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staying in bed, help

stefswanson10stefswanson10
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So my dd is 28 months and we have been trying to get her to sleep in her toddler bed because she was too tall for her crib which she loved. At first it wasn't too bad just getting out of bed a lot and playing and eventually going back into the bed to sleep. Now she gets out of bed and lays by her door. She falls asleep on the floor by her door. She does not cry, bang on the door nothing. I'm so at a loss I don't know what else to do. We have tried sticker charts, sitting with her, I've even had to put up her pack and play. Ideas please! I feel bad when i go to check on her and push her with the door. I even built a canopy so she had curtains all the way around her and still feel enclosed. Sorry this was long......
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  • TiffanyBerryTiffanyBerry member
    Why can't she sleep on the floor?  If she's sleeping, and she's fine with it, what's the problem?
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  • stefswanson10stefswanson10
    Well one I can't get into her room, she is right next to the door. I have to talk to her and wake her just to get in there and that takes a few minutes, just doesn't seem safe if there was an emergency. Secondly, she has eczema and allergies and sleeping face down on our carpet would not help with either of those.
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  • AmericanInOzAmericanInOz member
    What about putting her mattress in the floor ? Maybe that will mix it up a bit and once she's comfortable sleeping on there you can move it back to the bed
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  • smerkasmerka member
    My older son slept on the floor in front of his door for about six months.  It was just a fight I didn't want to have.  He now sleeps in a twin without problems.  I was always able to push my way into his room.

    My younger son freaked out when we took the side off his crib because he was climbing out.  I finally figured out I should just turn his bed around so the open side was towards the wall and the sides of the crib were towards the door.  He likes the security of having the sides of his crib.  His bed is pretty much in the middle of the room but there's not much else in there.  
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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member

    My son is 3 1/2 does the same thing and has for I guess almost 8 months now since he started climbing out of his crib. At first the door was closed (our effort to keep him in the room b/c we were fearful he'd roam the house after we were asleep) and he would sleep up against it like your DD and then within a couple months we started leaving the door open when we realized he wouldn't go downstairs in the middle of the night (he'll come to our room sometimes). He literally places a pillow or two right in the doorway itself & sleeps right there (our rule is that the pillow has to be in the doorway & he has to be in his room, not outside)... I don't really know what it is w/ the doorway and the floor b/c it seems crazy uncomfortable but it is clearly his preference- if by some miracle we get him to fall asleep in bed, I can't remember the last time he actually slept the whole night in there, he will usually wake up in the middle of the night & move himself to the doorway. We tried buying new bedding for the bed, putting new fun stuffed things in there, etc but it didn't help.

    We tried the mattress on the floor thing multiple times, he wanted no part of it. He does sleep right on the carpet but w/ 1-2 pillows and a blanket over him. If you are concerned about her sleeping on the carpet, you could lay a blanket on the floor or try a sleeping bag (my DS won't sleep in a sleeping bag either, he thinks it is fun starting out but then usually neds up on top of it or pushes it aside)...GL. I just looked at it as not the end of the world, eventually he'll want something more comfortable for sleeping and if he is sleeping & seems happy w/ where he is sleeping then so be it.

    (Also even when we went to my mom's for the holidays, we told him he could share the full sized bed w/ his sister and he started out there but then asked if we could make him his "own little bed on the floor" on the first night, so we piled blankets & made a little bed in the corner of the floor for him & he was happy.)

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  • LeggyNicLeggyNic member

    We went through this stage.  It lasted a couple of months.  It really didn't bother me as long as she was sleeping. 

    If you're concerned about the carpet and her skin, have you tried putting a yoga mat or towel on the floor by the door? 

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