My daughter falls asleep with one of us in bed with her every night. While her mother and i seem to be in disagreement, i’ve been trying to get her to fall asleep on her own. I figured “baby steps” with this.
So when she asked me to cuddle with her i told her, “you are almost five. I think it’s time you start falling asleep on your own. i’ll stay in the room with you, but you need to stay in bed by yourself.”
She sweetly asked me again to “cuddle”. I repeated myself. Then she said, “Dad you’ve been cuddling me for a very long time. It’s my turn to cuddle you now”. Then she wrapped her little arms around my neck.
I think getting her to fall asleep on her own is the right thing. I actually had her doing it at one point (resins outside my control). Yet, how does one counter that?
She breaks my heart daily.
A Better Father 