Joanna Fortune: Three-year-old wants to sleep in our bed since new baby arrived 

"His world has been upended, and he has to share you with this new baby he is still getting to know while trying to work out how he fits in - it can be overwhelming and he is allowed to struggle in this adjustment phase."

We recently had a second child, and now our three-year-old demands to sleep in his parents’ bed instead of his bed. I would appreciate your advice on how to get him to sleep in his own bed again.

Congratulations on your new baby. New babies bring a lot of joy and change into our lives. The first four months of a baby’s life are referred to as the ‘fourth trimester’ or co-dependent stage of development. During this early developmental stage, parents establish a new shared rhythm and begin to feel ‘in synch’ with their babies. It takes time.