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Can you make up a temporary bed in your room so he can be in the room but not on your bed? Or camping in with your LO in their room might be an option in the interim?

We made a temporarily bed on the floor then slowly transitioned back to sleeping in her room. We had to put a door knob cover on her door to keep her from coming out. There were a few nights of tantrums, but she finally got it.

I think he is feeling left out.

my LO has been having issues since we switched him to a toddler bed. he's had a hard time falling asleep and wakes up around 2 or 3am. the first few nights we slept in the room with him, or if it was a MOTN wakeup, brought him into the room with us. however we are not comfortable with cosleeping, so we sleep trained. for a couple of night i sat in his room with him after bedtime and put him back in bed every time he got out. then we had to do some CIO. it has not been easy. i wish i were a cosleeping kind of gal, but i'm just not! i get so anxious about LO waking up. plus we already sleep with our 2 dogs.

anyway, if you are okay with cosleeping, i totally understand you just going with it because you already have a lot on your plate!

@kimbed: hey how's it been going? My LO is almost 3 and for the past month has been having very similar sleep issues as your LO. I've been searching the boards for some tips and advice...any improvement in your LO's sleep?

@kimbed: It's very common for 2-3 years old to have a huge sleep regression around that age, and to beg to co-sleep!

The only way I know to deal with it is to talk it through with your LO, and then CIO until they stop asking to co-sleep. Or to just accept that you'll be co-sleeping for a while! That works too... it's a phase and won't last forever!

@kimbed: that sounds like what's been going on here! Hubs and I went on a week long anniversary trip and the sleep issues came up once we came back. We assumed there would be behaviors but not sleep regression issues. There was an increase in separation anxiety, sudden knowledge of "dark, monsters, and scary", and needing night lights and the door open at bedtime. Its been tiring but a learning process at the same time.

@mrbee: I've been reading all I can about sleep and the 2-3 regression. I think our problem is keeping LO in his bed. We've tried giving him comfort items ("friends", night light, music, etc) but not all at once. We've sat in the room with him but eventually we leave and when he wakes and realizes, he comes crying for us or into our bed. What types of things do you talk about when you talk it out? We've asked and reassured him about what is scary, etc. When they constantly cry and say it's scary, would you say it's more a behavior/avoiding sleep type of behavior or would you address the reassurance/security aspect of it? I know each kid is different and you don't know the full details of what's been going on in our household but I thought I'd ask anyway. thanks for any input!

@mrbee: just a quick update... Did the cio method last night and was finally successful after moving the baby gate to the door of his room. He doesn't have a working lock on his door so we couldn't lock the door. He only cried for 15 mins... DH and I smiled peacefully to sleep. thanks for all the support and input!