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Weaning a co-sleeper

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 22 October 2013 - 22:06

Hi all. DD is 22 months today and I have been wanting to wean her from my bed for a while now. Her bed has been set up and she likes playing on it during the day, uses it as a table as well as pretends to sleep in it with her dolly. At night I lay her down in my bed (I sit next to her) and she will only sleep if my arm is on her and she is hugging it. It's literally like an on/off switch for her crying - take my arm off = crying, put it back on = quiet. This kind of clingy behaviour started because of a mixture of new baby in the house as well as going to nursery (which I ended up taking her out of) etc So before I start to try and lay her down on her bed I thought I'd ask if you had any suggestions! Thanks so much.

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 25 October 2013 - 11:53
A start could be to lie her down in her own bed rather than yours, but let her hug your arm as she falls asleep just like you do now. Then sloooowly let her have "less arm", then just your hand, then your hand next to her on the bed, etc. It'll take a while (a few weeks probably) but should work eventually. Cold turkey weaning her off of your bed *and* holding your arm etc. will definitely result in a lot of tears.
 
 

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