To many parents sweet dreams are to be said to the little one. They get the best rest even if they wake up multiple times a night, need to sleep with you, & everything else. But I’m here to tell you how I got my little boy sleeping through the night on his own by 9 months. EVERY NIGHT!
Now will this work for you, I’m not sure. But hell, if your a parent that needs sleep then it’s worth a try. I know of 2 people who have tried my method and it works. Yes, there’s bad night like when they’re sick. But on any ol’ regular day, it works.
best part for you moms, you may have to run to target for the supplies 😉 but really, go to Walmart or target and get a sound machine with a projector in it. I’ll add the link that we got ours from.
We realized when trying to get Tank to sleep in his room all night it was too quiet. He could hear us moving in our bed in the other room. We also have a 120lb dog that enjoys late night strolls through the house. We didn’t have Tank sleeping in a crib, we went with a Montessori approach in his room (a blog for another day) so he slept “freely”
when he would wake up he had no sense of where he was and that’s when he would freak. We’ve all had those moments when we wake up and forget where we are, could you imagine being sober and thinking that 😉 just kidding, but really we’ve all been there.
So the sound machine with the projector was the perfect thing! But that’s not the only thing that helped us. We came up with the perfect bedtime routine. Bare with me, it seems like a lot but it works every. Single. time. Â Ask our sitter or grandma!
6:45 p.m rolls around and we make sure Tanks milk is drank and we brush his teeth. We bathe every other night usually. We then tell whatever toy we had “good night” and head to his room. We turn the fan on, nightlight/projector (ours is on twinkle twinkle), and then we turn on a movie -go ahead and judge us. We give him a kiss tell him goodnight and lay him in his bed with his 2 Mickeys (small little stuffed animals) his cup (which is empty, just needs to cuddle it) and his pillow and comforter. Say goodnight and walk out. We then give him 20 minutes to relax on his own and enjoy his movie UN-interrupted.
•We call this part the re-tuck
We head back in tell him to tell Busy Beavers (his shows) goodnight. We tell him to say goodnight to Mommy & Daddy and whoever else we saw that day, and give him kisses. We recover him up, make sure his bedtime items are where they need to be and head out the door.
THATS IT!
He may talk to himself for about 10 minutes but there’s no crying or fussing. He never leaves his bed, not even when he wakes in the morning. He just says “Mommy, Daddy, where’d you go?”
He’s asleep no later that 7:45 pm.
Does the routine suck when you’re out doing stuff… Yes & No. I’m sorry but if my kid wants to sleep at 7pm and you’re having some type of function, he usually wins. And I’m okay with that. If we head out of town and have a sitter or a family member watch Tank.. It’s easiest if they come here because his bedtime routine. But once they do it and realize it’s fool proof, they understand.
Having sleeping issues with your little beaut? I can try to give some advice!
P.S
the 6:45 bedtime is great because I still have the rest of the night to myself.
does that make me a bad mom?
A Bad Good Mom 