Re: helping them learn to go to sleep
Hi there,
I'm so glad to have found this topic and your responses helped me to feel less anxious about my 1 year old's night time routine. I have always cuddled him to sleep for his naps and my husband cuddles him to sleep at night. I have chronic fatigue syndrome so I am unable to get him to sleep in the evenings.
I've recently been advised by our health visitor to put him in his cot before he is tired and sit by him until he falls asleep, holding hands and stroking his back. I've been advised that he needs to learn to self soothe himself to sleep but we were happy with the way things were as a family.
We co sleep and he wakes at midnight to come into bed with us which we both love. Only thing is at the moment one of us has to sleep in the spare room every night so we don't all get woken up by our little ones movements during the night.
Is it important for a 1 year old to self soothe to sleep whilst I just sit next to him? It doesn't feel right but I don't want to create problems for him later on.
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