Thread: Question for all of you here with kids...

You just need to put him in his crib and let him cry himself to sleep. That's the best way. You'll also have to fight with your wife because she'll feel bad for him and want to bring him to bed.

Of course, you can choose to do it the way that I did. I just had to roll over on my son in my sleep and almost smother him. The wife put him in his own bed.

I'm in the same boat... but my baby is only 8 months old... I dread that we are heading in the same direction as you.

Eventually he'll get used to the idea that he's got to go to sleep on his own in the crib. The more you give in the longer it'll take. Put him in the crib, put in some ear plugs and read a book.

babys are master manipulators. You're going to have to tough it out. It's down to a battle of wills, just remind yourself he's crying because he's pissed off, not in pain.

You can have this sorted within 3-5 days. Stay strong man, I did this with twins

We did that with our first child as well. It was a tough habit to break.

Basically let them cry it out. They will learn.

We gave in last night after about 30 minutes of him crying historically. We brought him in our room until he finally calmed down and fell asleep. Took him about 10 minutes to catch his breath, he was crying so much. Once he fell asleep I put him in his crib. He slept in there all night then. We will try again tonight.

yep, you gotta bite the bullet bro. i've been through it with 2 kids. they WILL get over it. it's hard, but ya gotta do it.

I just push my dogs on the floor, but you probably don't wanna do that with a kid...


I would make him think it's what big boys do, sleep in their own bed...

oh hell ...crying kids . olivia my niece i watch her quiet often and when doing it she would cry uncontrolled for a hour ...but we and the parents held strong . eventually she gave it . im glad she is not my child. shes got lungs from hell

I agree with most here. I have a year old that will soon be 5 and she sleeps with us. So I ended up getting a King size bed for us to have our room. The older they get the worse it is trying to convince them to sleep by themselves. We have been gradually getting my daughter to sleep in her own bed by putting an air mattress in her floor and either taking turns sleeping there or both of us sleep in her floor while she sleeps in her bed. My cousin done it the way the members are suggesting here and their daughter is the same age as mine but sleeps in her own bed every night without any trouble..It's def. hard to listen to them cry without giving in or feeling guilty for not letting the mother bring them in the bed with you but in my opinion it's for the best. Good luck...

I gave mine up for adoption.

My son slept in our bed until he was like six. We also got a king size bed to accomadate him. Hes 19 now. The up side of it was that we had sex in more parts of our house cause the baby was sleeping. (in our bed)

At 19 he still sleeps with you?!?!?
This thread came 18 years too late for you.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

At 19 he still sleeps with you?!?!?
This thread came 18 years too late for you.

We're a close family. I can't wait until his girlfriend sleeps over

Stop! Stop! My sides...

19months is old enough to let them cry it out...our age to start ignoring crying is 9mo. We have a 5month year old and the wife wants for 5 more (FML...I say one at a time and play by ear)

Our approach for the first baby was an elevated pad inside a pack-in-play next to our bed for his first 3months...then a floor level pack-in-play next to the bed till 6months old...then we are going to move the pack-in-play to the nursery and he can sleep in there for 3months....then the crib in the nursery when he's 9months old.

He will pretty much never sleep in our bed. One reason is b/c of the problem you ran into Dbase...but the bigger reason was that the wife was actually very paranoid that I would roll over on the little guy and hurt or kill him. I guess its more common than one would think...Our hospital and pediatrician said they've had several cases of that accident happening

Originally Posted by theCaptn'

babys are master manipulators. You're going to have to tough it out. It's down to a battle of wills, just remind yourself he's crying because he's pissed off, not in pain.

You can have this sorted within 3-5 days. Stay strong man, I did this with twins

yes and especially when they hit the age of about 2.5-3 when they finally start to realize that they are not the center of the universe and the world does not revolve around their needs and WANTS. there is no such thing as a good day for discipline or behavior modification, etc. let the crying and protesting begin now and it will be over sooner than later.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I gave mine up for adoption.

I wish you could do this with wives also. Why does it have to be so much harder to do that. I could deal with a crying baby much easier than being stuck with a bitchy moody wife.

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

I could deal with a crying baby much easier than being stuck with a bitchy moody wife.

no doubt. sometimes my girl will leave to walk the dog in a good mood and come back a raving bitch...WTF is up with that?

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I gave mine up for adoption.

Just kidding.

Originally Posted by DOMS

You just need to put him in his crib and let him cry himself to sleep. That's the best way. You'll also have to fight with your wife because she'll feel bad for him and want to bring him to bed.

Of course, you can choose to do it the way that I did. I just had to roll over on my son in my sleep and almost smother him. The wife put him in his own bed.

Originally Posted by DOMS

You just need to put him in his crib and let him cry himself to sleep. That's the best way. You'll also have to fight with your wife because she'll feel bad for him and want to bring him to bed.

Of course, you can choose to do it the way that I did. I just had to roll over on my son in my sleep and almost smother him. The wife put him in his own bed.

reped the wrong way sorry

Originally Posted by REDDOG309

We're a close family. I can't wait until his girlfriend sleeps over

your sister is in the next room so its a short trip

Min0lee ate my baby. GICH!

Originally Posted by Dark Geared God

your sister is in the next room so its a short trip

No shes in bed with us silly boy, I told you we were close.

Originally Posted by theCaptn'

babys are master manipulators.

Originally Posted by REDDOG309

No shes in bed with us silly boy, I told you we were close.