> kids don't need to sleep by themselves. see attachment parenting
I misused the word a bit.
I meant the kid had a hard time falling asleep. They would get cranky. They would take >30 minutes to fall asleep. They would get up and walk around wanting to play but they would be cranky because they were sleepy. Co-sleeping or not is independent of this.
unless the child doesn't like to be held then i believe co-sleeping does help here.
cuddling together, maybe reading a story provides an alternative to directly sleeping or playing, allowing the child to settle down until it falls asleep...
from my observation, a child not wanting to go to sleep is coming from the child needing to sleep alone.
I misused the word a bit.
I meant the kid had a hard time falling asleep. They would get cranky. They would take >30 minutes to fall asleep. They would get up and walk around wanting to play but they would be cranky because they were sleepy. Co-sleeping or not is independent of this.