So sick of putting dd to bed for over an hour

amanda&rob

that I have turned her convertible crib around to face the wall so it is back to a crib.  She is pitching a fit, but I don't care.  I'm so sick of putting her back to bed.  And poor Rob is trying to go to sleep now since he has to get up at 2:30! u.g.h. 

Vent over.  Kahlua and decaf begin.  

oparcm

Yep, do it now because my dd needs me to be with her to fall asleep and she's turning 4.  She did ok as a toddler and then at about 3 the night terrors kicked it up a notch and now it is hard to get her to stay alone.  GL with your dd.

TriciaChick

I went through that with DS and finally put a gate up in front of the door.  SOmetimes he plays for awhile before bed but it sure beaats having to pick him up and put him back in bed a million times!

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we went through this stage too -- DS was always a good sleeper. we started putting DS down without laying with him, etc. and it was a tough transition (at first).

We switched to a twin bed (no bumper) and did the gate thing. He loved his bed -- that wasn't the issue. It was the change to making bedtime go a little quicker...he just LOST it.

we followed someone's advice on this board to do a paper ice cream cone and three paper scoops. for every night DS stays in bed all night (or goes back to bed easily), he gets a scoop. After three scoops, we all go for ice cream. We all love it and its great family time.

another thing: we went the comfort route (we usually do a more tough-love approach). when he freaked out, we didn't lie down with him or bring him to our room, but we did tell just give a lot of reassurance and comfort and sat by him in his room.  we also got a night light and a dimmer for his room. he sleeps with the dimmer all the way down and then we shut it off later.

last thing that helped was a 'dream pee' -- we pick up DS half asleep around 11pm and put him on the potty. GL -- we had to try a lot of stuff to find the right thing for us.