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This question was posted on the Dadtalk facebook group from one of our facebook fans - I thought I would post it here on for some sage advice from the dadtalkers.......
Can anyone help, we have a beautiful baby girl aged 1 year & 2 month, we have wrongly I know let her sleep with us since birth, how & what is the best way to move her to her cot without upsetting her too much, we have tried the soft approach trying to put her down gently-no juoy, we are 2 very soft parents.we need your... help please.
I take it you've tried putting her in when she's in a deep sleep and allowing her to wake up in there to familiarise herself with the surroundings.
With my kids we had the same problems and don't agree with control crying although it does work!!!
Try putting her in her cot and playing her favourite games reading books during the day so she's comfortable, put her fave toys in there too.
What I had to do was remove the side bar and sleep next to the cot until they were used to it and then day by day I'd move a bit further away until I was near the door then outside the door etc now they go in their beds straight away (they think I'm in the hallway all evening tho) 😉
Good luck
Thx for the advice stargazer and welcome to the forum btw.
How old is your little one ?
I will feed your advice back to the facebook user.
Any other advice from other Dadtalkers still wanted.
thx
Gooner
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