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I have a 8-year-old son that still sleeps with me. I started it when he was 2 years old. He had exema and was up about every 2 hours and I had to go to work the next day. It was easier to roll over and put the cream on and go back to sleep then to get out and go to his bed and do it. I have tried everything to get him in his bed. Bought him a new bed and redid his room twice. It is up staris from my room. He has a night light and can spend all day up there playing video games and watching cartoons... even into the evening. But when bed time comes in in bed with mom. My husband sleeps on the couch since the bed is not big enough for the 3 of us. HELP!!!!!!
--Ginger 
I wish I had an easy solution but then that's not how parenting goes, right? So here's the long and the short. He's eight years old and it's inappropriate for your son to be sleeping in a bed with you. Period. You already know this but I want to reinforce your instinct. Second this is the age when sleepovers start and for other kids to hear about your sleeping arrangements can cause major damage on the social scene. But most important--this is going to (if not already) cause a major wedge in your marriage. Your husband belongs beside you in that bed. Not your son
You've tried all the "nice" options. You're left with one solution. Tell your son clear and simple that from this moment on he belongs in his bed. That's it. Expect resistence. Expect a fight. And expect him to test you. He'll gradually give up the fight as long as you DO NOT GIVE IN. Your son has to know you are serious.
You and your husband plan your "united front.". If you need to warn the neighbors that there may be a bit of a rucus in the evening they will understand
No guilt. No second thoughts. Just do it, Mom! I'm cheering you on. (And do it tonight--you owe it to your child, yourself and your marriage). Do it!
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