My 3 year old has slept in bed with me and my husband for the past year. Last week we put a full-size bed in his room, let him pick out new bedding, and talked about how he was a big boy and was going to sleep in his big boy bed.

On Friday night we put him in his bed, and laid down with him until he fell asleep. This first night went very well, it took a little bit for him to fall asleep, but once he did, he didn’t wake until 4 am. I laid down with him again until he fell asleep, and he woke up at around 6:30am, which is not too early around our house.

The next night he woke up probably 3 times. Each night he has woken up more and more. He has woken up 6 times tonight, and I had to lay with him each time before he fell asleep, then he would be back awake an hour later. At this point, I feel like he is almost doing it on purpose, if that’s possible. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I go back to work on Monday, so I really need to figure this out so I can get some sleep. I also have a nursing 6 week old, and my husband has to wake up at 4 to go to work. I just don’t know what our next step should be, so any tips would be wonderful! TIA!