Transition from Cosleeping

So I'm pregnant with baby number 2, and our toddler still sleeps in our bed at night. He has since about 8 months old. Truth be told he has always been a really terrible sleeper, and I've become used to the exhaustion. But with a new baby on the way, we really need our almost 2 year old to start sleeping through the night in his own bed 😩 For some context, he sleeps in his own bed for naps, and we put him to sleep in his bed every night with a solid bedtime routine that's been in place for ages. He consistently wakes up after about an hour to an hour and a half of sleep. I'll comfort him back to sleep, and then the same thing. On bad nights the sleep stretches get shorter and shorter until he's just restless and very upset. I usually just give up after a few wakings and bring him into bed with me for the night so I can get some sleep, and maintain some shred of sanity 🥴 I know the giving up is the problem, because he's learned that he can get his way after a while; but I'm honestly just so exhausted, and now pregnant, and we truly just need to correct this habbit :/ (We will not do cry it out. Firm on this.) Anyone experienced a similar struggle? Any tips or tricks? Please send help lol Sorry for the long post! Thank you!!

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My daughter was the same way have you tried a white noise machine? My daughter gets a full meal at night with some milk a fresh diaper then when we put her in her room we turn on white noise and it help her sleep through the night. Ever since we used white noise machine she doesn't wake up in the middle of the night and before it was always 1 or 2 times she would wake up crying.

This was my daughter. She still sneaks in my bed some times. But you have to put your foot down. And in-force it. Constantly. Don’t give in. The more you allow. The more they will do it. When you finally take those few days to weeks of non stop waking and not putting them into your bed. They will stay in there bed eventually. It’s hard. Very hard. Especially during pregnancy. But even harder PP. suffer through until you make it! I started the check in method with my daughter. And it’s been working very very well. I started it when I was 20 weeks. I am now 38 weeks, she’s adjusted very well to it in the past months. when she sneaks in, I take her butt right back to her bed and do the check ins until she falls back asleep.

He has a fan for noise, and we've tried introducing a night light. Our bedtime routine is dinner, bath time, brush teeth, aquaphor instead of lotion bc of his eczema, jammies, then I lay down with him and read until he falls asleep. Sometimes I sing to him if reading doesn't work. We will get an actual white noise machine and see if that helps! I will also try that check in method. Time to just be vigilant and deal with a little sleep deprivation to get the job done I guess :') Thanks for the advice ladies

@Cassiopeia that’s a perfect bedtime routine! Almost the same as ours but without the reading to sleep. I read to her, then say my good nights and tell Her I will be back to check. Then I come back every so often and soon enough she fell asleep herself. Every time I come back she asks for hugs and kisses. Unless she has fallen asleep already. We also don’t use white noise but a music box with lights. Acts as a night light. I’ve used music for both kids! Never used white noise. This morning she woke the house up at 6am tho. Usually she can sleep to 7 or even 8. 🥲🥲 Good luck to you both!! I hope and pray this all works for you guys.

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