How do i get a 4-yr old to sleep in his own room by himself?

Question

My 4-yr old will cry if I tell him to sleep in his own room, he get restless and will have difficulty falling asleep. Then he will either wake up in the middle of the night and ask for daddy to sleep with him although he has his younger bro to sleep with or he will crawl and sleep in our bed. I have run out of ideas to get him to sleep in his own room. Any ideas or tips pls?

Answer 1

Have you tried leaving some light music on in his bedroom? My son has a problem sleeping when it's too quiet (weird, huh?). If I leave some music on really low, he will go right to sleep and stay there. Hope this helps you!

Answer 2

My child has this problem as well. And he is 4 also. He also crawls in the bed with us in the middle of the night not really anything I can do about that. My son has a TV and DVD with VCR in his room with his own little movies so when it is bedtime I let him pick out a movie that he wants to watch put it in for him and he eventually falls asleep. Maybe you should try this and see if it works.

Answer 3

My son started to sleep in his room when I bought him a new comforter set with his fav cartoon character on it and I redecorated his entire room. I let him be involved by helping me put everything up and together and when we were finished I said, " Oooh! This sure does look like a big boys room! Only big boys can sleep in here!" And he was like, " I'm a big, I'm a big boy!" So I said, " Show me" and he did . The next day I took him to the movies and I told him, " Big boys get to go to the movies". I had to reward him for a while every time he slept in his room then sleeping in his bed just became a norm.

Answer 4

this is how i broke my 4 yr old of sleeping in our bed..1) get a calendar for them 2.) get stickers for them whatever they like 3.) place a sticker on each night they stay in their own room 4.) (we did a week at a time but you can do this sooner if you want) at the end of the week that they stayed in their own rooms they had special day to do whatever they wanted.. my girl loves shopping so we spent the day shopping and she got to pick a toy or something she wanted (that did not cost much) or spend the afternoon at the park or go for ice cream.. after about a month or so she was staying in her room without the rewards... they learn to out grow this before school starts and if they love school enforce that "big kids" sleep in their own rooms.

Answer 5

I have a four year old and she WOULD NOT sleep in her bed so we made Super Sleeper coupons and everytime she sleeps in her bed she gets a coupon and the coupons are like money she can turn them into toys or picnics or trip to the zoo or having a friend come and play. It worked great I even let her help decorate them with stickers she loves them now it has been about 1month and she goes to bed without even crying

Answer 6

I had the same problem. My pediatrician told me that I did not have to force him to sleep in his own room until he started Kindergarten. So...we told him when he started school he would have to sleep in his own room. My husband painted a huge mural on the wall and we all decorated the room together. Then we let him sleep in the "family bed" until he started school. If he woke up in the middle of the night crying one of us would make a pallet on the floor in his room until he fell asleep again. By the end of Kindergarten he was sleeping through the night in his own room without one of us on the floor.

Answer 7

My son had the same problem even when he shared a room with his little sister. what we finally did was always have him start his night in his own bed. if he got scared during the night he culd snuggle with us until he calmed fown then he would be carried back into his own room. wealso tried laying out a sleeping bag and pillow for him to lay in if he got scared during the night i know it's worked for some friends of ours and might work for us be for us he wanted our bed and nothing else. it was difficult for quite a while but now he's perfectly comfortable in his own room and falls to sleep by himself..he still has bad dreams once in a while a comes to us but we comfort him and walk him back to his room and he falls back to sleep. he just wants reassurrance that we're still there to protect him. good luck!!

Answer 8

sounds like he is walking all over you. You need to take a strong stand with him, he knows if he persists u will give in. @4yo he understands everything. Put him in his bed and do the super nanny thing where u sit next to the cot and ignore him. Then u gradually move further away every night until u dont have to do it anymore. Make his bedroom exciting and explain thats where he has to sleep. Be the boss.

Answer 9

my son will be 4 next month and has slept with me since he was about 9 months old, i have his bed in my room and until he sleeps through the night i'm not going to put his bed in his room, hopefully that will help, so far hes sleeping longer and longer through the night, i hope this helps and good luck.

Answer 10

Try a nightlight or a CD player playing soft, calm music while he is falling asleep.
Maybe he is afraid of something in his room. Try putting everything that doesn't need to be out away in an out-of-sight storage place. Keep in mind that everything looks different in the dark.