hi everyone! before i write this, i ask that you don’t judge the situation. i’m very well aware i’ve created a bad habit with my child and i’m working on breaking it, but definitely need some help.

my daughter is 7 and goes back and forth between her dad and i. she has struggled with sleeping/staying in her own bed for years. when she was 3 (dad and i were still together) we really started enforcing it, but she never stayed in the bed.

after we officially broke up, i moved back in with my mom & her bed wasn’t set up for a bit, so she slept with me. this turned into a straight up refusal to sleep in her own bed.

over the past couple years it’s been such a struggle to get her to stay in her bed. i’ve been guilty of letting her sleep with me a lot and now it’s become a big problem.

i’m thinking of getting some kind of reward chart that she can use as an incentive, but i’m more so worried about her (and i) having interrupted sleep if she keeps waking up to find me.

any tips or suggestions are greatly appreciated!!