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Any tips on making my baby sleep in his own bed?

My baby will be 8 months tomorrow, and I want him to sleep in his own bed. I only started having him sleep with me because when he was 2 1/2 weeks old he got a cold and he couldn't be left alone in his room!

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1. put him in hi crib, if he cries, dont pick him up. he will eventually fall asleep. you have to stick to it, or its just going to get harder he will eventually get used to his crib and will be fine. also tr putting a radio in his room and play a lullabye, my kids always liked that. my 7yr old stll goes to sleep everynight with his lullabye playing
2. I got caught in this trap with my first 2 children. (I have 3) My children are 17-g, 9-g and 6-b. The worst time was with my 2nd girl. She became ill with a cold and I just brought her into my bed, so I could get some sleep. I was forever getting up and down and worried about her breathing, so this is how I justified her sleeping with me. Only things is, she liked it so much that I couldn't get her back into her own bed. It was awful. My husband and I would have to go into other parts of the house to be intimate and it was a difficult time. You have to just put him in his own room. Get a routine of how he goes to bed. A nice warm bath will help sooth him. Apply his lotion after his bath and massage his little body and this will relax him. Then give him hugs and kisses and lay him in bed and rub his back and pat a bit..or however he sleeps..if he's on his back, rub his tummy and then say I love you and leave. I don't think I could handle cold turkey just lying him down and not returning if he needed me, but I wouldn't pick him up. Just pat him and reassure him everything is ok and eventually he will stay in his bed. If you return to his room when he cries, keep your voice low or use no voice at all; just pat and rub lightly or hum a little quiet tune. He will adjust to going to his own bed and if he knows you are not far, he should be fine. Good luck. I know it's a hard thing to leave them, but by letting him sleep in his own bed, you're allowing him to learn more self confidence. *hug*
3. I rocked my daughter to sleep then put her in her room til she got use to it.
4. My daughter has been sleeping in her crib since one month, and all we did was get a good bedtime routine, and made sure she knew her crib is where she sleeps (laid her down for ALL naps) It took about 3 weeks for her to sleep most the night, but it worked. I just read somewhere that it helps to lay your child down while they're still awake so they can learn self soothing techniques. Good luck with this. Some people frown on the Ferber method too, but it worked for us, and at 4 months she sleeps for 9 hours straight... It's going to be what works for you.
5. distraction works best. put a really good mobil up or one of those ocean thingys and rock him to sleep while it is on then lay him down.it might work. another REALLY good tip is to keep him awake all day....like.....ALLLLLL day no matter what.and make it a really active day too.lol then put him to sleep and he will be OUT gauranteed!all night long probably and just keep doing that for a few days until it becomes routine!!