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Old 09-05-2002, 05:43 PM   #1
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Smile toddler refuses to sleep in own bed?

My son will turn 3 in a few weeks & we recently bought him a toddler bed. He refuses to sleep in it. We can get him to sleep in it for an hour or two then he wakes up & ends up in our bed. I have tried to tire him out & nix the afternoon naps & yet we still can't get him to bed. He used to be so good about going to sleep at night & now it is a nightmare. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get him to like his bed & want to sleep in it.
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Old 09-05-2002, 06:21 PM   #2
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Did he ever sleep in your bed before? I assume that he slept in a crib until recently and now that he is in the big bed, he is more mobile and can now get to your room, whereas he couldn't before.

I am no expert here, but I will be facing this situation shortly--my daughter is 23 months old and we are expecting a new baby in April and hope to have the eldest in her own bed by April or shortly thereafter. What I would do, however, is EVERY TIME he appears in your bed, get up and take him back to his room and put him in his own bed. EVERY SINGLE TIME. If he gets away with it once, he will think it's a regular thing, and it will be even harder to break the habit. Also, some other advice I have heard is to let him pick out his own sheets, and have him help you make the bed up, to kind of give him "ownership" of the bed, and thus maybe make him want to sleep there. Also, is he scared of the dark? If so, maybe you should get him a nightlight and plenty of stuffed animal friends (let him pick) to keep him company. Just some ideas, from an amateur. Good luck, and let me know how it goes. I am trying to gather information/ideas for my own future parenting efforts!

 
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Hi, Phillie2002, welcome to the board. Glad to see you ask this one here and maybe you can get some answers from several different perspectives, since I'm the Grandmom and I know how much sleep you've been losing. Good luck!!!!

 
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When my daughter was young she came through to our bed and tried to get in, I knocked that on the head straight away, its hard because you really want them to cuddle up with you but I had to be firm because it causes lots of problems down the track otherwise.
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I always let my son sleep with me. 10 pound child and a c-section made it to hard to get in and out of the bed to nurse him.

I had some really wonderful memories of him talking and smiling in his sleep. He never slept in a crib.

I thought okay let's buy him a toddler bed and work him into it. That was a year ago!

I sold the toddler bed and bought a twin bed got nice "boy" sheets and fixed it up thinking he would want to try. Even tried putting him down for a nap in it. Still no luck.

I think he will be driving before he sleeps in his own bed.

I wish I could offer some help. I'll eventually get him out of my bed.....I hope. (He is three now)

 
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