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charisorion | 21:45 Thu 12th May 2005 | Parenting
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How do I get my nine month old, who breastfeeds all night in our bed, to sleep in his own bed?
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could you just clarify - you are feeding you son all night???

if thasts the case you will have to go to his bed with him if you want him there

All night?  At nine months old?  Surely you jest! 

Sleep patterns in your child will be what you make them.  If you want him to sleep in his own bed, you have to let him fall asleep in his bed. There are many similar questions in this section, and the advice is always the same. 

Good luck though.  Changing a babies sleeping routine can be a real nightmare, and you will need nerves of steel.  It took 2 weeks to change my daughters sleep pattern when she was about the same age.  She's now 12 and settling into a pre-teenage sleep pattern - asleep all week and awake at the weekend!

you need to stop feeding him that much,maybe just the one before bed but even that could stop as dad won't be able to help,have a routine,bath,story then bed. Tell him he's just going to sleep and lay him in his bed,if he gets up,which he will at first,take him back to his bed and only say we are only going to sleep,nothing else. Eventually he will sleep in his own bed but don't give in and don't let him in your bed during the night,morning or day. I'm a nanny so I know this works,good luck and be strong!

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Start by having the cot right next to your side of the bed and put him in it as soon as he's dozing. Then you can reach to feed him if he wakes, and put him back after. He can see you, and you him.

Make sure you tune into "House of Tiny Terrors" this week on BBC Three/Two- featuring a family with a 2 year old who is still breastfeeding + in parents' bed all night...Their experience might spur you on further to sort things out, as the relationship between the parents was getting decidedly ropey as a result!

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