So do you all think cosleeping is a good idea? Any ideas on how to break the habit?
1. What ages are the kid(s) you sleep with? Cayla is going to be 3 years old next week.
2. How do you get them to sleep? Do they fall asleep somewhere else and you move them to your bed? We have always just went to bed and she goes to sleep. (Sometimes she has to tell me lots of things first) On the rare occasions when she falls asleep somewhere else, I move her to HER bed and Mommy actually gets some good rest that night.
3. Do you put them in your bed awake and they fall asleep on their own? For the most part, but with some encouraging words like "Go to sleep Cayla!"
4. Cayla goes to her Grandmother's house during the day while I work. She has "her room" and Grandma tells her its nap time, gives her a sippy cup of juice and all her stuffed animals and she goes to sleep by herself.
5. Overnights? The only place Cayla has ever stayed overnight is at her Grandma's house. The first night was very difficult for Grandma because Cayla wanted her Mommy. Now, ironically, Cayla insists that she sleep in "her" bed (the guest bedroom where she takes her naps) and does not let Grandma sleep with her. I am having a hard time figuring this one out. We do not want Cayla to cosleep with us anymore but when I try to put her in her own bed she has a fit. She won't even sleep with her older sister. She has to sleep with me!
6. Waking up when I go to the bathroom? She used to do that and it was a night mare. If I was up, Cayla was up. She's not like that anymore. I can get out of bed and she doesn't automatically wake up anymore. She has never woken up when DH gets up for work, but then she has always slept right next to me. She does get mad if he has to leave for work before she gets up though.
He must say good bye to the princess before he leaves!
This is a good thread - I'm not sure which direction the original poster wanted to take it, but I'm wondering if anyone has any good ideas on how to get the Princess to sleep in her own bed now?