r/Parenting • u/Ok-Opportunity-4160 • Jun 04 '21

Any advice to get a 4 year old & 6 year old to sleep in their own beds? Advice

I have a 4 year old daughter & 6 year old son. I made the mistake of letting them sleep in my bed when they were about 1 and 2 and now I can’t get them out. I’m a single mom so it’s just me but I’m running out of room in my bed. The problem is if I move to the couch, in the middle of the night either one or both of them come running to the couch to sleep with me. My son has mild autism and (I think) very bad anxiety. I know if I try to get him to sleep in his own bed he’s going to cry super hard and I’m going to feel horrible. I really am looking for advice to get them to sleep in their own beds. I’m stressed out :(

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u/Ok-Opportunity-4160 Jun 05 '21

My son LOVES super soft blankets. Literally is obsessed with them lol

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u/ElizabethHiems Jun 05 '21

I think we probably have about 15 of them all together and sometimes he drags them all round the house to make a den. He is wrapped in a purple one right now. He strips off and wraps himself in them.

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u/Ok-Opportunity-4160 Jun 05 '21

Yup! My son does the same thing, takes his clothes off & finds a blanket no matter how big it is and drags it all over the house. Lol it’s cute when he’s like “it’s super soft it feels nice” and shows me.