Our New And Improved sleep plan - guess this is my last post here!!

Schnoogly wrote: Only a few days till he's 1 year!

We have changed our sleep situation yet again, and it seems to be a little better. We are still switching nights w/Iain, but instead of taking him upstairs to our bed while the off duty parent sleeps in the spare bed in my office, we moved the spare bed (queen futon mattress) into Iain's room onto the floor and we sleep with him there. For some reason, he falls asleep easy in there! We don't have to walk him around endlessly until he is almost asleep then go lay down with him (and I nurse). At his bedtime we go in there and lay down and he falls asleep in like 5 minutes! This is AMAZING.

And he is sleeping slightly better (before he got sick that is). In fact, the night before he got sick (maybe this was why?) he only woke up twice!!! Slept 8:30-3 and then woke at 5:30 and up for the day at 6:45!! I guess that would be the first time he "slept through the night" (5 hours straight, right?) But that's probably because he was getting sick. I thought it was a little fishy...

And we are trying to leave him for an hour or so once he first falls asleep so we can have some time to ourselves. I can't believe it's been a whole year since DH and I have been alone together in our house (and only twice out of the house, save the times he was in the hospital, which don't really count). Isn't that strange? Once he goes to sleep he seems to be OK for about 40min to an hour then wakes up screaming. I guess 45 minutes is better than nothing!!

I am hoping this will be an easier transition for him. Plus his bedroom is downstairs where we hang out (our bedroom is the only room upstairs) and I never felt comfortable leaving him up there. It is easier to run in to him if he's down here with us. And his room is more babyproofed than our room, so much safer I think. Someday he'll sleep there alone all night (but not until he's at least 3 I imagine!!!)

MomToMany replied: I hope this plan works for you! Sounds like it might work better having the spare bed in his room with him, instead of making him try to fall asleep in a different room.

Good luck!

coasterqueen replied: Oh Steph that is great!!!!!!! We have a similar arrangement with Kylie and it has worked out much better than any other one, lol. I might have told you this before, but we have her in a toddler bed in her room with a twin mattress right at the bottom of her bed. This mattress is there for if she was to roll out of bed and also for her and I to co-sleep in. She LOVES being able to climb up in her bed and get out on her own

Anyways, I nurse her to sleep on the twin mattress, then transfer her up into her toddler bed or sometimes I'll just let her sleep on the mattress if she's pretty restless but still asleep. Then she will sleep there for about 1.5 to 2 hours (if I'm lucky, lol) and then the rest of the night her and I cuddle/nurse on the twin in her room.

I won't lie and say I would LOVE to sleep in my own bed some nights, but hey, I'll get to some day, right?

Iain will love sleeping in his own room and before you know it he'll be sleeping longer periods of time. I keep telling myself that all the time It's gotta happen, right? LOL.

Keep us posted!

kit_kats_mom replied: It sounds promising. How come our little ones just don't wanna sleep? I have such a hard time grasping that.
Good luck and keep us posted.

aspenblue1 replied: I hope the plan works. keep us posted

DansMom replied: Sounds like things are getting better! We're going to try something similar in the weeks to come. Good luck with this approach, and here's wishing you either lots of sleep or lots of cuddle time with DH.

A&A'smommy replied: aww glad things are working out for you!!!

maestra replied: Glad to know I am not the only one still having a lot of sleep problems. Hope this works for you!

jcc64 replied: Congrats on the sleeping progress. I'm hoping to get Corey into her own sleeping accomodations sometime before she gets her driver's license.

supermom replied: Just from someone who has BTDT, it does get better with time (LOTS of time) - Anders finally moved to his own bed (in our room, but because we didn't have the space) when I was PG, but since Emily has been co-sleeping, he's wanted to sleep with us again (but only sometimes) - and he's 3 1/2 and was about 3 1/4 when he finally slept in his own bed all night on a regular basis.

So, just to let you all know that there is hope, and that it WILL get better....

And glad to hear that Iain's sleeping arrangements seem to be working out better for you - I do hope he is now over all of the sick stuff and that things get back to everyone being well for ya!

(((HUGS)))

Kaitlin'smom replied: Glad to hear things are getting better in the sleep department.

guess I will be right behind you leaving this forum and joing the 1-3 year olds! I cant believe its almost been a year!

CantWait replied: Sounds awesome I hope he continues to sleep better and better

MommyToAshley replied: Glad this plan is working better for you! Hopefully he will start sleeping better at night for you!