In their words: parents who felt the same way
“I have had a co-sleeping baby for the last six months. I’ve averaged probably four hours of sleep a night each night.”
“He woke up every two hours and using me as a human pacifier.”
“Co-sleeping definitely was not in the plan for me and my husband.”
“I was actually sleeping upright in bed holding him, because we started off by co-sleeping.”
“He started sleeping in his own bed, in his own room.”
Why co-sleeping is so hard to reverse
Most families never set out to co-sleep. It begins on one rough night and turns into the only way anybody gets any sleep. Months later, the baby has no other way of falling asleep, and the parents are too exhausted to attempt anything new.
In this video, parents talk about nights of waking every hour, sleeping sitting up, or one parent decamping to the couch. They also talk about how it came to an end.
How we manage the move
Dr. Sam writes a plan to move your baby out of your bed and into their own safe sleep space, shaped around their age, feeding and current way of falling asleep. Bootcamp-style coaching before night one prepares you for exactly what lies ahead. After that come daily 1:1 check-ins, and naps are coached until they are solid. It is neither cry it out nor wait it out. The outcome is guaranteed in writing: “We guarantee that your baby will sleep 8–12 hours through the night within 14 days of consistent, correct implementation of your sleep plan.”
After months of shared beds, couches and floors, the families in this video describe children who now sleep in their own crib, their own bed and their own room. Dr. Sam plans the transition around your baby’s age, your home and the way you currently feed your baby.
More from client families
All 129 client video reviews are on the reviews page, including families who were co-sleeping. For the safety questions around bed sharing, read is bed-sharing safe. Before booking, you can also check that the company is legit.
Book the free consultation and let us know what your nights look like now. We will explain what moving your baby into their own bed would take.
Want us to fix this for your baby?
Actually Sleeping is 1:1 coaching: Dr. Sam writes your baby’s sleep plan, you get bootcamp-style coaching before night one, and we check in daily until it is working. We have coached 700+ families, earned 129 video reviews, and back it with a written guarantee: 8–12 hours through the night within 14 days, or a full refund.
Common questions
We have been co-sleeping for more than a year. Is it too late to change?
It is not. Some families in the reviews co-slept for a year or longer, toddlers over two among them, and they describe their children now sleeping in their own crib or room. Actually Sleeping works with babies and toddlers starting from newborn.
Does my baby have to cry alone in a new room?
Actually Sleeping is neither cry it out nor wait it out. Dr. Sam writes your baby’s plan, and the coaching before night one walks you through exactly how to respond, so the move is planned instead of sudden.
I nurse my baby to sleep in our bed. Will I be able to keep breastfeeding?
Yes. Plenty of the co-sleeping families in the reviews were breastfeeding. How night feeds are handled depends on your baby’s age and is set in your custom plan. Dr. Sam builds the plan around the way you feed your baby now.