4year old won't fall asleep in his own bed?

Question

for about a month my 4year old son has been scared of sleeping in his own bed in his own room so he sleeps with me and my wife.why is he scared of his bed when hes slept in it since he was 2?

and i let my son sleep with his door open and scooby doo nightlight on.

Answer 1

There could be something that scares him in his room. Try moving his furnishings for a new look or sticking some superhero glow-in the-dark stickers on the ceiling to "ward off the enemies". Try reading to him on his bed until he drifts off and let him hug a cute reliable stuff toy to sleep. At four, night-terrors are bound to come.

Answer 2

Its possible he has had a nightmare involving monsters or something of the sort, heard a strange noise outside, or simply prefers your bed and acting frightened is the way to stay there.
My suggestions...
1. Talk to him, see what you can find out
2. get a noise machine that plays white noise or sound effects like rain or birds to drown out outside noises that could be frighteneing.
3. Get a new clean squirt bottle and lebel it "monster spray", you could even tint the water blue, or green or whatever. Then before bed go in there and "spray" for monsters to keep them away.
4. Let him choose a new nightlight that he can control.
5. Lay down in his room with him the first night, then at the foot of the bed, then the floor, then the doorway and so on till he is OK with being in there alone.

Those are thebest ideas I have. My own 3 year old still would rather sleep on the couch than in his own bed, but its not from fear... its because he likes the couch better for some reason. But when my friends son at age 4 had similar probelms with fear of his bed, a combination of the above suggestions (plus new PJ's and bedding) solved the problem, it took about 3 weeks and a new routine, but it worked :)

Good luck!

Answer 3

Try to get your boy to verbalize what's bothering/scaring him, without implanting ideas in his head. Just let him talk, coaxing him along. Then..use your wife's perfume as "monster repellent" in the room at bedtime. Mix a little of the perfume with water and simply mist the room and his bedding. It will help him feel more secure.

Answer 4

He is getting away with it, so he is doing it. He might have watched something on tv or might just be trying to get what he wants, I would just keep putting him in his room, once he realizes he has to sleep there no matter what he does, he wont get out of bed. My son did this and after 2 days of us putting him in his room he stopped

Answer 5

i began putting my toddler interior the crib whilst she became 4 months previous! The pediatrician informed me to start then so i does no longer have those variety of issues whilst the baby gets older. I have no concept what you probably did whilst the baby became youthful, yet she needs to study a thank you to nod off on her very own. in basic terms placed her in her mattress and close the door, or you may desire to basically shop doing what you have been doing in the previous it started.

Answer 6

If you are letting him get away with it then he will do it. Ask him what it is that is scaring him

Answer 7

let him sleep with the light on or get a nitelite...

Answer 8

hes scared bcoz there must b a lot of dark in the room.... or u must not b giving him a thing which he eargerly wants.... or on seeing his friends not sleeping alone...!