How can I get my 3 year old to stay in his own bed at night?

Question

If i tell him lalash (boogy man) is under his bed then he wont ever be in there...

Answer 1

Make a chart. Buy the greatest stickers you can find. Explain that every night he stays in his own bed, in the morning he gets to put a sticker on the chart. After so many stickers He gets to do whatever the reward is you make up for him...when I was doing this, it was a trip to the dollar store.

Remind him nightly, how many stickers are left to get to the treat! this didn't take me long, then the chart thing faded and it just came naturally as she trained her body to do so.

Answer 2

Duct tape.

Seriously, I saw this on Nanny 911: each time the child gets out of bed, you take him back. The trick is that there is no discussion AT ALL: you say nothing as you place him in his bed and then leave the room. Repeat as needed.

They also showed what to do if the child is especially resistant: you start the first night sitting in the same room with the child while he sleeps. NO SPEAKING, just sit. The next night, move your chair closer to the door. Again, no conversation, no singing, nothing at all. This routine continues until your chair is in the doorway, and the child stays in his bed all night.

I sure wish you good luck!

Answer 3

The boogie man is waiting under the bed for him to get out of bed.

Answer 4

I'm still trying to figure how to keep my 6 year old in bed. He is nowhere near as bad as he use to be, but every once in a while he still wants to sleep with mommy. I think that it is just something that happens with time. Unless you want to be the mean mommy and insist that it is this way, but I never really felt the argument was worth it. He always liked being with me and most of the time I like having him close as well. After all in a few years he won't even want to be in the same room as me.

Answer 5

Yeah right super nanny has good ideas but that is TV. It will take time and patience. Even if you have to get the child acclimated to their room. Naps in their room during the day and the kicker let the child fall asleep where they would normally sleep and then move them to their bed. This will take time but it will eventually work you will not be able to move them out of your bed in 1 night.

Answer 6

A toy animal like a teddy bear to keep him company. Tell him it will miss him if he leaves and it much prefers to sleep in his own bed rather than else where. Or sing or read to him until he's fast asleep and then leave the room. But make sure he's in sound enough sleep so that he doesn't wake up as you leave.

Answer 7

Watch Nanny 9-1-1. Nanny Jo gives great techniques for getting kids to sleep in their own beds. Basically, the key is consistency. Each night, put your kid in his/her bed. He'll cry and flip out, but don't give in. If he gets out of bed, put him right back in without saying a word to him. Do not converse with him, and do not give in. Just keep putting him back in bed over and over until he falls asleep.

It may take a few days before he realizes you're serious, but after a while, he'll get used to it.

Answer 8

Sleep next to his bed for the first night, and explain to him that after that he needs to be a big boy and slleep by himself. But you need to reward him the next morning if he sleeps all by himself all night, and make sure you tell him a few times during the day, and before he goes to bed that he will get a BIG surprise if he is a big boy and stays in his bed.

Answer 9

you can buy a really fun bed .. they sell these ones that are shaped like a car or a fire truck or a big animal -- kid will want to stay in there. if the problem is he comes over to your bed then put his bed in your room for a while and then after a while move slowly back to his room. if he comes over to your bed then put him back in it. make his room a fun place, decorate it with him and make him feel proud of it. don't make him feel bad that he can't stay in his own bed or punish him for it. be supportive and compassionate. in time he will want to sleep in his own bed and won't have any problems -- don't worry about it. been there. done that. good luck.

Answer 10

when he gets out of bed just put in back in bed but don't say anything to him and don't make eye contact you are giving him attention which is what he is trying to get so it may take 2-3 maybe more hours but in the end he will be in him own bed and you will have your bed back.

Answer 11

I was going to say rope, but that has been said. Why do you want him to stay in his bed? If he sleeps better somewhere else let him. He is 3 only once.