so i’ve been ‘training’ mini me to sleep on her own in her own room. she is 6 and still sleeping with me. in a way i really want her to become more independent. on the other hand, because i travel quiet a bit for work, i kinda enjoy sleeping with her… it’s the time when i have her all to myself 
so the sleeping in her room training has been going on for at least 3 months, but not succeeding very well. First i tried the softy-softy way… i put her to bed and read a book and said prayers with her and wait until she sleeps, while staying in the same bed… midnight wake up count: 2-4 times… crying & trying to get into mommy’s bed: 2-4 times. then we tried the above, but me sleeping on the floor. the idea is so that she knows her bed is only for her so when she wakes up in the middle of the night and i am not there she wont panic and stay in her bed….well that worked well, midnight wake up count: 2-4 times…crying & trying to get into mommy’s bed: 2-4 times sometimes even 5 times…. so then I tried being the ‘cruel mommy’, i told herif she keeps waking up and insisting on getting into my bed, i will lock my bedroom door so she couldnt come in…. that also didnt work very well, although for about 4 nights she managed to stay in her own bed through the night….
so i traced back what is it that is making mini me cant stick to her sleeping arrangement and i found a few things. first of all, i travel a lot, so by the time she gets into the habbit of staying in her bed, then i have to travel, which means grandma is here and she sleeps with grandma….. secondly, she also travels a bit, so after 2-3 weeks sleep training on her own, we both travel and during travel we sleep together which means training is back to square one….
but maybe, it is her way of reaching out to me and saying that she misses me and doesnt like me traveling a lot. so i figured she will be sleeping on her own when she’s ready, just enjoy the time that she still wants to sleep with me…in a few years she might not even want to be seen walking with me…..
