Is this reasonable?
Im trying to get my toddler to sleep in her cot. She screams her head off if I leave the room, but if I sit next to the cot she tries to grab me and play with me. So I'm trying a method where I sit just away from her cot, and only rub her back when she sits/lays down for sleep. Basically teaching her I will only comfort her when she's ready to sleep as it's not playtime. She screamed for 45 mins stood up then sat down and immediately lay down when I rubbed her back. Is this a fair method or too harsh?
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I think it really depends on what you are all comfortable with. We aren’t able to leave the room else she gets upset but we are now at a point where we sit next to her in a chair whilst she falls asleep but it’s taken months to get here. For me I think she knows you’re there to comfort for her if she needs it, you haven’t left her. X
I don’t think this sounds harsh, you’re still supporting her back to sleep and I think that’s a really good idea to get the association that you’re there to help her get to sleep, not to play xxx
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We did sleep training with ours a few months ago because her waking up was getting too much and I was going back to work. We had 2 really bad nights (took 2hrs) then a couple alright (around 30mins) now we just have the odd night with a wake-up and normally just needs dummy again and goes straight off. We did increments of 1 mins then next night 2/3/5/10 and just went in first one got a VERY quick cuddle and lay down but then rest just lay down and told ‘bed time now night night’