Help getting my nearly 2 year old out of my bed please!

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DS has always been a rubbish sleeper, usually waking a few times and coming in with me and DH about 5. He was getting better though and we moved him up to a toddler bed which he loved, after Xmas.

Then in January my Dad died and me and him went to live with my Mum for 3 weeks. Left older kids here with DH. With my mum he slept in a bed with me as we had no other option, he slept fine.

Since we got home mid Feb he will not sleep in his bed at all. He is t happy going to bed but he is so tired he doesn’t fight too much. Sometimes we get 7-9ish in his bed, but sometimes not. Once he is up he will not go back. We have tried leaving him to some extent but don’t want him waking his sisters. He have spent hours comforting him and putting him back down repeatedly. Hours! Then since this all kicked off and we are trying to work from home, watch him and home school two older kids we’ve taken the easy option and brought I him in with us after first wake.

I don’t sleep well with him next to me, he likes to be cuddled. I also have a bad neck from sleeping like this.

Please don’t suggest doing this until he grows out of it. I need it to stop.

Please send me some advice!!

So sorry to hear about your DF OP

One thing to try is sleeping with his sheets for a couple of nights so that his bed smells of you.

I really haven’t got much else to suggest, but this book should help

Is there any space to move his bed next to yours and gradually shift him and his bed out to his room?

Thank you, will download that book.

Moving the bed was something we had considered actually. We were planning on having my Mum with us for lockdown and giving her his room. She didn’t come in the end so we didn’t do it but it might be worth a try.

Give the book a whirl first then if all else fails why not give moving the bed a try if there is the space for it. I didn't have this problem with DC but did with DDog and whilst some of the rearing advice doesn't translate between species, some of it has .