What do I do with my daughter???

Question

I have a 22 month daughter and she still ends up in my bed. She has her own room and her own bed but I wake up in the middle of the night and there she is. I love her to pieces but the onle space I get for myself is sleeping in bed, my husband also gets upset with this because she is a bed hog!!!! What can I do to stop this??

Answer 1

You can stop it by being a parent and understanding that you will have to teach your child self-discipline. At times, this will not be comfortable and pleasant for you or your child, but a necessary part of growing up.

Be prepared to put up with a lot of crying for about 3-4 days, but make her sleep in her own room. Use a crib if necessary. Check on her every few minutes to be sure she is okay. Do not turn on the lights or try to entertain or talk to your child after putting her to bed. It shoud be dark and quiet except for maybe a night light or something like that. After a few days, she'll simply accept the fact that it's just the way it is and get used to it.

Answer 2

You have to be prepared to put up with screaming for up to four nights, while you regain control of this and put her back in her room, without cajoling or mollycoddling her. She will fight you, so you just have to be stronger than her tantrum. You need to do this in basic silence. Just the "back to your own bed" nothing else. Then shut the door. She will keep coming out and you will keep putting her back without talking to her, for all communication and disruption is a good thing in her book.
Four days isn't that long, considering the peace you, she and your husband will get afterwards.

Answer 3

This is what I did and it worked--
I put a bell on my bedroom door so that every time my child entered the bell woke me up. I was able to immediately put the child back in his own room. All you have to do is condition your child through repetition. You must put a stop to this now while she is very young. Also at this age you can begin to teach about privacy. Your 22 month old is a baby, but if you teach they will learn. Good luck and great question. thanks

Answer 4

Ask her why she doesn't like sleeping in her bed. Make sure she has a T.V with lots of her favorite movies and make her feel like having her own room makes her a big girl. The big girl thing always works with my girls

Answer 5

Simply tell her that she's not allowed in your bed and if she get into your bed, then put her back in your bed. It's yours and your husbands space.

Answer 6

You can actually get this baby bubble bath stuff for really cheap nd gd quality they fall asleep with a wink and it'll keep her quiet all night. BONUS LOL gd luck hun xx

Answer 7

I had this problem with my son. You have to just take her immediatly back to her room and let her know that this is where she sleeps.....

what worked first for me is we moved our sons bed into our room, then eventually to his own room....a slow transition...

Answer 8

let her fall asleep in ur bed, but when she's fully asleep put her in her crib. if she wakes up, sing her a lullaby..etc and try to make her fall asleep again, and LEAVE HER in her crib! obviously check on her every 5-10 minutes just to make sure she's alrite, but dont let her see you. if you dont this might interrup ur sleep, or being intimate w/ur hsband...U DONT WANT THAT

Answer 9

she's probably scared of sleeping alone. try giving her a teddy bear, or a soft pillow to hug with when she sleep. that might help. good luck!!

Answer 10

If there isn't any entertainment in her room then make it happen. She need something that interests her to keep her to herself.