How to train
6 Year Old To Sleep Alone
TIPS | Getting Your Kid to Sleep ALONE!
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hey guys so this video has been super
requested since I mentioned that Presley
is now happily sleeping alone tonight
after I think two years of sleeping
mostly with Ross and although I am NOT a
sleep expert I wanted to share with you
what worked for us
so first a little backstory press was a
pretty good sleeper until we went to the
hospital to deliver Ford my parents were
with her she climbed out of her crib and
so they had to convert her to a toddler
bed and of course lay with her until she
fell asleep well fast forward two years
later we were still laying with her to
fall asleep and with another new baby on
the way we knew that we had to change
things alright so looking back my first
tip is to blame someone else
I told Presley that the doctor told
mommy that she and daddy had to sleep in
the bed in order to get the best night's
sleep for the baby not not entirely a
lie and she really bought that number to
set a reward I would pretty much do
whatever it took just to give her the
confidence that she could sleep by
herself
for one night so I said just do it this
one night and you're gonna earn this
doll that you've really wanted and then
we got a little chart and we did a week
and now I think we're at a month and to
be honest she's almost forgetting to
even ask me for it
alright so next checking in you think of
doing this when you're sleep training a
baby but Mexico to try it with Presley's
say you're gonna come back in five
minutes and then you make sure that you
follow through and actually do come back
I'll come back in five minutes okay
I believe that meets so much of a
difference with Presley and then her
Meg's
other great suggestion tell them
specifically what you're doing mom's
gonna go live the dishwasher I'll be
right back I'm gonna call it a llama
I'll see you in five minutes and I think
this really comforted Presley to know
exactly what I was doing in the house
next give them choices do you want to
sleep with this stuffed animal or this
one do you want the lights this bright
or not I feel like getting out the door
was the hardest part and so the last
thing I asked Presley is do you want the
door open or do you want it closed she
always wanted it open but that seemed to
work
and then finally positive reinforcement
I know they tell you not to overpraise
things that you want kids to be doing
anyway but I wanted to let Presley know
that I'm proud of her did it babe and
that wow mom feels so good this morning
because I got sleep in my own bed and
dad did too and this was so great for
our family and I think she's really
proud of it in fact
one night she was actually sick she had
the stomach flu and I wanted Ross to
sleep with her and she's like no I sleep
by myself now and I want to earn my
thing and I was like it's okay when
you're sick it's an exception
so anyway guys we're just really happy
now to have both kids sleeping alone
there's just one problem
yeah it didn't think that went through
you guys let me know in the comments
what works for you thanks for watching
I'll see you soon bye
