parenting

When ours was around this age, we set up a toddler bed in our room, and once they were soundly asleep in our bed, we would carry them to their bed. For the first few months, they'd wake up and climb into bed with us at some point during the night, but eventually they were staying in their bed the whole night. I'm coming up absolutely blank on how we transitioned to falling asleep in their own bed and moving to their own room, I think that involved a lot of negotiations and making their room cooler than ours (colorful rainbow and stars nightlight, fun blankets, etc).

As snuggly as it was to share sleep, I do not miss getting kicked by tiny legs all night, and I hope you get some quality, solitary rest soon.

We didn't do much co-sleeping, but I guess I'll still chime in because it's a small comm and this anecdote may fit some stage of your process

At the toughest point of our sleep training, I had to force myself not to intervene in an attempt until 20 minutes had passed. I felt like a worthless baby-betraying monster, but somewhere around the 17 minute mark they would usually fall asleep until morning. When they didn't, I'd go check their diaper, pick them up, offer any leftover portion of their bedtime bottle, tell them a story, and try again. It never actually went past attempt #2 without working, but your mileage will absolutely vary because we're talking about toddlers here

Yeah our first slept with us until ~2.5. Started by having him do naps in his own bed with me sitting there. (This was during covid lockdowns). Then it was me sleeping with him at night and gradually transitioning into him getting to sleep without me being in the room. Really liked the book It’s Never Too Late to Sleep Train.