The real title is: The after-effects of travel on baby sleeping patterns.
After 3 weeks in SE Asia with our 1.5 year old (who co-slept with us for his first 10 months, then on his own for 8) where he again shared our bed for the whole 3 weeks, he has apparently reverted back to not wanting to sleep on his own. In fact, up until just the last few nights, he would stand in his crib and scream as though terrified to be there.
Has anyone had a similar experience where travel and co-sleeping really messed up your child's sleeping patterns? Then there's the issue of jetlag!
Please share your wisdom.
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moxxie
Just continue the co-sleeping for a while. once he feels reassured, put him in his own bed again.
or maybe better: tell him he should go to sleep in his own bed, and promise you will get him in your bed later when you go to sleep. (and keep the promise). this is how i did with miniMox and it worked for her. she stills calls me in the middle of the night though and wants to sleep in my bed, but it doesn't really bother me.
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scorpio1965
My kids have only been allowed to sleep with me when travelling (as not to keep everyone else awake). At home it is a special occasion when they are allowed to sleep in my bed. Anyway, whatever bad habits were created while travelling, the day I came home, I got back to my old routine. And that meant, they had to sleep in their own bed again. Yes, they screamed their heads off the first few nights. But it didn't kill them. ANd they soon understood that crying didn't help. My point of view is, if you give in, they will test you even longer. So I guess it all depends how soon you want to have your bed back to yourselves...
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familyof4
I haven't had this specific situation. We have never let our kids sleep in our bed, though they come in and join us in the mornings.
We we do though (which may be of use to you) is join them in their beds on occassions when they are scared, or sick and need company in the middle of the night. Its a bit of a hassle and you tend to drift off yourself, but then you wake up with a start a bit later and go back to the peace and quiet of your own bed.
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hellas14
we took our then 8 month old to australia from edmonton canada. her sleep pattern was kind of messed up where she would wake up at 4 am every morning and want to pass out at 6 pm. this lasted 2 months. i kinda fiqured it to be that this was when she felt she had to wake up and this was her normal sleep time. maybe ???? i don't know really but???? who knows. what was great about it though was i was able to get some great sunrise photos of her on the beach in noosa. as well as since she passed out early this left the evenings free for mommy and daddy. when we got back to edmonton she just seemed to fall in to her old sleep and wake up times. kids is all i can say.
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