He just realized that he can get out of his crib by himself. This is the second night of this. It took 2 hours last night, and one hour and 38 "get back in beds!" tonight. And now it's 12:44 am, and he's up again. Any ideas? Thanks!
2006-09-19 18:43:09 · 19 answers · asked by tom8o 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I will NOT be allowing him to sleep in my bed, as I feel that is an even more horrible habit that would have to be broken later on. I'm not looking to replace one bad habit with another!
2006-09-19 19:08:52 · update #1
rope, square knots will do a great job because they will tighten as he pulls against them
or
give him milk
2006-09-19 18:51:03 · answer #1 · answered by samuelgus01 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was 18 months when he started crawling out of his crib. First, you might want to look into getting a toddler bed or a "big boy" bed. As he might injure himself if he falls out of his crib. As for him staying in his bed, that is the tricky part. He just realized that you are still doing stuff when he goes to bed and he wants to be part of the fun. Many parents would march their kid up to bed every time they came out5 of their room. Some people did this 5 times,. others 70 times until the child stayed in his bed. Some parents put a gate on the door to keep him in his room. You can try giving him incentives. Make a chart and for every night he stays in his bed, he gets a sticker, and after 5 straight stickers he will get a small prize. This will take a lot of patience on your part....sometimes it can be easier to snuggle with him until he falls asleep. Good Luck!!!!!!
2006-09-19 18:53:26 · answer #2 · answered by Andrea K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing I did that worked overnight was to be really firm. And each time the child gets out of bed you don't talk, or yell. You simply pick the child up and put him back in bed. Don't give him a chance to fight back. The first night might take a thousand of these actions but it will get better. If you don't give any attention to the situation he's not getting attention and will eventually realize that it's not doing any good to try to get your attention. And sound asleep he'll be.
Good Luck.
It was a lot easier when they were babies.
2006-09-20 03:07:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my son discovered this neat trick, I sat outside his door for 3-4 hours. He got up, without talking, I just put him back in. He would stay a few min, get up, I would put him back in......over and over. It makes for a long evening, but it bought me a good 6 mos before he started getting out again. If he knows you are going to be persistent and consistent, he will give up. At least mine did.
Also, the sad fact may be that he doesn't need to nap anymore. My son was getting up and getting up and getting up......and when I took away the nap he was down at 7:45 and sleeping until 8-8:30 am.
2006-09-22 16:32:25 · answer #4 · answered by Beth M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why spend all that time trying to get him back in bed. Just let him sleep with you. This is such a young age and the he's probably just frightened being alone.
Get him a big boy bed so that you don't have to worry about the crib.
2006-09-19 18:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you can do is keep putting him back, putting him back, putting him back. No discussions, no arguments, nothing.
Your patience and persistence will win out in the end.
Be sure that he doesn't eat or drink in the couple of hours before bed, that the lighting is fine, and that there is some soft music playing in his room. Also make sure there is nothing in the room that is scaring him, and leave the door open a little.
2006-09-19 18:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter does that too. We have a small stereo in her room with Cd's in it that we turn on when she goes to bed. The low music helps soothe her, her favorite Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, go figure. Just put him in bed and leave the room don't talk to him at all, just pick him up put him in bed and leave. A friend of mines aunt used to have to turn her daughters crib over her w/ the mattress on the floor otherwise she would be right behind them when they walked out of the room(this was in the 70's) :)
2006-09-21 02:44:47 · answer #7 · answered by Diana H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw this on "Supernanny" one night. Everytime this three year old boy got up to kick his dad out of bed and lie next to his mom, she had the mom take him back to his room and tuck him in. It only took a couple of times before he slept the rest of the night in his own bed, and a couple of nights after that before he stopped getting up in the middle of the night entirely. They didn't even yell at him. Try doing this a couple of nights till he realizes he needs to stay in his own bed.
2006-09-19 19:04:41 · answer #8 · answered by Bluegirl285 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started putting a few cheerios and soft toys in the crib to entertain my kids. you can also buy cheap door alarms for their bedroom door. It would scare my kids and they wouldnt get out of bed again in fear of the little alarm going off... took 2-3 nights and we were cured.
2006-09-19 18:54:38 · answer #9 · answered by tomandsyndi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modern Age is the root cause of this confusion. He is only 2 years old and the best thing would be to let him sleep with you and you put your hand on him and sleep.
2006-09-19 19:01:10 · answer #10 · answered by ssmindia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tell my son every night before we go to bed that he is going to bed and he is NOT to get up. The first time he gets up he gets his butt swatted. But, if you dont spank, i dont know what leverage you would have on a 2 yr old.
2006-09-19 19:15:49 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋