Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:44:24 +0000 hotchildinthecity on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147470 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:46:55 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2147470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We used to when he first came home because he was not used to sleeping in a room alone. But not anymore. It's bedtime story and night-night. Ree723 on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147443 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:24:53 +0000 Ree723 2147443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No way! Both girls are great about putting themselves to sleep and I intend to keep it that way :-) Besides, I love hearing them chat to themselves and sing as they wind down for the night. Mamasig on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147379 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:41:44 +0000 Mamasig 2147379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes - always for both sons. They need me to fall asleep. Some days I wish I had more time to myself in the evenings, but generally I don't mind at all. I WOH so this is more time I get to spend with them one on one. This time will go by fast and soon they won't need me to. But for now, I truly enjoy every single snuggle that comes with it. Mamaof2 on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147247 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 07:06:33 +0000 Mamaof2 2147247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS - went thru several phases of someone needing to be in there until he fell asleep - I got in LOTS of reading time. I would say in the past 6 months he can finally do it alone (6.5 yrs old) DD - I have never had to stay in her room (4yrs) Mrs Hedgehog on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147142 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 03:02:33 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 2147142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Never have really. Not counting when she was an infant and fell asleep in our arms. Now, if we are in there, it is clearly not bedtime. She usually cries for a couple seconds and then stops and either plays until she is tired or rolls over and falls asleep. gracecat on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147104 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:49:01 +0000 gracecat 2147104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MamaCate: thanks!! Maybe one of the methods you tried will work with DD! BoogieBea on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147051 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:50:40 +0000 BoogieBea 2147051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For my daughter, yes. No longer necessary for my son. Yay! Mrs Green Grass on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147037 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:32:00 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2147037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No thank goodness. I have tried when I was desperate, but it always backfires...I stay in forever, am scared to leave, then he wakes up anywhere as I tiptoe out. mrskc on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147018 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:19:13 +0000 mrskc 2147018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For DS, No. He is 2.5 and we leave him to play in his room for a bit. DH goes in to check on him and put him in his bed (sometimes he is already laying in his bed falling asleep) and he goes to sleep on his own. DD is 8 months and I stay with her until she is asleep. MamaCate on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2147011 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:15:00 +0000 MamaCate 2147011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @gracecat: @travelgirl1: My LO was the same way! We read no cry sleep for toddlers and tried to do sone trading down sleep associations but it was hard. I was not willing to do cry it out, but was getting so tired. When she was a little over two, we started "big girl time" where she stays in her room and is quiet before I go back in and sing to her. We started with very short periods and gradually lengthened them. This worked pretty well but then we had some back sliding. So we just finished about a month of incentive based encouragement that culminated in LO earning the movie Frozen (she is 3 now). I still tell her I will come in to check on her but she is usually asleep before I do. coopsmama on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146986 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:51:21 +0000 coopsmama 2146986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @twodoghouse: Story of my life with M. She will go down for her first nap of the day without nursing but not her second or bedtime. I do enjoy the snuggles but at the same time I hate that that has become our habit. I have no idea when she'll quit nursing but I doubt it'll be anytime soon after her 1st birthday. dolphin on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146983 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:50:47 +0000 dolphin 2146983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, it would take too long. She's 27 months and I sit with her for a little bit and sing a few songs, kiss her good night and then leave. Sometimes she gets up from her bed and calls for us. I'll go and tuck her back in and leave right away. Some nights she calls for us multiple times and sometimes none at all, but she always falls asleep on her own eventually. gracecat on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146978 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:46:31 +0000 gracecat 2146978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ But how do you put them to sleep then? If I try to do that she will stand up and cry hysterically for a loooooong time! A few times she's gotten so worked up she fell out of her crib trying to reach after me as I leave the room. (She's a very tall 2 year old). Please help me!! travelgirl1 on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146975 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:44:15 +0000 travelgirl1 2146975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Always, always have. We are going to start trying to change that next week. Something needs to change before #2 arrives. SproutBee on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146965 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:34:42 +0000 SproutBee 2146965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had a lovely few months from ~12 mo to 16/17 mo where we just put him down and walked away. Then his stranger anxiety peaked, and he started demanding I stay in there and hold his hand to fall asleep. He's generally asleep in 15-30 min. We tried CIO this week once, but he hysterically screamed for mama for 40 min while I sobbed in the other room until he finally passed out. The next day I decided I couldn't do that again. So back to holding his hand.... DillonLion on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146959 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:32:14 +0000 DillonLion 2146959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Never! She goes to sleep on her own. Mae on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146929 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:08:32 +0000 Mae 2146929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope. If I'm in the room she wants to play. Mrs. Champagne on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146927 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:07:42 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2146927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope. Put him in his crib and leave after a kiss. Mrs. High Heels on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146924 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:05:05 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2146924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Most of the time, no - I say I'll stay for 5 more minutes, and then leave. Smurfette on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146923 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:03:44 +0000 Smurfette 2146923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope! I don't want to sit in there for 30-60 mins blackbird on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146856 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:28:35 +0000 blackbird 2146856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No and I hope that doesn't change twodoghouse on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146845 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:26:05 +0000 twodoghouse 2146845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're back to nursing to sleep every night. For a while after sleep training we were able to put them down drowsy, but that went to hell at some point this winter. They have to be really asleep to put them down. I don't know how I'm ever going to quit breastfeeding at this point because they won't know how to do anything without it. matador84 on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146843 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:24:44 +0000 matador84 2146843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I get the heck out of dodge. If I'm super tired, I'll stay in bed with DD (since she's in a bed and not in a crib), but then I just fall asleep. namaste on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146836 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:23:46 +0000 namaste 2146836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope. A puts herself to sleep and it's marvelous. prettylizy on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146825 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:18:40 +0000 prettylizy 2146825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Never! Since we moved them out of our room into their cribs at 6-8 months they both put themselves to sleep. E went through a phase at 18 months where we'd have to put her back in bed because she'd goof around but it passed Andrea on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146817 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:13:44 +0000 Andrea 2146817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, haven't had to do it yet. Fx! lovehoneybee on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146816 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:13:35 +0000 lovehoneybee 2146816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope, he'd never go to sleep if we stayed in there! oliviaoblivia on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146813 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:12:57 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2146813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH does and it drives me nuts. On nights when I put DD1 down she sleeps really soon after I close the door. On his nights he's in there for an hour or two because she gets wound up that daddy is there to play with. DD2 is still nursing so I'm in charge. autumnlove on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146779 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:00:13 +0000 autumnlove 2146779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Never! MOMTOLITTLEB on "Do you stay in the room until your LO falls asleep?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stay-in-the-room-until-your-lo-falls-asleep#post-2146756 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:53:21 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2146756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, at 16 months he has been putting himself to sleep without us for quite some time. He actually seems like he can't wait for the crib some nights and just wants us to leave!