My husband and I sleep in the same bed with our 3 year old and our baby. I love it but he says it hurts our intimacy. How do I get my children to sleep in their own beds with out causing them a trauma?
There is no trauma. You are not beating up your child n locking them up. Simply talk to your child n explain that she is a big girl now n she can have her own room. Make her room appealing to her. Then every night wind down, put her in her own bed, read a story n kiss her good night. She will most definately fuss, but keep putting her back in. Minimise conversation when she gets out of her bed. In a week she'll be used to it.
Buy them a bed tell them it's time 2 stop sleeping with mommy daddy big kids sleep in their own beds. It will be ok.
Children, no matter what age, should NEVER sleep with adults. Listen to your husband before he packs up and leaves! Put the baby in a crib and the 3-year old in a twin bed, in their own room, and move on.
put a bed next to your bed for a while first, before moving them into a separate room later when you feel it is time.
