dwl10@amdahl.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) (06/06/85)
Several months have gone by since I posted my original inquiry
on getting my 4.5 year old to sleep through the night in his own
bed insted of mine.
I received many different suggestions varying from locking him in
at night (The Spock method) to ones suggesting that familys SHOULD
sleep together in one bed.
After taking all of this into consideration, and after many hours of
agonizing thought, we decided on a course of action....
We did nothing
Well, actually what we did was if we woke up and found him in bed with
us, we (actually I, my wife is 8 months pregnant) would lug him back to
his own bed.
The results:
He now sleeps all night (or at least untill 6:00) in his own bed 3-4
nights a week. We believe that it it is a combination of him growing
up, and our insistance that he use his own bed (mostly the former, I
think).
I want to thank everyone for their cards and letters. And if there
are parents out there in the same boat, I will leave you with the
following words (That were left to me by someone else)....
Hang in there, they will soon grow out of it!
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