my daughter turns 2 on the 2nd of feb....we have organised her big girl room about 6 months ago....she has a queen size bed and we have done it up with butterflies (she loves butterflies)....she loves the room and wants to sleep there...every night she asks to sleep in the butterfly room.....however when i put her in i read her a story and then tell her its bed time she fiddles and walks about and refuses to sleep..i have tried staying in there with her with my back to her...(as seen on supernanny)..after an hour and half we give up and put her back in the nursery.....my son moved to his big boy bed at 19months and i had no drama...
please share your stories and give me any advise that you may think could be helpful
2007-01-13 14:03:49 · 10 answers · asked by askaway 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Why such a big bed you ask....firstly her room can accomadate it, and there is less of a chance of her falling out as she would sleep in the middle and can turn either side and still be on the bed. buying a single and changing later means i would have to double up $$$ wise......and she has the same as her big brother who had a Queen size bed at 19months.....
Also just to add.....she sleeps with Elmo and of course i have given her all of her comforters when going to bed...
2007-01-13 15:34:37 · update #1
each time I moved one of my toddlers from cot to bed I did so while having both cot and bed in the same room....
never had any problems... you might need to place the cot in the butterfly room... let her sleep in the butterfly room in the bed she chooses for a while...
Make nap times a time when you and her lay down together on her big girls bed....
and I cant help but ask... how come you have a queens ize bed for an infant???
2007-01-13 14:32:31 · answer #1 · answered by wollemi_pine_writer 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As with the guy who stated which you wait until after she is potty knowledgeable, i think of that's a reliable theory. even if she could in all danger be fantastic in a huge woman mattress now, too many adjustments at as quickly as would reason a issue (the two with the snoozing/potty coaching). Wait until she has achieved properly with the potty for a month then make the swap. Get her excited approximately going right into a huge woman mattress some days earlier, the two help her %. the mattress or no remember if that's not functional possibly get her to %. some new bedding?
2016-10-19 22:59:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just tell her she is a Big Girl now and gets to sleep in the Big Bed,Leave the crib in the room,so she feels comfortable with the situation, however if she misbehaves tell her she will have to go into the baby Bed.
2007-01-13 14:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by evertonianinca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps she is scared of sleeping in such a big bed by herself. How about getting a stuffed animal for her to sleep with? Do the bedtime story and maybe have some soothing music for her to fall asleep to. My kids wanted a bedtime story and then a round of their special lullaby. Sometimes I had to sing it twice, but that worked for mine. As they got older they just asked for a certain song from a CD of soft music.
2007-01-13 14:13:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you could try getting her a smaller bed at first. They have toddler beds for I believe $39.97 or something at Walmart, and the mattress that's in her crib should fit in there. The other user had a good point, why such a big bed?
2007-01-13 15:27:21 · answer #5 · answered by shorty_7123 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sometimes they just aren't ready for a big bed yet and a queen bed may be alittle scary to her being that it's so big try laying with her until she falls asleep for acouple nights till she gets used to the idea of waking up there and knowing she made it through the night. kids react to things differently
2007-01-13 14:10:24 · answer #6 · answered by stinac879 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What I have done is put the child in their bed and tell them its bed time. Then lay there with them as they watch some kind of movie on TV. They'll soon fall asleep. After a while of doing this they'll soon stay in bed when tired watching TV while you walk away.
2007-01-13 14:10:09 · answer #7 · answered by Shaynee 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hi it could be the space she doesn't like. try rolling up a couple or blankets and putting them each side of her gradually you can move them away, and hopefully she will be sleeping in her big bed in no time at all. it worked for us... good luck.
2007-01-13 19:17:50 · answer #8 · answered by frost7216 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you got a nice big bed, just read to her in her bed until she falls asleep.
Research on leaving kids to cry shows that this damages them intellectually and causes depression and anxiety. Also, very bad, it makes them more easily stressed as adults. Babies evolved to be terrified of separation from their mothers. They are not pretending they don't like it. They don't like it. And it hurts them.
So, have her room as a nice place for day time and let her sleep with you as nature intended. Think of it from this point of view - you are the one causing the drama. If you parented her as she needs instead of making up abitrary ages for things, gave her the love she needs instead of the material things, you'll be far better off.
Don't teach her that material things make up for sadness, fear, and lonliness. That would be really mean to do to her, wouldn't it?
2007-01-13 15:46:55 · answer #9 · answered by t jefferson 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
my husband and I would lay in bed with our daughter until she fell asleep...we did that for about a week..then we told her if she starts sleeping in her bed with no help..we would take her to mcdonalds..it worked (we don't eat mcdonalds that much..so that was the best prize ever for her..however...it wont work for potty training..psh)
2007-01-13 14:09:00 · answer #10 · answered by mizzms 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋