sleep challenges Common

1 RELATES TO SLEEP COT TO BED AND HOW THIS expert to 2 years old,” advises parenting “Do not move your toddler prior as staying in life difficult as boundaries, such Megan Faure. “You may make your very little one.” bed, are difficult to enforce in a 2 ALONE NOT WANTING TO SLEEP FEAR OF THE DARK AND

try these options: If your toddler refuses to sleep alone,

■ Leave a night light on in his room.

■ Talk about the fears. if he is fearful of an it next to his bed, so that,

■ Fill a spray bottle with water and put away. imagined monster, he can spray it your and have a pull-out mattress under “If all else fails, respond with sympathy for of the night. This may become habitual bed for him to come to in the middle be more more sleep, and your toddler will a few months, but you’ll both get you when he is scared at night.” settled knowing that he can access 3

BABY IN BED? months of baby to his own bed is prior to 6

“The easiest time to transition a a challenge. habits arise, and it will be more of life. After this, expectations and says. bed decisions by 6 months,” Megan “I suggest that you make long-term in your sleeping with a baby or toddler

“If you and your partner are comfortable safely, as cosleeping out. Just remember to co-sleep bed, there is no need to move him

SIDS.” does increase the risk of