I have a 3 and a 1yr old when i put them to bed at night my 1yr figured out how to climb out of bed so he wanders about the house at night I keep getting up and telling him its bedtime put him ans bed and long and behold he is back out of bed he refuses to stay in bed. My 3yr old same thing they just don't wanna go to bed they are up until 10 sometimes 11pm what can I do?
2006-12-19 13:22:29 · 5 answers · asked by ompie 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
get a good sleepy routine going, eat dinner early, have warm bath, read stories of sleep time. also make sure they are not having any sugar in the afternoon/evening, fruit too especially apples they keep you awake. putting them back to bed like you have been is good, but don't talk to them. Ive got two girls, i used to shut there door and tell them that I would open it again when they were lying quietly in bed. a I would also let them look at books in bed, so long as they stayed in bed. that usually made them fall asleep.
2006-12-19 14:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my now 3 year old did this last year, we tried a somewhat different approach. We would put her in bed and close the door. We would stand outside the door and listen. When we heard her getting out of bed, we would hold the knob so she couldn't open the door. After one minute, we would open the door and put her back into bed telling her to stay in bed. Then back outside the door and hold it shut again. Usually by then she was crying but we didn't give in. This time we would hold the door for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes we would go in and put her into bed again, this time not saying anything just basically ignoring her other than putting her into bed. We would continue this and add a minute every time until we hit 5 minutes. (Always by this time I was crying too.) If she was still getting out of bed, we kept it at 5 minute intervals. She would finally go to sleep. The next night we would start over but work our way up to 6 minutes. Everynight we would add one more minute. (Honestly, I don't think we ever went over 6 or 7 minutes.) If I remember correctly, it took about a week and a half. Every once in a while she would try and revert to her old ways, but not very often. She is a great sleeper now. Good luck. I know this is hard.
2006-12-19 13:33:40 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like the other ideas people had of just ignoring them. But another question you need to ask is why wont they sleep? Are they not tired or are they just being fussy? Maybe look at what time their naps are and how long they have naps for. It might help if they are tired. My 3 yr olds go to bed easily but I have a routine I do every night... 7 pm- bath, 30 mins of tv, read book in bed, bed. They know thats the schedule and they do well with it. If they have a nap at all, its usually only about 30 mins long so that they arent cranky, but they are still tired by the time 8 pm comes
2006-12-19 13:40:16 · answer #3 · answered by eric 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My 3 year old twins did this for awhile too. I had to be up around 5 AM, so I couldn't really afford to stay up with them until 11 or midnight. I started getting them up at 5 AM with me. It may sound harsh but I did figure they were keeping me up, so I was going to keep them up. They were miserable but only for a short while. By the time 8 PM rolled around they were VERY ready for bed.
2006-12-19 13:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by Mish B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you put him back in bed do not talk to him. The first time you put him to bed say ok it bedtime i love you the second time just say its bedtime then every other time he gets up just put him back in bad and say nothing because he is just trying to get you to talk to him.
2006-12-19 13:32:19 · answer #5 · answered by goodmommy22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋