We went through stages. DD weaned at 14 months but for some time before that, I realised that a hug would suffice instead of a middle of the night feed. From 8 months old, whenever she would wake, we'd put her in our bed, so we all got some sort of sleep. As she got older, we tried putting her back into her own bed which ended up being numerous times each night, so we stopped. Then I started to sleep on the floor of her room, so when she woke and tried to get up, I could let her know that I was right there, and she would stay in her bed. After a few nights, I'd start to sleep in her room, then after she woke and went back to sleep, I'd go back to my bed, to a few nights later trying to be in my bed all night. It worked for a few days and then we were back to the same original pattern of her coming into our bed. Recently she stayed in her bed all night of her own accord, so we started encouraging her to do it and she has. It's only now that I'm getting a proper sleep at night that I've realised how tired I was. Having her in our bed gave me a restless sleep. She doesn't have a day sleep either, stopped that around the time she was one. I wish there was an easy answer, but in our case, DD sorted it all out herself.
Heaven - I read that blog too, it's a great post.





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