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Yasmine20 · 30/09/2019 01:20

It's a long story but please please bare with me:

My son is 14 months old and he's slept in my bed with me and his father since he was very young, I've never believed in co-sleeping as I never allowed it with my first son but when my second was born we all needed the sleep to be able to parent as I was awake all day and awake all night because my other half works long hours mom-fri. When he falls asleep I put him back in his cot every time but he still wakes up wanting in our bed and I give in every time because I'm worried about lack of sleep and looking after the boys.

Anyways, I live in a 2 bedroom house and there wasn't much space in my sons bedroom for my second son, so we've switched rooms and now there's no room in our room for his cot and it's now in his room with his brother but he will not go in his cot at all at the moment. When he falls asleep I try lying him in his cot but he immediately wakes up. I've tried letting him cry himself to sleep but I can't bare more than 10 minutes of him sobbing his heart out. I give him his dummy but he throws it out the cot and he knows I will pick it up and give in.

I really don't know what to do. I'm in such a hard position at the moment. I'm arguing with my other half because of no sleep, my other son is waking up with my little one crying in his room, my little one is exhausted but fighting his sleep and I feel like a broken woman. I really don't know what to doSad

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Babs5693 · 30/09/2019 17:41

Hi in all honesty I do t know what to say but no one else has responded, at the moment I sleep on my DS1’s floor so he gets some sleep in his cot and doesn’t wake up my DD2. I guess is it an issue to let him carry on sleeping in your bed until he is old enough so you can reason with him and do reward charts and things like that with him? at the end of the day all you have done is what is best for both your boys, which is amazing.

Rachelover60 · 30/09/2019 17:49

Carry on co sleeping, it won't last forever. He'll eventually find it more interesting to share his brother's room.

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