https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 05:52:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-to-go-from-here#post-2041750 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:10:46 +0000 blackbird 2041750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is the door shut? I would start by doing that and letting him know you're there if you need him. Hell, i'm sure you can hear him halfway across the house. </p> <p>FYI, E still protests about half the time for bedtime. Never really more than 10 min, but I think she's flexing her stalling/manipulation techniques to see what might work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-to-go-from-here#post-2041743 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:02:13 +0000 LuLu Mom 2041743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agreed with @hilsy85 just don't' sit in the hallway, and instead of saying "I'll be right here" just say "mommy is close if you need me." I'm guessing you have a monitor or are close enough to hear him if he gets upset you can reassure him. </p> <p>Although I will say my daughter refuses to fall asleep in her bed, she falls asleep on our living room floor on a "bed" of blankets (like at daycare) and then we move her. We've tried to get her to sleep in her bed and it's a complete meltdown that takes 30+ minutes to calm her down. But now we know it's time to get her back into the routine, so I may be in your boat soon enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-to-go-from-here#post-2041708 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:34:29 +0000 hilsy85 2041708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: I guess if he can't see you I would try not sitting in the hall..? And see what happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-to-go-from-here#post-2041471 Mon, 26 Jan 2015 23:19:24 +0000 Mrs. Deer 2041471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you add a new last step in your routine that would be fun? After saying goodnight to my 25 month old I hand her a few books that she likes to flip through for a bit before falling asleep (she still uses her crib aquarium for the light - we mounted it next to her bed). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-to-go-from-here#post-2041440 Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:54:29 +0000 travellingbee 2041440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: no I mean, I don't want to sit in the hallway every night. So do I keep moving further away? Would that even matter at this point since he can't see us? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-to-go-from-here#post-2041390 Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:17:07 +0000 hilsy85 2041390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you mean you want to get to a point where he doesn't cry at all? My LO still cries sometimes for a few minutes when I put him down...I don't necessarily think you need to do anything about that as long as he calms himself and is able to go to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-to-go-from-here#post-2041382 Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:08:54 +0000 travellingbee 2041382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO is 22 months. He's a terrible sleeper that we sleep trained at 9 months. It was way harder than we expected as he is hella stubborn but in the end it worked. A few months later and a case of croupe and we were back to crappy sleep. It's been bad since June. So we finally decided we need to do something. </p> <p>He wants us in the room, preferably laying on the floor next to his crib when he falls asleep. And he wakes after midnight and comes in our bed. We decided to just tackled falling asleep part first. We know we were don't want to do straight up CIO so instead we let him CIO as we moved further away from his bed. </p> <p>We are finally to a point where we can sit in the hall outside his room (where he can't see us but we have to show him where we will be) and he calls out and cries for about 10 minutes. Feels like a huge victory. BUT I'd like to get to where we can put him down, say gnight and leave. What do you think the next step is?<br /> Sorry it's so long! </p>