DD is talking about/showing signs that she's ready to stay in her bed all night but i'm having a hard time with it! has this happened to anyone else?
i tend to have a bit of anxiety about sleeping and don't want to pass this on to my DD. the anxiety only happens to me when i'm forced to (or used to be in the situation where i had to) go to sleep alone in the house. i literally spent my entire 1st pregnancy up most of the night because dp was working overnight shifts at the time! i think it comes from never living alone, sharing a room with my sister growing up and usually having a bf to snuggle with through my adult years.
anyway, our 3 yo starts the night in her own bed but i GO GET HER and bring her to our bed when i go to sleep, ridiculous i know but i can't help it. i mentioned this in another post recently too-its partly because when she has brief awakenings i roll over, cover her back up and she goes right back to sleep. if she stayed in her room i'd have to get up to do this potentially waking up DD2 who is also in bed with us.
mostly though it's because i feel like she'd be lonely/scared sleeping in there by herself (her room is close to ours) even though she's never said so. i realize it's pretty much all me at this point but can't get past it. i also know that i have to believe she can do it so she believes that too and doesn't eventually start picking up on my anxiety, kwim?
please tell me i'm not the only one who was reluctant to give up cosleeping when their LO was showing signs of readiness
i tend to have a bit of anxiety about sleeping and don't want to pass this on to my DD. the anxiety only happens to me when i'm forced to (or used to be in the situation where i had to) go to sleep alone in the house. i literally spent my entire 1st pregnancy up most of the night because dp was working overnight shifts at the time! i think it comes from never living alone, sharing a room with my sister growing up and usually having a bf to snuggle with through my adult years.
anyway, our 3 yo starts the night in her own bed but i GO GET HER and bring her to our bed when i go to sleep, ridiculous i know but i can't help it. i mentioned this in another post recently too-its partly because when she has brief awakenings i roll over, cover her back up and she goes right back to sleep. if she stayed in her room i'd have to get up to do this potentially waking up DD2 who is also in bed with us.
mostly though it's because i feel like she'd be lonely/scared sleeping in there by herself (her room is close to ours) even though she's never said so. i realize it's pretty much all me at this point but can't get past it. i also know that i have to believe she can do it so she believes that too and doesn't eventually start picking up on my anxiety, kwim?
please tell me i'm not the only one who was reluctant to give up cosleeping when their LO was showing signs of readiness
