2.5 year old boy...smart, funny...everything you'd expect in a kid his age. Since day 1 he was high needs (/r/velcrobabies) and stubborn, and needed to be close to sleep..And typically needed a boob close while breastfeeding. We coslept due to this and both of us working.He's in a big boy bed now (full mattress on the floor in his room), and one of us lays with him until he falls asleep. Sometimes it takes up to 2 hours, and while I'd sometimes doze off, I wanted that part of my life back so wifey and I had time together.This week explained to him that we would read and that I would lie with him for 20 mins. After about that time, I'd leave. He'd protest but he would settle and fall asleep after about another 30-60 minutes.But he wakes up every 2-3 hours needing to be held. If I go near the bed he snatches my arm and bear hugs it. By 4am I'm exhausted and give in and fall asleep next to him. My schedule is a little more flexible so I've been taking the brunt and letting wife sleep. She's 4 mo preggo, so needs it.Advice? Cry it out or anything similar probably won't work. This kid has cried in a car for 2 hours straight to avoid sleep. He's stubborn.I've tried telling him from the door that I love him, but he continues to escalate, and I'm usually worn down. His sleep has gone to crap this week with our experiment, so he's more temperamental as well.Thanks for thoughts and ideas and experience. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2dEj3hz
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