our 5yrs old son won't sleep in his bed the whole night?

Question

Our 5yrs old son won't sleep in his bed the whole night. Only when he is extremly tired will he stay there. We find him in our bed by morning. I take him back to his bed, but it's tiring to do this routine every night so I sometime give up. My husband is thinking of locking our bedroom door, but that's curel! any sugguestions?

Answer 1

Keep putting him back to bed. eventually he will tire of going back and forth and will stay there.

Answer 2

I have 5 and 7 year old girls and we went through this with both of them. Every time they came into the room, even though I was tired and it sucked, I would take them back to their room crying. If they came back in a second time I would give them a little swat on the tush and put them back in bed. After about two or three nights of this it will all be over. You just have to put up with the crying and no sleep for a night or two. If you don't spank your son try taking away something he likes as a disciplinary measure, but taking away something doesn't work very good in the middle of the night. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

I would first look into what is getting him up. I know that putting him back in his bed is exhausting but you have to do it. Locking your door may traumatize the little guy.

I would just have you and your husband take turns putting him back in bed. Then look into what is keeping him from his room. Does he need a nightlight carousel to watch while he his going back to sleep? Is there a special stuffed animal that he might want that he can only have if he is in bed?

Some of this is merely a stage. Be consistent with him. Do not let him even lay in your bed for a moment. No mixed messages. I know you are tired but you will not break him too soon if you do not do it now.

NO LOCKS! Please.

Answer 4

I went through the same thing with my daughter and if you lock the door he will only stand at the door in the middle of the night and scream or perhaps you'll find him asleep in front of the door when you get up. All you can do is explain to him that mommy and daddy have their bed and he has his own bed and that is where he should sleep and don't give up every time he tries to crawl into bed with you you have to get up and put him back in his own bed and eventually he will realize that you mean it and he'll get the point and stay in his bed. When you don't put him back in his bed your giving him mixed signals and he gets confused just stick to it and show him who's boss. I give it 1 week 2 at most and he should be sleeping in his own bed.

Answer 5

My niece is 6 and has now been sleeping in her bed for roughly a month. She is a huge (yes she) superheroes fan so they converted her room to superheroes. and i dont' mean sheets and a blanket. her bed now rests atop a tower of some sort, she has a tv standing on the tower of the americas which spiderman is scaling; ; the walls are a downtown backdrop with 3D superhoes throughout. it was quite the undertaking, but it's what she wanted and it worked. she just wanted to sleep in a place that she liked.

Answer 6

I even have 2 ladies and for the 1st i set a bedtime recurring tub, teeth, storie then to mattress. once you adjust any element it takes a on an identical time as to get used to the hot element or the hot way of doing issues and that i think of which you basically could wait and see and persist with one way of dealing with it like a speedy retun technique; the greater you fuss the longer it takes to settle them in to the hot way so in simple terms wait and see it is going to ensue in time. in simple terms imagen you having to sleep in an unusual abode you may in all risk awaken approximately thrice a night yet over the years you get used to it sturdy good fortune!!!

Answer 7

Locking the bedroom door is NOT cruel - let your husband do it.

If your son wakes you up by banging on the door, warn him that it not acceptible behavior to disturb people in their sleep. Tell him that if he does it again you will punish him. Mean it and follow up; do NOT give in.

Answer 8

the kid will just bang,, you need to wake him up and tell him he cannot sleep with you,,and put him back in bed, wall clocks that make noise and such can have a calming effect on children, sometimes it is so quiet they wake up and wonder where mommy is,

takes awhile,, but hopefully by the time he is 18 he will stop

Answer 9

change his bed time or try reading his favorite story. important thing make bed time a ritual. his bath , brushing his teeth , the story, or what ever, do the same thing every night regardless of how tired you are. miss one night and it will throw the whole thing off. good luck.

Answer 10

Take him to a toy store and let him buy 1 animal to sleep with and tell him you will buy it for him if he sleeps in his own bed and if he doesn't say you will take it back.