What is the best age to train a toddler to sleep in her own room?
9 comments so farMy hubby says that we should start training our 13 months old baby girl to sleep in her own room soon. Currenlty she's sleeping in her cot in the master bedroom with us. And if I am to start training her to sleep in her own room, any opinion as to how i should go about doing it? However I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep peacefully if she is to sleep in her room as I'll be constantly worrying about her needs and safety.
There's no reason why she has to have her own room. Parents & children have slept together for centuries. You can always go elsewhere once she's asleep if your husband wants attention but doesn't like it with your baby in the room.
It doesn't mean she will be in your room until she's 18, you should be able to move her into her own room much more easily from about age 3 when she can understand more & is naturally wanting to be more independant.
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hate to tell you hun but your gonna have a hell of a time getting her to sleep alone you should have put her in her crib around 6-8 weeks old not when she's over a yr. old my girlfriend id the same thing you did her daughter is now going on 6 yrs old and 3 months ago was her daughters first time sleeping through the night alone in her own bed best of luck( next one don't do that ) if your feeling insecure about her needs put a baby monitor in and you can hear her if she needs you
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Your going to have to start soon. Actually its better to start earlyer then latter because when their young they cant really tell what happened. I would just put her cot in a seperate room and leave the door open when you put her to bed so you can hear her. She will be fine. I can rpomise you that. If you need to leave your door open at night too so you can hear everything
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You really need to start now. Stop with the (she's a baby attitude)
Because pretty soon-she will be a BIG BABY! What you need to do is place her in her OWN room, in her own toddler bed/crib/ or big girl bed(twin).
I have a 16 month old who has been sleeping in a twin bed since she was 10 months. She cried yes, she still cries some nights. but she needs to be in her own space and confident that she can sleep without Mommy & Daddy.
You can do it, just start placing her in there every night. You guys will be fine. Soon you will be able to say "Sweetheart, go in your room and go night night"-And your little one will understand and proudly go to sleep on her own!
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Another thing-Stop worrying about her (you can go check on her after she's asleep) Save night time for your hubby.
You need to start immediately. Although she will definitely protest, you need to be strong. Maybe start with playing in the room for a few days. If she has a bed/portable cot perhaps start her taking her naps in her own room. Once she gets the hang of this, then move onto overnight sleeping. Get a baby monitor, maybe even one with a camera. Although the camera ones may be expensive for your peace of mind it's worth it. You can watch to ensure she's safe. There's nothing wrong with having her cry as long as you know she's safe and not ill.
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Oh my God, she should have been in her room at about six months. My son was and has been sleeping there peacefully (except the odd bout of teething - but even then he gets put back into his room once he has calmed down etc). I think you may have problems getting her to settle, best thing to do is try it and dont give him. If she cries go and make sure she is ok, reassure her and lay her back to sleep (try not to pick her up otherwise she may think she is coming with you), do you have a musical night light, these helped my son and you can tiptoe back to your room, while she is occuppied. Leaver her for 20 mins then go back in if she is still crying and start all over again.
She will eventually get the message, over about a week and never use her cot as a punishment, (ie naughty place), she needs to associate it with sleep time not get anxious about why she has been put in there.
Good Luck
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She should have been sleeping in her own room before 13 months but you should defo do it now the older she gets the harder it will be
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There's no reason why she has to have her own room. Parents & children have slept together for centuries. You can always go elsewhere once she's asleep if your husband wants attention but doesn't like it with your baby in the room.
It doesn't mean she will be in your room until she's 18, you should be able to move her into her own room much more easily from about age 3 when she can understand more & is naturally wanting to be more independant.
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As soon as they are born .
just be firm, keep putting her in her own room, no talking, n water, no sitting with her.
Just do it. it will take several days of hard work on your part to get through this.
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I was unable to put my daughter into her own room untill 10months as we didnt have the space it was easy when we did i never had any problems from her but i had definate separation anxiety from me. My mum said that she put me in my own room at 3 months and had a nightmare as i hated being alone. i think each child is different and as long as a good sleep routine is established you should try it, try it with daytime naps first then extend to night ones but i believe it should be done before there first birthday as things will get more difficult.