cant get my youngin out the bed!?

Question

i have a 2 yr. old daughter, who has since i brought her home, slept in the bed with us, now.....shes hoggin the bed, and i can't get her out. any suggestions?

Answer 1

Good luck. Your gonna have to sit her down and tell her that she is going to have to start sleeping in her own bed, hopefully, she has one. Pick a day with her on the calendar that she has to sleep in her bed....talk about it every day. Then that night, she is gonna scream bloody murder, but you can't give in. It may take about a week or more, but eventually, she will get it. Don't be suprised if you find her in bed with you when you wake up for a while, you just have to tell her that she isn't aloud to get in your bed unless the sun is up.

Answer 2

this is going to be tough but if you make it fun for her, it'll go easier. does she have a big girl bed yet? maybe you could have her help pick one out or if you already have one, have her pick out a new set of sheets. a tool i have used with my daughter since she was 3 (she just turned 4) is rewards. i made a chart with 10 big sqares on it. every time she trys a new food, she gets a sticker to put in one of the squares. when she fills all 10 squares she gets a prize like a book or a new set of markers or a soccer ball. you could do the same thing with sleeping in her own bed. for every night she sleeps alone, she gets a sticker and at the end of the week she gets a special prize. i couldn't believe how much my daughter wanted those stickers, or how proud she was of herself when she filled all 10 sqares. we've gone through 6 charts...that's 60 new foods! not bad for $5 worth of stickers and maybe $40 worth of prizes.

Answer 3

Whatever you choose to do to get her to STAY out, you have to be consistant with!! It will be trying and tiring, but eventually she'll get it, and you'll get a good nights rest. We are going through the SAME thing!! 3 nights now, in her own bed ALL NIGHT..hope it keeps up :) Good luck! First we tried a week in her bed (in our room), then we tried a week of continuously putting her back in her own bed in her own room (didn't get much sleep)...now we put her to bed, sit with her till she's asleep, close her door completely and she hasn't gotten up yet...maybe we just don't hear her, but she's sleeping whenever we've checked on her :) THe next step is to put her to bed awake and leave the room...that's gonna be a while I think :)...

Answer 4

Make a big deal out of her sleeping in her bed. Do a reward system. (doesn't have to be extravagant...maybe staying up 10 extra minutes or whatever...). Each night she sleeps in her own bed she would get a star. After X amount of days set she would get her special surprised that maybe she could choose.

Answer 5

we had to do this when my daughter was 4. lucky for us we just moved into a new house, and so it was all part of the moving transition. but it took a while for her not to cry.... we just had to stick with it, and NEVER gave in and let her come to our bed until she had been in hers for MONTHS... then we started letting her sleep on a palet on the floor every once in a LONG while.
Talk to her about it... Read her a story, kiss her goodnight, turn on a night light or closet light and leave... you'll probably have to go back a bunch, and sometimes you'll have to just let her cry, but you aren't the first and she won't be the last to go through it, and nobody has ever died from it.
On SuperNanny she puts them to bed, then she sits on the floor in the room with them, and each night sits a little closer to the door until she can sit outside and then VOILA....
maybe that's worth a try... it'll take a week or so though.

Answer 6

If you have room for a youth bed beside your bed with rails on, make her sleep there and pretend to fight for the prestige of sleeping on that bed. Make it up so prettilly with beautiful linen and pillows.. When you lie down on it, mess it up and make a big deal of how rumpled the bed looks now, like moms bed !
Soon she wont be able to stand you messing her bed and she will want to have her own room that she can keep tidy.

Answer 7

if she has a bed already, you should put her in her bed at the time you want her in bed and lie with her until she falls asleep.
Try not to fall asleep with her. She may wake during the night but just lie with her again. DO NOT FALL ASLEEP with her. If you keep on it she will eventually get the point. And she will eventually fall asleep on her own. It just may take a little time, so be patient.

Answer 8

Bite the bullet...I am going through the same thing as we speak. I tried to tell my wife that she was making a mistake when she started letting her sleep with us on a regular basis. It took my wife to get pregnant again for her to see the light. It will not hurt your child at all for them to scream their head off at night, they are just trying to get their way. Once they realize that you are not gonna give in, they will give up. You are the adult and you are in charge, not them. However, you could try laying in the bed with them until they fall asleep and sneak back to your bed and see how well that they adapt to it. It should help them get used to the idea.

Answer 9

Put her in her own room, give her a special teddy and some music, I never did this even though I wanted to, for the mear fact that I didn't want to have to go through this. She will eventually adjust, but do it now. Maybe try getting hera special bedspread with her favorite character on it.

Answer 10

i slept with my parents till i was 8..and the only reason i got out was cuz my brother was born and the bed was too crowded..and now hes 8 and still sleep there lol...and my parents tried to do everything..buy me a big bed and everything and etc..so im guessing just sleep with her in her bed till she gets used to it or just u and ur hubby hog the bed so she'll want to get out.