2yr old son sleeping in our bed for last yr. How to kindly get him out?! Getting no sleep!!...

[Tigerlili74]

Our 2 yr old son started coming into bed with us when he was teething a lot and i really like having him in there but he is so big now and likes to sleep horizontally so either one of us is always being booted and we're getting no sleep.
I really don't know whether to try CC because he is so knowing and always mentions things like when he's cried and he remembers EVERYTHING! He is quite clingy anyway, even when going to bed.
We managed to settle him back into his bed a couple of nights last week but he still kept whimpering for me.
Last few nights he's had a really blocked up nose so I've just brought him in with us again.
We just need to get him sleeping through if we're ever going to manage to have another!
Does anyone know any kind of less harsh ways than CC that have worked for them?
Thanks x

bribery? ds is nearly 4 and arrives in our bed at some point, i think usually around 4am. he sort of curls up at the bottom though so is not so intrusive.

for us the main battle was stopping him from waking us up at 5am, which i have done with bribes and later bedtime.

Try a special little "camping" arrangement on the floor - fold a duvet in 3 and put a sleeping bag on top. It is fun - he is close, so will feel safe, but won't disturb you. Worth a try? He is only 2 - he will out grow it.

I know he won't still want to sleep with me when he's 15 but i fear by that time i will resemble an 80yr old crone through lack of sleep!
I like the camping idea but reckon he would just want me to get in the tent with him. He is very clingy and just wants me all the time.
Will give camping a try though. Might put his old cot mattress by the bed.

once he starts dropping naps / going to pre-school he will be sleeping more heavily anyway and less likely to come in with you.

i think ds will stop entirely once he starts school, it is already noticeably different since pre-school in sept.

Get him a big (double if poss) bed and get in with him. If you do alternative nights with your DH then it isn't quite the burden. My 2 1/2 year old has a double and these days we only get in with her if she's inconsolable or ill as she's that bit older and understands that she has her bed and we have ours. In fairness hers is the communal bed as we all pile into it in the morning and read books and she potters around her bedroom while we try and wake up. I think this has helped as she rarely even gets out of bed and comes into our room, just calls us to come to her

Oh and I forgot to mention that you can always sneek back to your own bed in the night.