Kenlee is a 10 month old  snuggly (spoiled) baby girl who rules our house at night. My husband and I are stumped on what to do.  She used to sleep in her bed at night starting at 2 month and usually a majority of the night.  Then when she turned 6 months old we moved into a new house and even though her room was the very last thing i took down at the old house and the first thing i put together at the new house, she still took it hard during the night.  So my husband and i being the softies that we are  (which is a majority of the problem we know) let her sleep with us when she woke up during the middle of the night. Its not every single night that she sleeps with us either, there is usually 2 night (hopefully) out of the week that she sleeps through the night in her own bed. But, there is more... the worst thing we probably do is hold her and snuggle on the couch until she falls asleep then put her in her crib. During naps she sleeps on couch secured or snuggling with mom or dad?  My husband and i are willing to do whatever it takes because we know its for HER best interest, we just dont know the proper way to handle this particular situation. Please help us!! :)

Hi Kenlee's Mom.

As I told Ben in a previous answer, children need to be able to comfort themselves at night. This means that you absolutely must stop snuggling with your daughter on the cough until she falls alseep. (I know, it will be tough.) Make sure her room is dark and quiet during the night to help her understand the different between a daytime nap and sleeping through the night, and let her nap alone. She needs to understand that Mom and Dad can leave her side and everything will still be okay.

When you do go in to check on Kenlee, don't make a big p.... Read More