Hi there,
I'm new & haven't visited this forum yet but I'm so glad I found MDC... My dd, 3½, recently decided she didn't want to sleep on her own, anymore. She's been in her own room for 2 years with occasional exceptions. I'm thinking it's probably b/c she has a little sister on the way and she wants to maintain her Baby-of-the-House status. It's keeping my partner, Brian, away and interfering with our sex life... this wouldn't be such a big deal except that I'm 7 months pregnant so we'd like to get it while we can! Also, there is just no way Olivia, Brian, the new baby and I will all fit in the bed. I'm not a heavy sleeper, and since I'll be breastfeeding it's not like I'll be getting enough shut-eye anyway, so I'd like to make it as comfortable as possible.
The first time I 'weaned' her from the bed was back when I was weaning her from the breast... her dad and I had just split up and she was nearly a year old and still nursing every hour, would NOT take supplemental bottles of bm... it was such an ugly, harsh experience getting her to sleep on her own and wean, and I never want to do anything like that to her again! Please please please, I'll take any advice from you moms who have "gently" eased your children out of the family bed.
Thank you!
Laurel
I'm new & haven't visited this forum yet but I'm so glad I found MDC... My dd, 3½, recently decided she didn't want to sleep on her own, anymore. She's been in her own room for 2 years with occasional exceptions. I'm thinking it's probably b/c she has a little sister on the way and she wants to maintain her Baby-of-the-House status. It's keeping my partner, Brian, away and interfering with our sex life... this wouldn't be such a big deal except that I'm 7 months pregnant so we'd like to get it while we can! Also, there is just no way Olivia, Brian, the new baby and I will all fit in the bed. I'm not a heavy sleeper, and since I'll be breastfeeding it's not like I'll be getting enough shut-eye anyway, so I'd like to make it as comfortable as possible.
The first time I 'weaned' her from the bed was back when I was weaning her from the breast... her dad and I had just split up and she was nearly a year old and still nursing every hour, would NOT take supplemental bottles of bm... it was such an ugly, harsh experience getting her to sleep on her own and wean, and I never want to do anything like that to her again! Please please please, I'll take any advice from you moms who have "gently" eased your children out of the family bed.
Thank you!
