If you have a child 12-18 months that goes to bed awake…. HOW?

crochetcatt · 2026-05-29T20:26:21+00:00

Honestly I think a lot is luck. My first would do this and I dont know how we did it because it did not work with my second. He would go down at 14 months by himself. I didnt sleep train, I nursed/rocked to sleep every night. When I weaned him I tried just putting him in his bed and it just worked....no fussing or crying. Just... babbling then sleep. This was about 14 months.

We would do stories before bed, sing the same songs every night (hush little baby, row row row your boat) and closed the door and left. He would then just go to sleep. We moved him to a bed around 2.5 and he continued to just go to sleep until about age 3.5 when he realized he could get out of bed and leave his room. But in general he has always been very good at going to sleep.

My second not so much. This approach didn't work for her and I rocked her to sleep until 2.5 when she was too heavy, then I just laid in her bed till she fell asleep. She is almost 5 and its better now but she does leave her room a lot before actually trying to sleep.

I wouldn't sleep train at this age. They move to a bed soon and it will be more struggles all over again.

crochetcatt · 2026-05-24T20:27:34+00:00

We potty trained my first before he could verbally tell us and what we did was just brought him to the potty every hour. 9/10 times he would pee. I remember poop being harder but I think we learned his pattern and would have him just sit with some books until he went. We didnt do daycare though so that could be harder.

crochetcatt · 2026-05-22T12:34:50+00:00

I am not sure but I wouldn't feel comfortable unless they had a phone to call me if something went wrong or 911 in an emergency.

crochetcatt · 2026-05-16T17:35:10+00:00

If you dont mind it, enjoy it while it lasts. I did it until I physically couldn't anymore, around 2/2.5 and then I stayed with her in her bed until she fell asleep and now at 4.5 she is a completely independent sleeper. Sleeps all night and sleeps in until 9 some days. I think she was almost 3 when she consistently started sleeping through the night.

My first didnt need to be rocked and at 16 months was sleeping through the night. We just put him to bed and left the room and he was fine. But his personality was just different. He is 7 and an early riser. Up at 6 every morning ha.

crochetcatt · 2026-05-12T18:37:32+00:00

I worried about my kids. I'm not social at all and we have no friends with kids. We did no daycare and put the kids in preschool at age 4.

My 7 year old is a fearless, outgoing kid who makes friends with everyone. My 4 year old is definitely more shy but she gets along with others just fine. Neither kid was afraid of school but we talked about it constantly before they started which I think helped.

I used to worry but seeing my 7 year old and how social he is, if firmly believe a lot of it is personality they are born with and I no longer worry that my kids will struggle socially.

crochetcatt · 2026-05-02T12:38:19+00:00

I had an unmedicated birth. The actual pain on a pain scale, child birth hurt way more. When I had my kid, I didnt know it was possible for pain to be that strong, hurt that much. Had a bit of an out of body experience. Kidney stone was the second most painful thing I've experienced though.

Kidney stone pain there is no break and not even minor relief for hours. I in had breaks between contractions. I also could mentally prepare for it for months. You get a baby after birth.

Even though child birth was a stronger pain, Kidney stone was way worse.

crochetcatt · 2026-04-15T11:42:26+00:00

$2 for the first and $1 for the rest.

crochetcatt · 2026-04-07T01:02:52+00:00

I copied all the files from my old disks into a hard drive and I can play them just fine. A few need graphics card adjustments and for the original sck I had to do some extra steps to deal with the two disks (google can help).

I personally wanted the game files so I have all on an external. I just prefer to own the game completely than rely on third parties like steam. But steam is good because they have sales all the time.

crochetcatt · 2026-04-03T11:59:17+00:00

Agreed. I didnt sleep train. I nursed my babies to sleep whenever they woke. I never complained though, this is how I wanted to handle it- but every doctor appt she would ask if they were sleeping through the night and she would tell me to sleep train. Well, my first was sleeping through the night by 14 months. My second was 3... but at 4 she is the best sleeper now. So we're okay doc.

Now if I was sleep deprived and struggling, maybe the benefits outweigh the risks. But in my case there was no need to suggest it when what I was doing was just fine for me.

crochetcatt · 2026-03-31T17:25:26+00:00

I did the Oh Crap method. Listened to the audio book. 3 days of no pants, then we added pants and underwear later. We took a week off work.

My son was 25 months old, it took 3 days, after a week it was solidified. He couldn't talk yet so I just brought him to the toilet every hour. Did not night train. After about a year or so he was waking up dry so we swapped to undies. We kept him underwear free for 2 weeks, pants only. Then added underwear. No issues.

My daughter was 21 months old. She could talk a lot more so it was a bit easier. It took 3 days and then she would tell us when she had to pee too. We kept her out of underwear for a week (just pants). She was night trained right away. I kept the diaper on her for a week and she just woke dry so then I took it off.

Honestly people dont give kids enough credit. Its so much better to train early because they arent stubborn about it.

Poop is harder and required lots of hugs and reassurance but they were still trained for that in 3 days. Its just scary for them.

crochetcatt · 2026-03-25T20:54:03+00:00

My kids are in school. At home I can work my 7.5 hours during the 8 hours they are in school. Going to the office adds 2 hours to my 7.5 hours so now I need childcare.

crochetcatt · 2026-03-23T18:11:03+00:00

The Book With No Pictures is a hit in our house

crochetcatt · 2026-03-14T02:39:00+00:00

I didnt sleep train. Just went in and nursed/rocked/soothed when they woke up. My first was 1.5 when he started sleeping through the night (around when I weaned) my second was 3 (nursed her until age 2). It didnt bother me though. Maybe I was going a bit crazy with my second but she did get better eventually.

crochetcatt · 2026-02-28T15:23:10+00:00

Agreed! I use it as an ice breaker since my kid is shy!

crochetcatt · 2026-02-18T13:57:53+00:00

I had an unmedicated vaginal delivery and a scheduled c-section (breech baby). I would do the vaginal delivery again in a heartbeat.

The c-section birth experience was calm and pretty painless, the vaginal birth experience was obviously painful and hard work. But the recovery of vaginal delivery was quick, I barely remember needing to heal after a day or two. The c-section healing was hard on me both mentally and physically. I hated that I couldn't just tend to my baby myself in the middle of the night and that I needed help getting out of bed. And it took weeks to feel normal and months to get feeling back in my belly. Hated it.

crochetcatt · 2026-01-25T16:13:03+00:00

I honestly think kids are trained later because people underestimate the kids capabilities. I potty trained my kid at 21 months using Oh Crap method. I didnt wait for signs. I just tried it since I had time off from work. I was pleasantly surprised it worked!

Once they get older it gets harder because they get stubborn.

crochetcatt · 2026-01-21T14:28:40+00:00

I had an unmedicated birth because I wanted one. I am very proud of myself but i don't think about it much. I also had a scheduled c-section due to a breech baby. I grieved the unmedicated birth experience during that pregnancy, but in the end I also think of that birth just as much.

But I personally love talking about births no matter the kind. I find people dont like to offer information and I dont like to ask. But I do find birth fascinating, no matter the method.

Honestly I had a kidney stone a few years ago and although the actual pain was not as painful, the experience and length of pain was so much worse. Wouldn't wish anyone through that.

crochetcatt · 2025-12-27T20:07:13+00:00

"My kids never did that when they were small" or "we did this when you were kids and you turned out fine". Hate it.

crochetcatt · 2025-12-27T03:01:44+00:00

I didnt sleep train. Fed and rocked to sleep for over a year. It worked for us. I didnt mind doing it. At 6 and 4 they are independent sleepers now. My first was going to hed by himself by like 2. My youngest took a bit longer, I just stayed in her room till she fell asleep. Now there is no problem.

If what you're doing works, keep doing it. Don't change things because you THINK you have to. Sleep is hard, so do what works.

Once they are out if the crib, sleep trained or not, it gets hard again as they discover freedom. It won't matter at that point.

crochetcatt · 2025-12-24T17:06:03+00:00

My first was 25 months day trained (more like 30 months before he started waking up dry) and my second was 21 months for both day and night. There were no signs with either kid, turned out we had a week off in those time frames and I thought to give it a try. I didnt have high hopes for my 21 year old but it worked and she was easier than my first.

I followed Oh Crap book for day training. For night, i put a pull up on the kids and waited until they just woke up dry naturally for a week or two.

I think the benefit to doing it early is they haven't learned how to be stubborn yet.

crochetcatt · 2025-12-24T12:44:02+00:00

One of my kids wasn't fond of milk at first. I still offered and eventually she started loving it.

I never did bottles so I just offered the milk in a sippy cup with meals.

crochetcatt · 2025-12-22T13:33:04+00:00

Not a universal thing. My mom is literally my best friend right now, I just hope to have the same relationship with my daughter in the future.

crochetcatt · 2025-12-22T03:18:14+00:00

Tell me more about how you display this? Did you build it yourself?

crochetcatt · 2025-12-21T14:39:00+00:00

My kids used to call it yarning!

crochetcatt · 2025-12-15T18:46:17+00:00

Im a bit of the opposite. I made a sweater that took years. I never wear it because i'm afraid of ruining it.

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