My DS has just turned three. He's never been a great sleeper but this has worked for us until now. We co sleep generally - sometimes he starts the night out in his own bed before coming through to mine and sometimes he starts off in my bed but it's just never been an issue (and over all, still isn't).
He was a pretty good sleeper without much input from us until he reached about 10 months and I went back to work and since then he's woken up multiple times through the night, of course because I was back at work by that point it did just naturally progress into co sleeping because it was the only way we all could get enough sleep before work/nursery.
I'm now pregnant with our 2nd and I'd love to help my son improve his sleep - I feel bad that he struggles to get to sleep on his own and wakes through the night and I'm feeling really worried it'll only get worse when a new baby joins the mix and we have frequent night wakings to bother him further.
Does anyone have any advice as to how I can start trying to help him become a more independent sleeper without causing too much upset? We never sleep trained with cry it out or controlled crying because it just really wasn't something we felt was right for our son.
I know he needs consistency - so going to sleep in the same place each night but wondered if anyone had any other tips they might be able to share? I thought about getting a routine board to help develop a better bedtime routine?