Hello everyone, I have a 26 month old daughter who falls asleep on her own since she was 3 months old (after many months of teaching, and many ups and downs she has finally mastered falling asleep on her own since 20 months old). She does it when she is in her bed at home, but as soon as we are out of the house, say visiting grandma or her aunt and uncle (spending the night out of town), she no longer feels secure, capable or comfortable enough to do it. I understand that being away from her usual (bed, room, house, place), will make her feel that way, but the truth is we go out of town quite often, at least once every two months or so; and I would really love to have her go to sleep on her own also while we are away. So I am asking for advice on the best way to teach her to sleep on her own somewhere other than her bed, which techniques apply on this kind of situation. I usually just tell her she is a big girl who can fall asleep on her own and that I am around , there is nothing to be afraid of, etc. But still I usually end up sitting on her bed waiting for her to fall asleep, which doesn't happen until an hour later or more. And sometimes she can even be almost asleep and wake up asking for me again and again, so I can't get out of the room. Since I am not used to this kind of situation happening at night when we are home, I usually don't have the patience it takes to just wait around, so I feel very frustrated when this happens, I'm sorry if it sounds kind of selfish. Also we are going on a month and a half holiday to Southamerica next September and I think I'm really going to need this advice for then.
I appreciate any advice any of you guys send me. You guys are the best all the time.
