Comments on: Mission: Getting Toddler to Fall Asleep on His Own: Accomplished

By: Head Jammer

Head Jammer — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:51:52 +0000

Hi Ashley, thanks for your comment! I think it would be equally as good if you switched nights, as long as you both keep the same routine. Let us know how it goes, and good luck!!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:16:38 +0000

Hey. My son is 20 months old. We just converted his bed into a toddler bed and have been trying to get him to go to sleep on his own.. it works at nap time, but not at night time. We have always rocked him… for the past two nights we have sat next to his bed. Do you think it would be best if both my husband and I were in the room, or would it be equally as good if we switched nights?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:29:12 +0000

Hello Barb i am in the same exact position can you let me know how this worked for you please !

By: Head Jammer

Head Jammer — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:05:08 +0000

Hi Stacey, thank you for your nice comment! Sounds like you are making great progress… I agree… try the gradual approach that you mentioned, I think it will work! Hope it goes well for you!

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:43:08 +0000

Thank you! I’ve been beating myself up that our 20 month old twins need me to sit next to their beds for up to 40 minutes before they fall asleep. We trained them very early on to settle themselves in their cots and since 9 months no real tears, just chatter. A week ago today our son climbed out of his cot 4 times (once falling onto his head while I was in the room) it was this incident that made us think they were ready for beds.
We converted their cots to beds and the first night we tried the leave 2 minutes, return, leave 4 minutes, return, but to no avail so we ended up sitting on the floor and they were both asleep within 10 minutes. For the rest of the week we’ve been sitting in their room on the floor not saying anything and they’ve fallen asleep within 40 minutes. I was all ready to commence leave, return again tonight, but after reading this, I’ll give the sitting more time. I like the gradual approach so tonight I’ll try sitting in the rocking chair so they can see me. Next week perhaps standing by the door. I cannot express what a relief your story is!. Thank you!

By: Head Jammer

Head Jammer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:45:06 +0000

Hi Barb! Good luck!!

By: Barb.

Barb. — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:53:18 +0000

My hubby and I got our 18 month old trained to fall asleep by us rocking her. It’s our fault since she is our first and we loved to hold her as she fell asleep. I am now at my wits end. She wont fall asleep unless we hold her although we do transfer her to her own bed where she sleeps all night…. and sometimes it can take up to an hour or even longer before she is out. I am going to try your method and see if we can teach her to just lay in her own bed until she falls asleep. wish me luck!

By: Head Jammer

Head Jammer — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:50:38 +0000

Thank you Lucy!!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:08:29 +0000

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By: Head Jammer

Head Jammer — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:46:00 +0000

Hi Michele, in our case, when we started doing this, we found that our son woke up less during the night, and, when he did wake up, he was able to fall asleep on his own. If there was a time that he did not fall back asleep right away, I went into the room and sat by the bed in the same spot where I sat when putting him to bed, until he fell asleep again. But usually it did not take him long to fall back asleep again. So yes, I definitely think in most cases if they are able to fall asleep by themselves at night it will help them to wake up less often during the night and fall back asleep more easily if they wake up during the night. Good luck!!