How do i get my 15 month old to sleep in his own bed?

Question

My son refuses to sleep alone therefore i let him fall asleep with me and i put him in his own bed... Well we're good for a couple hours and he wakes up and will scream and cry until i put him back into my bed! help! Hes a rough sleeper!!

I wait until he asleep before i put him in his own bed but he still wakes in the middle of the night... When he would sleep with me it was an all night sleep..

Answer 1

Ask your pharmacist or doctor about sedatives (I used one called Vallergan). It sounds harsh but trust me, once this has been going on for a while it's a god send. I was going absolutely insane, but my 3yr old has slept in her own bed for at LEAST 10 hours a night for over a year now. When they wake up in the morning you make a HUGE deal about how big they are for sleeping in their own bed and eventually they want to do it.

Answer 2

He is having a problem with separation. My daughter had that she never slept in my bed but she would cry allot in the middle of the night.
I would lay him down in his bed with you there to start. If he is getting up at a certain time every night go in about 1/2 before he would wake up or pick a time after 3 hours he has been asleep and let him know you are there so he will go back to sleep then leave. then the next night go 1 hour earlier then next 1 hour 1/2. Until you don't have to go in. If he wakes up more than 1 time per night do the same thing at each of the times he would generally wake up. That will be hard for you but you need let him know you are there. Until you reduce them all to not going in.

It worked for my daughter after a week
good luck

Answer 3

why he screams in the middle of the night is because imagine it.....you go to sleep and the last thing you see is the love of your life(you) you are warm and being held....then you open your eyes and it's dark and your alone with your favourite person gone. Your child has no consept he has been asleep just that suddenly you're gone of course he screams.
the best you can do is control crying, I'm not talking about leaving them to cry themselves to sleep.
Put him in bed a cuddle a kiss and goodnight. Of course he will scream it may take up to a week to fully stop this. Go back in 1 min. tell him it's time to sleep (don't try to lay him down it is pointless he will just stand up again) then leave go back in two min, repeat, then go back in 3 min. Continue this every 3 minutes till he is asleep. He will know you are still there but that he has to go to sleep by himself. Now comes the hard part (and you all ready thought this was hard) you have to do this in the midle of the night as well. Don't give in because all he has learnt is that if he scream's long enough you will go back to his way. It will probably take a couple of hours the first night but each night it will get less. Get on to it now though because it won't be long till he is in a bed and boy does it get harder then. It is worth the bad few days because he will learn to put himself to sleep and also back to sleep at night. You need some time for you for your sanity. Good luck

Answer 4

Ohh, that is so terrible! It must be so painful to watch you little baby cry like that! I hope I (or someone else) can help.

I read of a tactic to get babies to sleep in their own beds just recently in Parents magazine. First off, you HAVE to be firm with your son, and NOT slip back into your old habit of holding him until he falls alseep in your arms. That will undermine all of your hard work.

Warning: This WILL take 2-3 weeks, and you HAVE to stick with it. It is almost 100% effective though, and soon your baby will sleep in his own bed, all by himself!!!

First, you put him in his crib/bed, turn off the lights, and sit in a chair right next to him. He will probably cry, but don't pick him up!! If you need to, you can stand and rub his back or tummy until he snoozes.

The next night, try to stay sitting in the chair the whole time; not standing. It might take a night or two (or three!) to get him to fall asleep in his crib.

After you've mastered that stage, move the chair a few feet away. Sit, and let him fall asleep.

After a night or two, more the chair a few more feet away, maybe as far away as the door. Remember don't cave in if he crys.

After a night or two, tell him you'll be sitting right outside, and crack the door a bit so he can see a little bit or you, and then let him fall asleep.

After a night or two, close the door. You can still sit there by the door, because I know you want to!! (He's your baby--you love him!!) With luck, he will finally be able to go to sleep without you.

If he gets up in the middle of the night, putting him back down will be much easier now that you have him "trained."

May you have the best of luck with you baby!!!


P.S. Something else I read is that when babies are used to falling asleep in your arms, if they wake up in the middle of the night, they don't know where they are or where you are, and thus the crying. Hopefully with him knowing that his crib/bed means sleep, he will be able to soothe himself right back to dreamland. Good night! :)

Answer 5

That sounds like my son (who's 15 months also)! I found that if I let him cry, he'll eventually fall asleep. You're going to have a few more rough nights (be strong)! You might also want to keep a nighlight on at night because your son probably gets scared of the dark, and that's why he wakes up like that. Good luck!

Answer 6

Well I wouldn't let my child sit in their crib and scream, that can lead to abandonment issues and attachment disorders down the road. What I would do is ask anyone....ie..your mom..aunts..uncles...maybe your pediatrician. They could all help you with this question. And if he is 15 mos he could be teething, I know when my daughter is having a bad teething episode she will not sleep in her bed, it's just like if you are having a bad day, you want comforted and such, so all in all ask his dr..read the book by Elizabeth Pantley, which is very good and hang in there...if you have anymore questions heres my email

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Good Luck!

Answer 7

I genuinely have a 15 month previous daughter, too. i like having her interior the mattress with me, yet i understand that doesn't artwork for each man or woman. If area enables, you may desire to circulate her crib into your room. That way she nonetheless has you close up to with the aid of. you additionally can do away with one component rail on the crib, alter the mattress to the comparable top as yours and save the crib against your mattress. that provides the final of the two worlds. you nonetheless each have your man or woman area, yet are close adequate to cuddle whilst she needs you. then you definately can gradually transition her into the crib complete time with the aid of changing the component rail and a week or 2 later, circulate the crib around the room. Then to her room. Viola! sturdy success! I only examine various the different responses and that i by no potential enable any of my 3 young ones "cry it out". i could no longer undergo it. Had their cribs in my room for 2 years, yet they by no potential cried upon waking. they could wake me with the aid of calling to me particularly. How superb to wake to a happy infant particularly than a foul helpless little man or woman who has cried themself into an inconsolable state! and that i'm useful you understand you somewhat won't be able to describe plenty to a 15 month previous! She needs love and information. If she would be able to't get that from Mommy, the place else can she turn?

Answer 8

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Answer 9

i have this same problem and so i decided that if i let my 14 month old fall asleep in my bed then carry her to the crib it works alot better than making her fall asleep in the crib, try that!

Answer 10

If he's 15 get a girl in his bed.