I'm new to this forum and stumbled on it while browsing. I usually am on the foster parent forum. I have had my grandson since he was 2 years old as his foster provider. He was so devastated when DCFS called me to pick him up from the hospital with two huge black eyes. I didn't know anything about co-sleeping, but did co-sleep with my children when they were little and had a bad night...it was never a nightly thing.
Because my grandson was so broken, so sad, I started letting him sleep with me and DH. He stayed in our bed until our caseworker told us he needed his own bed. At the time, we had our adult son still home and we decided to put a toddler bed in our room at the foot of our bed. He rarely stayed in it and crawled in with us almost nightly. When my son moved away we put our grandson in his old room. First in a toddler bed, then in a twin bed. He's nearly 4 feet tall and weighs 55 pounds and will be 4 years old in a month.
Now I can't get a full night's sleep more than one or two nights a week. I'm at my wit's end. I don't have room in my bedroom for a bed bigger than a queen mattress. I've tried sleeping with my grandson in his twin bed, but it's not comfortable enough for me. I often lie down with him to get him nearly asleep or fully asleep and then go back to my bed, only to be awakened in the middle of the night.
Any suggestions? I'm not desperate, but awfully tired. I'm 53 years old and don't need to sleep 8 hours a night, but 5 or 6 would be really nice!
Because my grandson was so broken, so sad, I started letting him sleep with me and DH. He stayed in our bed until our caseworker told us he needed his own bed. At the time, we had our adult son still home and we decided to put a toddler bed in our room at the foot of our bed. He rarely stayed in it and crawled in with us almost nightly. When my son moved away we put our grandson in his old room. First in a toddler bed, then in a twin bed. He's nearly 4 feet tall and weighs 55 pounds and will be 4 years old in a month.
Now I can't get a full night's sleep more than one or two nights a week. I'm at my wit's end. I don't have room in my bedroom for a bed bigger than a queen mattress. I've tried sleeping with my grandson in his twin bed, but it's not comfortable enough for me. I often lie down with him to get him nearly asleep or fully asleep and then go back to my bed, only to be awakened in the middle of the night.
Any suggestions? I'm not desperate, but awfully tired. I'm 53 years old and don't need to sleep 8 hours a night, but 5 or 6 would be really nice!
I bet waking up without you right there is very scary for him. Are you able to move furniture around a little and put the twin mattress somewhere in your bedroom? It would probably ease his fears better then being in another room. My oldest is a very anxious child, night time is really rough on her. I hope he lets her sleep s little better soon.
