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How long does it take your 14-15 month old to fall asleep?

We are in the process of sleep training our little boy. He used to sleep with us but is now able to sleep all night in his own bed. Now we are working on getting him to self settle when he goes to sleep and if and when he wakes up.

Our little boy is taking 30-50 minutes to fall asleep after I put him down in his cot. He cries a bit, fusses and talks to himself too. I check on him every 5-10 minutes. During the night if he wakes he goes back to sleep within minutes and with minimal fuss - it is just getting him to sleep at the beginning of the night. Previously I had to sit in his room and practically had to hold his hand to get him to sleep so our situation has improved dramatically.

My question is - how long does it take for your little ones to sleep after you put them down and leave the room and do they cry or just fuss?

Thanks - just want to know what is normal for this age group and whether I need to get him to bed earlier to get him more sleep to make up for the time he spends talking and fussing.

Update:

I should have asked before - is it unrealistic of me to expect him to go to sleep immediately and with no crying?

Update 2:

Well done Ashley. That is great. Our son is SO much better and it has been 10 nights.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    He is used to a totally different routine. Change takes time, but it is a change that will benefit all of you. I think you can expect him to cry and fuss for a bit, this is new to him. It will get easier and easier, he has learned how to go back to sleep and he will learn how to get to sleep too.

    Make sure you have a routine in the evening that will settle him down. Keep the lights low, read him a short story, kiss him good night, leave the room. Once there is a routine that he knows, things will go even smoother

    Don't stress, your doing the right thing mom!

  • My son will be 14 months in 3 days. We put him in his cot, tuck him in and put his lullaby CD on and he doesn't make a fuss or get up. Occassionally he'll talk/sing to himself for up to an hour, but other times he goes straight off.

    The worst that will happen is I'll put him down and he'll let out a wail like the beginning of crying as I close the door... I wait outside to see if he's actually going to cry and usually he's silent within 30 seconds. I've never left him to cry though... I guess I'm just lucky to have a good sleeper who loves his cot!

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    We move through this typically with my sixteen month historic daughter. Oftentimes there is a simply correct rationale she wakes up, teething, bloodless w/no blankets on her. More as a rule than no longer I don't forget it's her crying given that she is mindful of i will be able to come. I would try letting him cry it out. It's going to take a few nights nevertheless you can recognize in case your parties of going to confirm on him was once the undertaking if he begins sound asleep greater. My daughter has been completely happy if we placed her to bed with a little one bottle with water in it. And the undertaking with us is that my daughter is a marathon crier. If we allow her, she is going to cry for two-3 hours off and on. Nobody gets sleep then, so we move evaluate on her, then we get into a foul objectives wherein she is aware of we can come while she cries after which we're in undertaking once more till we spoil the cycle and allow her cry it out yet again.

  • Ashley
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    we started sleep training our son at 13 months... he is now 18 months and ever since we started has slept great... we put him to bed after the routine and he falls asleep within minutes...then remains asleep or wakes and falls back asleep all by himself, we are still having issues with naps but night times are AMAZING!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    hey

    our son did co-sleep with us since 12 weeks & we used to rock him to sleep but as soon as he turned 12 months we new we needed him to sleep in his own cot all night and get himself to sleep.

    this is what we done...

    we put him into his cot standing up

    then went over and shut blinds or curtains

    lie him down, put covers over him and gave him his handy manny teddy and dummy in mouth..when doing this he moaned

    then just walk out and shut the door over but not closed.

    he did cry because he wanted me but wait 2 minutes then go back in and do the same = lie him down, put covers over him and gave him his handy manny teddy and dummy in mouth..just he is just moaning then wait 5 minutes and do the same...the 1st time we done his it took him 20 minutes to fall asleep on his own....now i just put him son into his cot ..while i'm shutting the blinds to lie's down and i put cover over him and he puts dummy in his months and holds his teddy and i walk out the room saying 'night night baby' and close the door and go down stairs and there is not a sound out of him..i do go back up after 10 minutes and he is sound asleep xxx

    hop his helps xx

    Source(s): mummy to 15 month old taylor mummy to be to a lil girl in 10 weeks xxx
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