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Help keeping DD in her bed

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I don't normally post on this board, but I'm finding all the posts to be very relevant to my family, so I think I'll stick around! So, hi! :)

 So here's what I need help with. My daughter goes to bed great. She is extremely clingy to us and wants to "snuggle" all the time- which is fantastic, but obviously she needs to go to bed. She loves our routine at night and goes to bed just dandy.

2-3:00am rolls around and she's standing at my bedside asking to come in my bed. If I take her in to her room and tell her she needs to sleep in her big girl bed, she cries. FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. I don't know what to do. We have read a few books from the library about big girl beds, tried staying in there with her and rubbing her back, etc... but we're just exhausted! We tried one of those "do not wake" alarm clocks, but she doesn't quite get it.

Any insight? She's been in a twin bed since 20 months and has done great/slept through the night until about 3 months ago. HELP!

Thanks in advance.

 

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Re: Help keeping DD in her bed

  • lujainlujain member

    Lately DD has been calling out for me in the middle of the night too.  We've never slept in the same bed--I don't think I could get much sleep that way.  DD is in a full-size bed, and we have a Laz-y-boy chair in her room that reclines all the way back.  Last night DD went to sleep at 8 in her bed.  She woke up at 4:30 a.m., calling for me.  So I brought my pillow and blanket and slept in the laz-y-boy chair next to her bed until 8:00 a.m. this morning.  The chair is very comfortable and I have no problem sleeping there.

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  • TiffanyBerryTiffanyBerry member
    Can you put a mattress on the floor in your room she can sleep on?  Then, she can be near you, but not disturb your sleep so much.  (Rather, I'm asking if that is an acceptable alternative to her staying in her own room, away from you, all night long. I imagine you may still need to teach her to stay out of your bed and on the floor bed if she's that touch-oriented.)
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  • BelhurstBrideBelhurstBride member

    DD is incredibly touchy, too. Always has been. 

    She has to start the night in her own room, but when/if she wakes up we welcome her to come into our room and into our bed. I'll give her a few minutes of good snuggles, but then she has to sleep in her own spot or go back in her own bed (We have a king sized bed so there's plenty of room for her to have her own spot between us.)  

    This has been the way we've rolled for years. We've been through a number of sleep up and downs where she ends up in our room more of the night than not. Lately, knock on wood, she's been getting awesome about sleeping all night in her own room and only coming in for snuggles in the morning.  

    I forgot to check how old your DD is, but around 27 months we hit a major sleep wall. She would wake up at night and scream and really struggle going back down, even in bed with us. We had no idea what was going on but Google says there is a sleep regression phase around that age.  

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  • shawshaw
    We are struggling with this too!  I really want LO to sleep in his room....in his bed....alone!  I lay down a blanket and pillow at bedtime ( beside his bed).  When he wakes in the night, I walk him right back to his bed, tuck him in, and lay down on the floor.  It kind of stinks...but I'm up at 5am for work.....so I don't have time to mess around :)
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