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| I HAVE A 19 MONTH OLD SON WHO JUST RECENTLY HAS NOT WANTED TO GO TO BED AT HIS NORMAL 8:00 BED TIME AND HAS WANTED TO STAY UP UNTIL ABOUT 12:00am. MY QUESTION IS HOW DO I GET HIM TO STAY IN HIS TODDLER BED AND GO TO SLEEP? I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIM STAYING IN HIS BED BEFORE AND HE HAS BEEN IN A TODDLER BED SINCE HE WAS 12 MONTHS OLD. I DO JUST GET FED UP AND PUT HIM IN MY BED WITH ME AND HE WILL GO TO SLEEP IN 10 MIN. BUT IF HE IS NOT TOUCHING ME HE WILL WAKE UP AND CUDDLE UP NEXT TO ME AND GO RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP. HOW DO I STOP THIS??? |
| Posted by Amy on 07/01/2007 02:01 AM
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| Ok well first off do not put him in your bed!!!!! He is working you and he knows what works. I have never really had a problem with my 2 year old she has been in a bed for a while also and does not really get out, but she will make up stuff so I would have to go in there, I just stopped going in there and she would go back to bed. My mother always says you are the parent they are the child, remember who the boss is!!! I would say just keep putting him and there and say nothing, he has to fall asleep at some point. RIGHT? |
| posted by Jeanette on 07/01/2007 10:22 AM
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My son almost never slept on his own until he was about 20 mos old. He refused to sleep in his crib or the toddler bed we bought (am in fact trying to sell it now!) and would only sleep with my husband or more often me. We have a very comfy couch! lol
I finally got fed up and did the Nanny 911 routine. We had a full size mattress that we were getting rid of so we put it on the floor of his room. I put him to bed on it, at first spending a few weeks sleeping on the bed with him. Eventually, I started putting him in the bed on his own, following the routine of books and kisses. Then I sat down at the end of the bed, but not on the bed. He freaked, screamed and cried and got up out of the bed. Everytime he left the bed, I put him back in, kissed goodnight, said I love you and sat back down and never looked him in the eyes. After a few days he stopped freaking out, I just sat in my spot and he would check to be sure I was there. I wouldn't leave him till he was asleep. I kept moving further and further away from the bed and closer to the door until I was in the hallway with the door open. Now, I just do the routine of kisses and books and say goodnight, close the door and Im done. He usually sleeps through the night, maybe gets up 2 or 3 times a week. Now I just need to get my 16 mo old daughter to spend the whole night asleep in her crib! She doesn't sleep either!
It was very hard to do the routine with Declan, but it had to be done. I am not a supporter of the cry it out method, mostly because I just can't do it. And I don't think he was ready or me until then. You can do it, you just have to be ready and able. Feel free to contact me if you need support or have questions! JennS |
| posted by Jennifer on 07/01/2007 11:24 AM
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| I've been having the same problem with y 26 month old. Her normal bedtime is 8:00-8:30 but she will not stay in bed and she crys and gets up saying light on. A lot of times she ends up in our bed because she says she will go to sleep if she's in our bed. My husband doesn't mind, but I would really like to have our bed at least for the most part. I have tried to just keep putting her back in bed, but it doesn't matter. It took her two hours to go to sleep the other night. I also need help in this area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| posted by Abby on 07/09/2007 11:33 PM
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| My daughter is going through the whole light on thing as well. I tell her five minutes and then I am coming in and turning it off! It works for the most part. I think you need to set a limit and stick with it! It maybe hard at first but then you will love it!! |
| posted by Jeanette on 07/10/2007 08:54 AM
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| When my son started climbing out of the crib at 22 months and we had to put him in the toddler bed we put a baby gate accross the door. I can still hear him and I know he is confined at can't get into trouble, It normally takes him about an hour to go to sleep and we also started his ded time routine earlier, it still is a battle constantly telling him to go to bed and we go back in his room and put him into the bed eventually he goes to sleep and stays there. When your sons does fall asleep in your bed to you move him to his own bed, maybe if he always ends up there he will stay there. We did end up moving my son into a full size bed, he is a big boy(37 inched in height) and the toddler bed just didn't seem big enough for him to move around and he would end up on the floor, maybe your son is ready for a bigger bed. |
| posted by Michele on 07/10/2007 02:11 PM
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