Do your children /baby's sleep with you?!!

[Sherbertx]

My dd has just turned 18 months and used to sleep really well through out the night. She had a moment where she was ill and wouldn't sleep unless she was next to me in bed. Now she won't sleep in her cot and wakes up after about two hours and refuses to sleep until she's in my bed 😣 any tips how I can get her back to sleeping through the night in her bed? I hardly have any room !😅

Currently in bed with a sleeping 19 month old DS next to me. I love it. He's only little for such a short amount of time. He's not going to be 15 and wanting to share a bed with mummy and daddy anymore.

We are lucky he goes down in his own room from 7pm till about 11pm so we get a few hours to just be adults and ourselves but bring DS in when he wakes in the night. We have a super king so plenty of room. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Well if you're serious about not wanting her in bed with you, then you need to be consistent and not bring her in with you. It's hugely unfair on them to put up with it some nights and not others, so if you're sure you can resist the temptation in the middle of the night when you're exhausted then start as you mean to go on. You need to shhhhh and comfort and reassure her whilst she is in her bed and gradually retreat more and more each time, spacing out the length of time you let her cry for you. My girls are 7 and 5 and now and then I'm still resisting the "I don't like going to be on my own" and "I'm not tired" and "I'm lonely!!" Because they will do everything they can to stay up later and stretch out bedtime and I have to be soooo consistent and not give in!! Be sure you're ready to not cave in!! Good luck x