How do i get my 2 year old to sleep in his own bed and have a bed time. He stays up til' 6am sometimes!?

Question

He does not take naps. Our bedrooms are on opposide ends of the house. He will stay up all night even if he has had only 5 hours of sleep. I also have a 3 week old who i am up with all hours of the night and everytime the baby wakes up to feed so does my 2 year old. He will be 3 in Dec.

Answer 1

You have to set rules and stick to them. At two, children are defying the rules set down. It also sounds like he's envious of this new child taking up all this attention. Set a bed-time, put him in bed. When he leaves, put him back, and if it becomes necessary, you may have to spank him. Do not listen to any excuses he gives. Let him cry it out. If he tries saying he doesn't want to go to sleep, tell him you didn't tell him to go to sleep, you told him to go to bed. Good luck with that.

Answer 2

Well, it's not too late, but for the 3 week old, start the ritual when they are about 6 months. If your son gets up, then you make him lay back down. Do not talk to him or hold conversations, because it becomes a game to him. Give them a nightly routine as well. I give my kids a bath, then read a book, then it's off to bed. They know the drill every night. If the baby is in the room with your son, you may want to move the baby until he's sleeping through the night or at least more than 2 hours at a time. My children are 4,3, and 1 and none of them get out of the bed at this point without permission, unless it's a potty run. They all sleep through the night, even the youngest. Set the rules and never break them.

Answer 3

first in the baby is sleeping in the same room with the 2 year old, move the baby out for now maybe to your room. as for the 2 year old, put your foot down 7:30 or 8 pm put them in bed and that is it they have to go to bed if he gets out put him back. It is really hard but he will get it after a week or so. Also make him get up at the same time every morning don't let him sleep in all day. Also no nap in the daytime until he gets in to the hang of things. Kids have to have a routine they function much better. Just stick to it. you have to be constant. I went through the same thing with my kids and it works

Answer 4

It all comes down to consistency. You have to do the same exact things every night. One thing I saw on the show "SuperNanny" was that she had the mom sit in the room with the kid the first few nights. The first time the kid got up, the mom was to say "bedtime" and put the kid back in bed. Each subsequent time, the mom was supposed to just put the kid back in bed without saying anything. If the kid tried to talk to the mom, the mom was supposed to ignore the kid. She was also never supposed to look at the kid. Just be in there so the kid knows the mom was around. The kid would eventually fall asleep. The first night, it took a while. After about a week, it was down to 10 minutes. Eventually, she didn't have to sit in there anymore. I think it may have to do with jealousy of the baby.

Answer 5

Put him in his bed and if he gets up then grab his arm and march him back to bed. Put him in his bed and tell him to go to sleep. If he wakes up again, do the same thing. If doing that for awhile doesn't work, then you're just going to have to take all the toys and things out of his room so there is nothing left for him to do in his room except sleep. You need to make sure he is getting enough sleep. When I was a little older than him I wasn't getting enough sleep and I came down with a horrible sickness. The doctors didn't know what it was but I had IV's and everything. Eventually they said I wasn't getting enough sleep so now I realize that sleep is the most important thing. (Not to scare you or anything, but this is definately something to be strict about with him if he's not sleeping when you tell him to).

Answer 6

I went through something like this and wow you must be exhausted. Try and make him understand that bed time is not play time, I know its so hard to do a routine with kids. Sounds like he has just got tons of energy. If you can during the day wear him out, park, swimming etc..... Or you can try the reward system, go to the dollar store and pick up a few chaep items and talk with him and let him know that there is a prize in the morning if you stay in bed all night. good luck my friend.

Answer 7

I know that I have started my son who is 1 on a bed time already. I would go in with your 2 year old and read to him or sing.

You could always get something that plays music, as this is the best thing to put kids to sleep. My 1 year old goes down for bed at 8:00pm. He gets up anywhere between 6-7am.

Answer 8

You have to do it gradually. Since you have taught him that if he cries enough you will give in, you have to decide not to do that anymore. Begin with a bedtime routine. turn off the tv, cuddle him and read him a story. Then put him in his bed and leave him there for about 10 minutes. If he is still crying, go in and comfort him without picking him up. Keep doing this, increasing the amount of time you wait between going in by two minutes each time. DO NOT GIVE IN... its not easy but you have to remember your goal. it will take a few nights and you will both be exhausted but this method really works.. good luck

Answer 9

my 2 yr old did this for the first few days of her new baby sister being home too and then realized she was way too tierd to deal with it. But earlier on I had a problem with her staying in her room to sleep and she use to stay up all night long too. Honestly you have to be a mother and inforce rules on this child. My child refused to take the rules so when I said it was bed time and she didn't want to stay in her room I put a chain lock on the door and whn she'd fall asleep I'd undo it. I wasn't locking my child in her room, just no giving her her way. Thats a suggestion, your the parent and your letting this 2 yr old run all over you, stand up and take action, or your going to have worse problems in the future.

Answer 10

im a nanny of 4 all under 4yrs old..and my 3yr old girl still gets up in the middle of the night wanting to sleep between her parents..lucky them...anyway..she loves the color pink and loves wearing dresses ( because disney princess' wear pretty dresses) we all sat down with her ( she'll be 4 in Jan) and made up a rule..if she gets out of bed and comes downstairs to mom/dads' bed then she will NOT be able to pick out and wear a dress that day. Since then the only time she's slept in mom/dad's bed is when she's sick or during bad t'storms.. ..point is find your child's Special toy..favorite whatever ..use that as his reward..