, mine is 26 months and we are still at odds with it. As of last night she is out of our bed and next to it in a Z bed. After a while I am going to be moving it away from the bed and then after a longer while getting her into her own room. You are not alone, but I am a very gently gently softly softly in my approaches. However, odd this all seems to people this is the only way she is dependent on us and a very lively independent confident child so I must be doing something right. I just can't/won't let her scream herself to sleep so it's finding a gentle way to do it. It's ok, we are in no hurry - DH works late and I go to bed early so it's not been an issue iyswim.

Hmmm sounds like I am protesting too much?!

In a way I think your approach is potentially a good one. DD hasn't been in our bed for a while but i have been in hers (and I can assure you that although dd is small for her age, I most certainly am not and a little single bed is not good for both of us, especially when she has a bottom that doesn't half wriggle!!!)
I hate to hear dd screaming too so I will end up in and out her room numerous times I imagine but I have to do something as I'm turning in a grouchy cow (some might say what's new ) as I'm tired!

sleep training is hard isn't it?
i did it totally differently with each of my kids

with dd i did cotrolled crying when she was about 1yr and it worked within a week but when she went into a bed and i took the stairgate off her door she would sneak into my bed most nights untill she was 5yrs!!!

with ds i did it so differently - i cuddled him to sleep at first then progressed to stroking him to sleep then just sitting beside him and gradually moved further away till i was eventually able to leave while he was awake - i did take much longer but it has worked well generally put him to bed at 7.30ish and he sleeps right through 12 hours - we've had a few hiccups with bedwetting but not as many as i expected

cotrolled

hi all

happy birthday shoshe

Just popping in and am at the antics

Fill you all in tomorrow with the tales of my weekend away

I'm rubbish at sleep training

It was going okish until about 4.30am this morning when she was having none of it and I'm rubbish at listening to her cry/scream etc! I did keep going but ended up talking to her when I didn't want to as it makes her think she can keep doing it! Maybe tomorrow will be easier. I hope so