At what age did you leave your baby/child to sleep on their own?

[Aussiegirl777]

From 6 months old my DS has gone into his cot and gone to sleep as soon as we put him down. In fact he probably did it even earlier in his bassinet but he was in our room then. Each night either DP or I, or sometimes both of us take him to bed. When it's me I put him to bed, cover him snuggly, tell him I love him and that I hope he has beautiful sweet dreams. I tell him that if he needs me I'm here and then I leave......and within minutes he's asleep.

(unless he is teething- then he is restless and may need me to go in for resettling)

[Lolpigs]

From 6 months old my DS has gone into his cot and gone to sleep as soon as we put him down. In fact he probably did it even earlier in his bassinet but he was in our room then. Each night either DP or I, or sometimes both of us take him to bed. When it's me I put him to bed, cover him snuggly, tell him I love him and that I hope he has beautiful sweet dreams. I tell him that if he needs me I'm here and then I leave......and within minutes he's asleep.

(unless he is teething- then he is restless and may need me to go in for resettling)

Hehe that is what we do

[onthefly]

DS was just over 2.
DD not yet.

Haven't done it with a newborn, but you can try lying down with both of them, feeding a newborn while sitting with older child, wearing newborn in a sling while helping older child to settle, etc.

[LimeSlice]

About 2.5 I think every other night, depending on how she felt, every night by 3 years.
TBH I would still be in there at the end of her bed I think if I didn't have to deal with feeding and settling DD2. DD1 still asks me to sit with her a while, but it is only a few minutes and then she is happy to fall asleep alone if she isn't already.

[MummyNaomi]

Haven't yet. DS is 3yrs 3 months and we read him two books (DH one, me the other) and then either one or both of us lay with him while he falls asleep. If we attempt to leave before he falls asleep he gets upset and calls us back, so we stay. I have no intention of changing this until he leads the change (and now we just bring DD into his room and she is now part of this routine). I love his sleepy cuddles as much as he wants us there, soon enough he'll be all grown up and wont need/want us there, but for now it works for all of us