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- Situation -HELP! I have a two and a half year old son who won't sleep in his own room. I have a hard time getting him to sleep and, to make matters worse, he HAS to sleep in my bed. Any advice on how to ease the transition into his own bed? He is forever getting up. I've tried lying down with him until he goes to sleep. I've tried rocking him to sleep. I finally lose it and start spanking him every time he gets up. We cannot continue on like this. I am VERY DESPERATE!
- Solution -
It takes perspective, lots of patience, and saint-like persistence to be a parent at bedtime. The time of day when parents feel weary, wiped out, or ready to crawl between their own waiting sheets turns little Jason's midnight wanderings into a waking nightmare. All you want to do is go to sleep and have him do the same - in his own bed. Or is it?
Perspective/Soul Searching
If you feel at all ambiguous about whether you want your child to sleep alone, whether you feel you need to lie with him or cater to him in some other way, then he will ...