[olien]

My LO is just going to turn 9mo and we use a floor bed and bed share. He naps and starts his night on the floor bed then sometime around 12 or 1am when he wakes to eat I bring him to bed with us. I get more sleep that way & I think he wakes less too.

He fights sleep. He always has. Even when he is really tired.

My question is how do you guys put them down with a floor bed?? I find I lay on his mattress with him to keep him on the bed. So he is in between me & the wall. He plays with me (hair, face, etc), the wall (pounding, trying to eat, standing), and anything else he can until he is completely exhausetd and most nights crying. It could take anywhere from 20min (rare & if exhausted) to 1.5 hrs. Ave being 45 - 50min.

I think If I didnt lay next to him he would just be all over the room. Playing with all of his toys/books/things. Is that what I am supposed to be doing?? Then just let him crawl into bed (or not) and go to sleep when he is ready. Would this help foster his independence? I feel like he wont go to sleep now if I'm not laying beside him. I couldnt leave him in his room unattended to go to sleep bec he is to unsteady on his feet and tries to stand every chance he gets.

Help please. Thanks

 

[Morningcalm]

I either nurse my lo to sleep or if that doesn't work I try another way. What I do is I walk him around a dimly lit room in my arms and count sheep to him out loud. Sometimes, it takes 50 sheep, and other times it takes him 160 sheep. Once, he's asleep in my arms, I lay him down.

 

[Thing1Thing2]

Same here, ds will stay up for 5 hours crawling around in a hyperactive state if I let him. I finally got so tired of it I started swaddling him again. He's 10 months, and a big boy (26 lbs), but he really took well to it and I couldn't handle trying for 5 hours a night to get him to sleep... Now he goes right out. Its great.