Need advice, my son has learned to climb out of his cot?

Question

I have a cot bed so i am going to turn it into a bed later but i could do with advise for people about how i can try and get him to actully stay in his bed. He is 20 months old.

Answer 1

It's an awkward age.
I ended up lying next to my little girl 'til she dropped off. It worked, without the tears and 4 months later she now loves her bedroom and her bed.
4 months uphill struggle for lots of quiet nights thereon.
Good luck.
Don't forget reward charts and positive re-inforcement.

Answer 2

When my twins learned to climb out of their cribs I put them in regular twin beds. The were 20 months at the time also. They are 2 now and haven't fell out of the bed yet. They seem to know when it is time. My 17 year old did the same thing when she was a baby except she was 18 months old. There is no way to keep him from crawling out unless you want to sit by his crib all night. Even being Supermoms like us, that would be hard to do. Good luck.

Answer 3

Now that he's learned how to climb out of it you must turn it into a bed as soon as possible, to avoid him falling and hurting himself. The bad news is that you may receive many visits during the night from now on. Put bed rails on the cot bed so he doesn't roll and fall in the night. Best of luck!!

Answer 4

Just keep persevering! Guide him back to his own bed each time he gets out ( this may get a bit tedious but go with it ) . My youngest son was in a big bed at 16 months because he did just as yours is doing and eventually he got the message. There are times when he still comes into me but on the whole he is pretty good.
Your son just needs reassurance that you are still about and once he realises that you are not far away he will settle.

Happy sleeping !!

Answer 5

Its really best to make it into a bed sooner rather than later. Can hurt himself more climbing out then falling. Mine did it last Wednesday, so we mad it into the bed, with a bed guard, and last night he stayed in all night asleep for the first time, so took him less than a week to get message! When he gets up, just keep bringing him back to bed, no conversation, cuddle or anything fun! Just keep saying "its time for sleep". Good luck

Answer 6

Some kids are natural escapologists. I had to put my son into a small bed at an early age because of this. I put a stair gate on his room doorway so that he could not get out and into any danger and then you have to keep returning him to bed every time he gets up until he learns to stay in bed. It doesn't really take that long but you do have to persevere I'm afraid.

Answer 7

How unhelpful can some people be! Obviously not parents and hope to God the never are!

Anyway, I would suggest that your child is ready to go into the cot bed. Its much safer the only harm they can do is wandering about, they are so low they couldn't hurt themselves if they rolled out.

Answer 8

It is something he will need to learn for himself, put a mattress on the floor i case he falls out of bed in the night and make sure you have stair gates. If he wakes in the night take him straight back to his own bed without comment. He will soon learn that getting up in the night is no fun and realise its time to stay in bed and sleep not time to play. Plenty of praise when he does stay in his own bed all night and be patient x

Answer 9

Better you try and get him into a bed. At least he wont fall from his bed.

Put him to bed, read him a story, tell him firmly to go to sleep.
Be firm, be consistant, dont take any whining.
Stand your ground.
Children feel more secure with set boundaries.
Good luck

Answer 10

the best thing to do i found from experience is to put the mattress on the floor to start with then put it back on the bed and invest in a safety rail costs about $50 saves alot of sleepless nights worrying