- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
Parenting
HOW do I keep my kid in his room? HELP!
He's been sleeping with us for months now. We thought it was because his toddler bed in uncomfortable (too small, hard, etc) so we pimped out his new big boy room.
The furniture finally came yesterday and we set the whole thing up. It's pretty cool actually, a loft bed with a slide, and we made the bottom into a cool little hideaway, put his toys in his room, whatever. Even put one of those star projector things in there.
Well, he flipped the eff out when he saw it (of course DH messed up and couldn't get the video running to catch his face) and he was soooo excited to sleep in his new room. He did fall asleep in there, took a bit but he did. Then at 1:22 am he gets out and after half an hour or arguing and whining and crying, he ends up in bed with us.
The rule is he can't play in his big boy room if he doesn't sleep in it. But I just KNOW tonight's going to be the same. And I don't have the energy to argue with him (this pg is killing me). Any tips or tricks or whatever to get him to sleep the whole night in his room? I don't want to lock him in there, but at this rate, he just gets up and either comes into our room or goes downstairs.
My babies!!
Patrick Aydin, 9.24.07, and Alia Noor, 6.1.11
This discussion has been closed.
Re: HOW do I keep my kid in his room? HELP!
It took us 6 months of sending DS1 back to bed when he transistioned from crib to toddler bed/big boy bed. Still have to shoo him back sometimes now.
No tricks. Just time.
this, and consistency. it is a pain and the first couple of weeks can be torture. We didn't have it THAT bad....M. would come into our room in the middle of the night and not go back. Finally we put our foot down, and walked him back nightly. It was hard because it was SOOOO much easier to just let him sleep the last couple of hours of the night, but we wanted our bed back. It was a LOT harder to get out of bed and walk him back than to just let him crash, and it took some tears and frustration, but it got better eventually.
all i can think of is duct tape.
both of mine do it almost nightly, too
sorry abt the typing,, b is out cold on me
Talking about it during the day has helped with DD. It doesn't seem like DD's was "as bad" as your DS. But she started coming in nightly in the middle of the night the last time she was sick (and it continued after she got better). I just tell her she needs to sleep in her own bed because I don't sleep very well when she sleeps in my bed and I need my sleep (and also that she sleeps better in her own bed too which is true because she is tired when she sleeps with us). I repeat this several times throughout the day every time I yawn
. I also tell her when I put her down. I tell her that she can come get us if she REALLY needs us but she needs to try and stay in her own bed. It seems like the nights after I've mentioned it several times, she wakes up in her own bed.
Good luck.
He comes in and you allow it. There is no magic fix ...other than you consistently sending him back to his bed and NOT allowing him to sleep with you.
Of course, that is WAY easier said than done. But you can either bite the bullet and do it, consistently, for as long as it takes OR you can continue to have him come in your room and wait for HIM to make the choice not to. It took my niece until she was 7 to stop climbing in to bed with my sister and BIL. That would NOT fly in my house --- I need my UNINTERRUPTED sleep! (Joey and Cam have slept in our bed a handful of times but we don't let it become a habit and it's usually if they are sick).
Consistency is key. Unfortunately, it's also the hardest thing to do!
Good luck!