Help me - its just gotten too bad!! :( NEED THEM OUT OF MY BED!!

[kittylette]

so our 2 year old sleeps in our bed

we take him to bed at about 7.30 and lie with him,

it can take hours

sometimes we transerfer him whilst asleep t his bed to give us some .. ahem..'time' together - but he always ends up bak with us before mornign'

and NOW my 6 month old has started it too

i cant cope

how do i get 2 kids under 2 OUT OF MY FECKING BED??!

last night i went to bed at 12 - DS1 was already in the bed

they both woke up, i was up til 4am trying to get DS1 to sleep and DS2 in his cot

everytime i got the little one to sleep he woke up as i put him in his cot

please please help me!

i felt like saying bugger to them and sleeping down stairs

Take him back to his bed. And again. And again. And again. You get the idea. It may take a few days but he'll get the message in the end. Be consistent, once you've decided to do it, stick to it. Don't give him a hard time, just carry him back in to his bed calmly. Good luck!

I wouldn't lie with him either waiting for him to fall asleep. Just leave the room and if he gets up put him back. Be ruthless

I can completely sympathise - ds is 16 months old, in my bed, and I lie with him every night to get him to sleep. Makes 'me' time in the evenings impossible most nights!

Advice I've got so far is once I put him back in his own bed to stick to it and be consistent. No point having him crying, upset etc for a few nights then giving in and letting him back in the bed - won't be fair on him and will confuse him.

I know it's going to be hard work so am putting off doing it until I have the strength to stick with it no matter what!! He's very persuasive for a 16 month old!

In general, people say it only takes a week or so to get them into a new routine - then just have to stick with it even if they're ill, or you're too tired etc etc. I just need some time to prepare myself for the week of hell!! Good luck