One approach that a friend of mine has tried, recommended by her family
doctor, is to always have a comfort object (teddy bear, whatever) between
her and her baby. Now she's doing this with a 2 1/2 yr old who has gotten
in the habit of only falling asleep if mom or dad are in the bed with him...
They started off in the bed with the child and the comfort object between
them. Then Mom (or Dad) sits on a chair next to the bed patting the child,
with the child holding the comfort object. Then Mom (or Dad) just has a
hand on the child - then is just sitting on the chair - then is sitting on
the floor a little further away... and eventually makes it out the door -
while the child (ideally) has transferred the need for comfort from a warm
adult body in the bed to the comfort object. They have been having some
success with it, but it is apparently taking weeks. But a 2 1/2 year old is
more set in his ways than 18 month old children...
I also like the other idea (Martha posted it I think) about spending lots of
quality waking time with the boys... and letting them fuss a little at night
before going in...
Good luck!
:-) Lisa
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