So many times I have tried to break my son of sleeping in our bed, and so many times I have seemed to be a complete failure - it's as if he know that heartstring to tug at and uses it all too much. I have tried the CIO method (I cried and gave in), the rock to sleep (he wakes within 3 minutes of no motion), to even sleeping in his room next to his bed (he holds my hand for dear life and no escape).
Finally a solution...his mattress on the floor!!! Who would have thought of such a thing, especially since he could easily gotten "out" of bed and ventured to our bed. *and yes we tried gates to which he shook so hard it broke on and the others he simply climbs over them as if they were a game. There has been little to none of something he hasn't done to get in our bed and snuggle up the whole middle of the bed.
But come bed time this past week I simply rock for five minutes, tell him it's time for bed and leave promising to sing to him "from over there" as he says (through the monitor). At times he has even tells me "Momma go do work, I trying to sleep." While it still keeps me in a bit of confused state of mind as I actually have alone time, I try to enjoy this independence. I would like to say it is due to the schedule of bedtime routine, I have to admit we don't have a routine - or at least the same one - each night. Sometimes there is a bath, others "just one minute" of dancing or reading or even in Momma's bed, but I no longer let him fall asleep anywhere except in his room.
As I sit here and think about it, an idea comes to mind about how he hated the crib and would jump out as soon as he figured that out. Or the toddler bed, to which he'd some times tumbled out of while rolling around, and even the pack-n-play that he'd try to rock until it'd tip over and out he'd crawl too. What I am thinking is that mr. Giovanni does not like to feel confined when trying to sleep....
