Hey guys, just need some input. This is a genuine question.

My sister has been co-sleeping with her son since he was an infant. He’s never really slept in a crib or anything. Well I babysit him now and just bought him a portable crib thing to sleep in at my house when he naps or stays the night. He is absolutely not having it, he cries and throws tantrums. Last night I let him cry it out for an hour after putting him back to sleep 3 times with 15 minute intervals of him crying.

He can’t sleep with me, I’m a bulldozer in my sleep. I WILL roll onto him and crush him. I do it to my husband, so much so we sleep in separate beds now. My cat has learned to hop off me or move when I twist and turn.

I just need tips to teach him to sleep in his own bed at my house. Letting him cry it out worked, but he’s never really had to self-soothe because she is always there to soothe him whenever he cries or throws tantrums. I’m not saying she’s a bad mom, she’s an amazing (single) mother. He’s learning at my house crying doesn’t work and sometimes I do feel guilty because he’s just a baby. I’m having stern Aunt guilt 😭