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Posted: 7/4/2009 8:03:38 AM | | I am a single mother of 2 year old boy. is there anyone out there who finds it hard to get there little one to sleep in there own bed/bedroom without coming into you bed and curling up? I can't seem to get m little one to sleep through the night in his room. any advice? | |
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Posted: 7/4/2009 8:14:25 AM | Do you wake up when he comes in? Pick him up gently and put him back in his own bed telling him something like "I would like you to sleep in your own bed." Be aware that he may get up again and again the first night. He may cry. It might take an hour or two or three that first night. The second night, it will take only minutes, perhaps as much as a half hour. By the third night, he won't get up again.
When you carry him back, be gentle but don't give extra attention. You don't want him to continue come in for the extra attention he would be getting as he was carried back. Yes, I've encountered this. Had a girlfriend with a 3 year old who couldn't get her daughter to stay in bed and didn't know how to potty train her. Stayed at my home to work on this for her. It going to take your being gentle and your knowing that first night might be tough on you. Plan it for a block of 2-3 days you know you don't have to be up early the next morning. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2009 8:37:55 AM | | I let my child sleep in my bed. One day she decided to sleep in her own room. I took the crib down and put up her big girl bed, and this tempted her back into her own room. Nights were peaceful in my house because of this. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2009 9:47:01 AM | My son was doing this. I took some stencils of stars and glow in the dark paint and I painted his whole room and his celing. (you can't really see the paint when its not dark) I just made sure his lights were on before he went to bed so when the lights were turned out the paint would glow like its supposed to. He wanted to sleep in his "star" room so that got him out of my room then when he woke up at night the paint was usually still glowing and he stayed in there. On rare occasions when he woke up and the glow had wore off he would wonder in my room and if he woke me up i'd just walk him back to his room and the only thing i'd say was come on lets go to bed. He hasn't came in my room for months now.
Make sure your not giving him anything to drink or eat before bed so he's not waking up to go to the bathroom and then comming in your room. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2009 10:07:20 AM | | I have with both my children. I didn't sweat it though because I figured they wanted to sleep with me because they "needed" that comfort and security. The both eventually decided they no longer required it and there was no "struggle". | |
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Posted: 7/4/2009 11:04:15 AM | It's very normal... only 2 years old. Don't be angry with them or tell them no. Just like itsallinthesoul said, you are their safehaven.
You can do as others suggest and do nothing and they will goto their own bed. I've always been a talker with my daughter and let her know that her bed is made just for her. At some point she opened up that she was scared so we would walk around the entire house and look at every corner... Nobody there. Told her this was our house and if anything bad were to ever come in, they would have to deal with "Thunder and Lightning". Yes, I only use this line with my princess :o) But I also read her 1 story a night, tuck her in, and kiss her. I would come check on her every 5 minutes. She would stay awake to make sure I would check on her. About the 3rd or 4th check, she was knocked out. On the occasion that she would wake up in the middle of the night, she would come snuggle up in bed with me. At first, it would happen almost every night. I dwindled down to maybe once a week or every other week.
They just want to feel that safety and security so you have to give it to them in some other manner that promotes them staying in ther bed. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2009 12:54:49 PM | | my advise is rope an duct tape....just kidding my advise is when u put him down for naps an such use his room,an give him a night light see he isnt scared an play in his room so he is more use to the area that he is in. | |
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