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Update on the Penny bedtime saga...

dundasgirldundasgirl
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We stuck to the "keep putting her back in bed", keep calm, don't say much, etc. for the last couple of weeks.  It wasn't working.  The girl was getting out of her bed and coming out of her room almost every 2 minutes!  So last week we decided to keep her from napping in hopes that she would be more tired at bedtime.  I think she went to bed better for one night only.

Our next move was to get her a twin bed and hope that she would like her big girl bed better than her toddler bed.

She slept in her new bed on Friday night for the first time and it was pretty much the same experience as a typical night.  As soon as I walk out of her room, she is out of her bed coming to find me.

Saturday night I told her that after bedtime routine that I was going to stay in her room with her for 10 minutes.  She fell asleep in that 10 minutes.  Sunday afternoon she needed a nap, she was exhausted.  She fell asleep in less than 2 minutes while I was sitting with her.  Last night, I told her that I would stay with her for 10 minutes as part of our bedtime routine everynight, but that she had to stay in her bed after I leave.  She didn't fall asleep while I was in there, but she was very relaxed and sleepy before I left and didn't get out of bed.

Hopefully I am not jinxing it by posting it here! 

I did some reading and mostly everything I read was about making her room calm and peaceful so she would be ready for sleep.  AND to close her door.  I don't know if she's claustrophobic....but she panics if her door is closed.  I am not going to put her through that.

I am hoping that having me there for a few minutes will help her to relax and get ready for sleep.

We will see what happens tonight.

She LOVES her bed so that's good!

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Re: Update on the Penny bedtime saga...

  • rockvillebriderockvillebride
    I think I need to try this. We are in a bad habit of laying down with him until he falls asleep. We take turns doing it, but we never get to spend time together anymore in the evenings because inevitably we fall asleep in there. Thanks for sharing!
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  • leslie&brianleslie&brian member

    imagerockvillebride:
    I think I need to try this. We are in a bad habit of laying down with him until he falls asleep. We take turns doing it, but we never get to spend time together anymore in the evenings because inevitably we fall asleep in there. Thanks for sharing!

    My husband and I have also gotten into that habit. Some nights he's asleep in 15 minutes, other nights it can be an hour of us laying there with him. 

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  • leslie&brianleslie&brian member
    That's awesome that she loves her big girl bed. I hope your plan continues to work.
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