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lol I had my oldest in bed with me...and she wasn't in her own bed until she was 2. She still actually sneaks in my bed now sometimes, and she's 4! I would start weaning now...my youngest is 3.5 months, and she sleeps in bed with me sometimes, but sometimes not. I'll put her to bed in her crib now, and when she wakes up for her 3 am feeding, I let her sleep the rest of the morning in my bed. I think if you can get her used to her own bed...sharing one with her will be easier, for nights that you need some "alone time" with hubby. Good luck. :)

i have the same problem, my little one is 7 weeks and sleeps with me, she does not sleep by her self. she wakes up after 10 min screaming cause she is alone. i need some feedback on how to break the habit of sleeping in bed with me.

Hey ladies, I was having the same problem and the Ferber method worked wonders for me. Now my 2 1/2 month old daughter sleeps in her own crib for 8 hours straight! Some ppl don't believe in the method because you allow the child to cry, but it is not to be cruel to the child. Basically you put the child down at night and step out of the room. Once they start screaming you go in a comfort them, but DO NOT pick them up. Then you leave once they are comforted but not yet asleep. If they start crying, you wait a couple of mins, then go back in an comfort them again, etc. They eventually learn to put themselves to sleep and not rely on mom and dad. I highly recommend checking out his book "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems"

Thanks for the feedbak i will check that book out

how long does the ferber method take? i have tried it for 4 nights now and it does not work. is my little one too young? she is 8 weeks old

heh...I've tried it with my 6 week old and it doesn't work for me either. i think she's too young yet. She just doesn't get calmed by me standing there...she wants to be held!

i used that book "how to solve ur childs sleep problems" someone recommended it to me... when my oldest was 1 yr old... & he's now 5 & hasnt slept in my bed since i used that book, it trully works... i so recommend it

Nicole & Seredetia, your LO's might be a bit too young yet. The book recommends not starting this until about 3 months. It worked with my daughter at 2 months but she was also 2 weeks overdue by the time I had her. So she was probably more around 10 weeks. Plus, the book does say each child is different and some take a little longer than others. I hope this helps :)

Also, when I first started with my daughter -she was not comforted by me just standing there. She wanted picked up. It ended up that the pacifier would calm her down enough to fall asleep. Now she no longer needs it.

Our 4 month old goes between the ba__sinette and our bed - we're still not ready to have her all the way down the hall from us at night - but she naps in her crib. She was premie though, and in the hospital for 6 weeks so she honestly sleeps pretty well anywhere.

Hi, I just dealt with this 2 nights ago. My son will be 4months old next week. He's always slept in the ba__sinett next to my side of the bed. My hubby snores alot and loud, and usually my ds would sleep at least 6hrs at a time. Anyway, he went through a few days where he got up every other hour and I'd had enough. I thought the snoring was adding to the night wakings. So I transitioned him to his crib. I also have a twin bed in there, so I slept in there the first night. But it was amazing, he slept 10hrs straight without even waking for a feeding. He slept great and so did we. The next night (last night) i slept in my own room and he slept for 10 hrs again without waking. We're all sleeping much better. It's going great. I really advise NOT to sleep with your lo. Just because it starts bad habits and also because it can be very dangerous. My friend's dd was only 15days old and she died due to suffocation because they were co-sleeping. I'm scaredt o death of it. But I know many parents do it and it works for them. Just my opinion. It was hardest on me to let him go in his own room.HE"S done great. I am a worry wort, and I have the angelcare monitor that detects breathing and everything, so I feel secure sleeping well and knowing he'll be ok.It gives me peace of mind. Good luck! I'd try putting your lo in the crib. I thought it would be this big deal, but it wasn't.

Try to get your little one in the crib,I did the very same thing with my first son,he is now six and wakes up in the middle of the night and sneaks into my bed.

my son sleeps with us as it is easier to nurse him and i enjoy the bonding time, but i try to make sure he can take naps on his own, and in his bed not always ours. he also goes to sleep in his bouncer, swing, ect. about 2 hours before we take him to bed with us, so i'm confident that will help him transition smoothly to sleeping through the night on his own. also after 4 or 5 months a baby should be learning to find their own ways to self soothe, you can still comfort them by then but until then, they really need your help to be soothed, after they may only need a little help from you. you should check out the happiest baby on the block. the dvd saved me, it was incredibly helpful