when did your toddler sleep on their own?

this is for the moms who didn’t sleep train their babies and still helped them fall asleep until after a year. we had a lot of sleep issues when my son was younger and we didn’t have a chance to sleep train him because it would have made his already messed up sleep schedule even worse. he’s about to be 16 months and i still rock him to sleep and honestly it doesn’t really bother me but we’re going to be moving into my in laws house in january and i do want to try to get him to sleep in his bed by that time. also, i dont mean that we cosleep, he sleeps in his own crib, but when did your toddlers start putting themselves to sleep?

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My first was an awful sleeper. We ended up co - sleeping until he was 1 then got him a floor bed in his own room. I read him a story and let him have his milk then hes either asleep or if hes still awake after 10 mins I will get up and let him go t sleep by himself.

We did a bit of sleep training at 8m, before then she was always fed to sleep and in the pram for naps. Depending on how quick/gently you want to transition will dictate how you do it Doze sleep coach on insta has some great advice, especially around gentle methods and slowly reducing what you do

Mine started around 2 years. We put her in a single bed and sit with her and she falls asleep. She was fed to sleep up until 16 months and then cuddled to sleep until 2.. we could have made the transition earlier into a bed and I think she would have slept by herself but I wasn’t ready to accept that she was growing up 🤣 she didn’t sleep through until 17 months old and we never sleep trained or anything. She now does 7:30-7:30 and falls asleep within 10 mins x

We let our little girl relax in the livingroom of an evening until she has her milk and shows sleepy cues, take her up to bed and sit with her quietly, maybe read a book if she’s unsettled, I also stroke her back until she falls asleep 🥹 we rocked to sleep until about 14 months too, small steps ✌🏼

My three year old has never put herself to sleep, but started going to sleep without rocking/feeding etc at 21 months when she went in her toddler bed. I still sit beside her to go to sleep, whereas my 8 month old will sleep with a minute or two of help. Layering sleep associations can be good, so adding in something you don’t have to hold them to do, so patting, lullaby etc. baby has a certain song she always goes to sleep to so it helps to know it’s sleep time.

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@Lucie yea i still rock and feed him to sleep since the warm bottle generally is the one thing that makes him super sleepy. but he’s so energetic that he wont lay down with me if i try to lay down with him 😭 did your daughter do that too or did she lay down with you?

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