The Most Popular Baby and Toddler Sleeping Strategies
for Tired Parents

My son did not sleep through the night for the first time until he was around 9 months. I remember rolling over and seeing the clock and having a heart attack that first morning. I was so sure something awful had happened to him.

My husband and I received a lot of advice on how to get him to sleep through the night.(I love it when people who are not living it try to direct it.) We did eventually, around this age start try to let him cry it out at his bed time.

I hated it!! It would work about half of the time then the other half he would be so hot and worked up that I refused to let him lie there gasping and sobbing.

Through all of this we did keep one thing consistent and that was we did not put him in our bed. He always got put in his own crib.

Then around the age of 2 1/2 my son started waking up scared and crying from bad dreams. This is also the time we put him into a big boy bed so I'm sure the change didn't help either.

The solution started out by me lying down with him until he fell asleep again. This usually meant that I too spent the rest of the night in his twin bed. I was not getting good quality rest. Then we broke down and put him in our bed. It solved the problem for both of us.

I never thought I would advocate co-sleeping but I do. My husband and myself both work full time. My son is in preschool during the day. We both feel that we don't have enough time together as a family and this helps make up for it. My son is a very secure independent little guy who knows that his mom and dad are always there for him no matter what or when.

This is my personal experiences but everyone's situation is different. I have used both of the methods discussed here and found the one I am comfortable with. You should do the same.

I have collected the most popular child sleep training methods for you to review. I understand that co-sleeping is not an option or choice for everyone and other strategies might work better for different babies. Educate yourselves and make an informed decision for your family.

Co-sleeping-Pros and Cons

Ferbermethod-Pros and Cons

New Born Sleeping Advice

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