Hello! We have a lovely 6 year old sprocker, who until he was 4 slept downstairs on the couch, happily separate to us, 2 years ago we moved to a flat and he ended up in the room with us, in bed as he struggled with separation, all of us being on one floor, we were just too close I guess. That’s the background to our sleeping. We now have a 4 month old baby and while our dog is still in the room with us, he is clearly very stressed out by night time crying, we have tried leaving the door open, creating a safe den like space in the room, nothing works, if we put him in another room he now cries and howls all night, so we’re currently sleeping apart, not because of the baby, but because of the dog! Me in with the baby and my husband with the dog to reduce his stress. This isn’t a long term solution as we need the other room for the nursery eventually. What we need to do is transition the dog back to sleeping on his own in the living room.
Has anyone successfully done anything like this? We love him so much and to see him stressed by the crying is tough. He loves our baby so much that we joke about our son being his baby. During the day he tolerates the crying a lot better, and doesn’t seem bothered by it. Help, words of wisdom and shared experiences very welcome!
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