I have read all the questions that have been asked pertaining to this issue and I did not see one that fit perfectly with my problem. Almost 4 weeks ago, we set up a big boy bed for my 21 month old son. He was excited about the bed at first, and we spent several nights laying down with him until he fell asleep. It's now 3 weeks later and we are still laying down with him. We do all the normal bedtime unwinding rituals and he is very sleepy when it's time to go to bed. But the minute you tuck him in and leave the room, he gets up and is banging on the door crying and screaming. We thought after a few weeks of laying down with him, that he would be ok on his own. He was a perfect sleeper in his crib. But now I'm starting to believe that we have fostered a bad trend by laying down with him for so long. Now he expects it, and wakes up 1-3 times during the night screaming and banging on the door. I remember we had to let him "cry it out" with the crib. Is this the same issue?
2007-11-20
01:45:32
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tamE444
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Toddler & Preschooler