Sleep training win!

Dad here. I long post, TLDR at the bottom.Not too long ago I posted about my 3 year old having sleep issues.Here is the post for reference.https://ift.tt/2WjBFbm Tuesday I decided to try a new strategy. I noticed recently that she is starting to show a little more understanding so I decided to have a conversation with her before bed. It went something like this:Me: Where do you sleep?Her: In my bed (originally responded "in mommy's bed" but corrected when I said no, where do you sleep)Me: good, where does mommy and daddy sleep?Her: in mommy's bedMe: good. You have to sleep in your bed and mommy and daddy sleep in our bed. Are you a big girl? (first time I've tried to use the big girl term with her)Her: yesMe: ok, when we put you in the bed you have to be super quiet, no crying.Her: okMe:We are going to tuck you in and go sit in mommy and daddy's room and we are going to listen for you to be really quiet. (wife give me a "this will not work" look)We walk into our room and just sit on the floor and listen. Not a sound from her, and she falls asleep in about 10 minutes. She woke up in the middle of the night and came in our room. We took her to potty and back to her bed and told her we would listen for her to see if she is quiet, and she fell right back asleep.Holy crap! That actually worked! We are now on night 3 of no meltdowns if we try to leave the room when putting her to bed. She still wakes up a time or two in the middle of the night and comes in to wake us up but we walk her back to her bed without any drama.TLDR- Had a heart to heart conversation with my 3 year old about sleeping in her own bed and it actually worked. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/362UrrR