getting 10 month old to sleep in his bed

Maybe he needs to feel closer to you. When my siblings and I were babies, we sleep beside our parents. But we never became dependent or spoiled when we grew up. It just helped us develop a bond with our parents.

This is time consuming and difficult, but it worked for me with my 18 month old. She was doing good in her bed until she stayed the night at the grandparents house, the next night she wasnt having it. So, I kissed her good night and sat on the far side of the room, (I had a book with me for something else to do) Then everytime she cried or whined or screamed, I calmly said lay down, and scooted a little closer to the door when she realized the I was almost out of the door, she kind of just went with it and fell asleep. It only took me about 20 minutes, but it is an idea.

Have you thought about using a normal bed? I know that he's quite young but perhaps a single bed with railing or something would do the trick? I guess it's hard to break a habit once you've allowed it to go on for so long. I've never had this problem but at about 18 months my little miss decided the cot was no longer for her & would scream in hysterics every time she was put in there - we ended up having to get her a big girl bed! OR perhaps you could try taking the mattress from his cot, put it on the floor & let him lay on there - you can stay close until he falls asleep but then you can do your own thing once he's dozed off? It might work & then you could slowly re-introduce him to the cot & not have a problem. Night lights are also very handy along with musical toys or anything like that ^_^ I hope that is of some help to you but you might just have to try a few different things before you can settle him back in to the 'old' routine, it should go back to normal after a little while! Just keep up with it! Good Luck!

I have a 7 month old daughter. And sometimes jst in general she is so hard to get to sleep she kicks and fights with everything not to go to sleep . I know its hard and I still hate doing it ,but I turn on her windup doll, and lay her in her crib. I wouldnt let her cry anymore than 20 minutes. I have to step out of the house, and let her dad stay inside because I feel horrible. So if your partner can stay inside, it'd probally be best for you to step out. You arent a bad mom if you let your baby cry it out.

I don't agree with letting him cry but I don't agree with going and bringing him into your bed either. After a while when he's been crying, go back in, comfort him, talk to him and tell him to go back to sleep, mommy's going to bed. In other words, don't abandon him but don't give in either. It's going to be torture the first couple of times, but eventually he's going to go back to sleep and get used to the idea of sleeping in his own bed.

Some babies just dont respond well to being left to "cry it out" sounds like your son is one of them if he likes you being close, how about sitting by his cot no talking or touching just there and every night move further away until you are in the door way? I know some people stroke their childs face but thats still them relying on you to coax them to sleep so was never one I wanted to try. Getting babies to sleep has to be one of the hardest things in those first few years but it does get easier.

I have a 3 year old that finds her way into my bed lately. We moved our bed to the basement and she thinks that she needs to sneak down every morning at around 2:00 am. We just get up and put her back into her bed with out making it fun for her and it has been slowly dieing down.

I had a similar problem with my daughter when she hit 4 months old. She would fall asleep when I rocked her to sleep but as soon as I layed her in her crib, she would wake up screaming and crying! This would go on all night and letting her cry it out did not work. What I did was let her cry for about twenty to thirty minutes then go in and tell her it was bed time. I would lay her back down, put her pacifier in her mouth and walk out of the room. I did this every night for five days. Every day it would take less and less time for her to fall asleep on her own. It was a very rough week and I felt so bad letting her cry but I had to for my own sanity. My husband is gone a lot and I needed the sleep at night! I am terrible at napping so wouldn't recharge as she does when napping during the day and instead would walk around like a zombie all day. I hope this helps and you get some sleep soon. Good luck!

Let him cry it out, but go in every 10 minutes or so to let him know you are there so he doesn't feel abandoned. Talk to him and soothe him, but don't pick him up. It will be tough at first, but after a few nights, you should notice him going to sleep a lot sooner. Within a week or so he should go to sleep pretty easily. There are going to be times when he doesn't, but just stick to your routine and he will do much better.