i co-slept with DD1 until a couple months before DD2 was born. she'd go to sleep in her own bed (with help from me) and often wake up and get in bed with DH and me. after DD2 was born, we made no attempt to get DD1 to stay in her bed because we wanted to reassure her of her place in our family. this meant that poor DD2 has mostly been in her own bed next to my side of the bed so as not to have both of them in bed with me at once for both safety and comfort. however, i finally got tired of getting in and out of bed and climbing over people to get to DD2 in the night to nurse her. i can't get good sleep like that. so i started leaving DD2 in bed with us after nursing. now it's getting to be too much. we have a queen size bed and can't fit comfortably with two adults a 2.5 year old and a 7 month old. DH and i can't sleep.
my options are to have DH go sleep on the couch or get DD1 to stay in her own bed. she has a toddler bed right next to mine on DH's side. she goes to sleep in it fine (while i rub her back and sit with her). she wakes up every night, often crying for mommy, and gets in bed with us. i'm sure if i made more of an effort to keep her in her bed i could, but I'M TOO TIRED!!
any tricks/tips to get her to just roll over and go back to sleep when she wakes up instead of climbing all over me and literally sleeping on top of me?
my options are to have DH go sleep on the couch or get DD1 to stay in her own bed. she has a toddler bed right next to mine on DH's side. she goes to sleep in it fine (while i rub her back and sit with her). she wakes up every night, often crying for mommy, and gets in bed with us. i'm sure if i made more of an effort to keep her in her bed i could, but I'M TOO TIRED!!
any tricks/tips to get her to just roll over and go back to sleep when she wakes up instead of climbing all over me and literally sleeping on top of me?
