[Kemma]

Hi all,
I'm looking for advice from anyone who has been there done that...

4 nights ago I had to move DD (22mo) to a single bed as she was climbing out - even in her sleeping bag.
So reluctantly we've made a quick switch in to the big girl bed. The cot is still in her room.

We have another baby due in 12w so it's prob not a bad thing in the end I guess.

I've read up on how to deal with potential night wakings. The majority of places seem to say to childproof the room as much as possible and to be consistent about low light, minimal talking/interaction & just repeating the act of taking the child back to bed and laying them down and saying something like time for bed goodnight.

So that was my tactic.
Unfortunately as does happen, things are not going to plan.
First couple of nights were encouraging. Not too much argument over bedtime and in the first 2 nights she only woke once. Even then just went straight back to bed.

The last 2 nights have been hideous. One might took an hour and a half to get her to stay in bed without getting up to turn on the light. The yelling I could probably ignore better if the light stayed off. I just dont see her being able to sleep in a room lit up like a Christmas tree.
Then last night only 30 min to get to sleep, fine but then we've been up all night with her turning the light on and refusing to sleep.

There's no such thing as a child safety lock for a light, so what do I do?
Please tell me if there's anything glaringly wrong with what I'm doing. I've kept the same routine as before.
Ask any questions if there's any further info that might help.

I've posted in 24-36 as I thought there might be more experience in here but please anyone reply.
Thank you
K

[rach1971]

take the globe out. just use light from hallway etc to settle her.

[doubledelight]

Perhaps try one of those small plug in night lights. It worked a treat with my youngest two at the same age and they went into big beds.

[Bunsen]

There's no such thing as a child safety lock for a light, so what do I do?

Take the bulb out! Had to do that a couple of times when mine have gone through the playing with the light switch phase.

Does she respond to bribes/sticker charts etc? Might be worth a try.

[mylittlemen]

I would take the globe out. If need be, replace it with a very low wattage globe so minimal light even if she does turn it on.

[Kemma]

Thanks guys will def do that.
Do they all (most)
go through a nightmare transition phase?

[vääräsääri]

DD is also fond of similar antics. First of all, what we did was just start putting her to bed later. If she's going to stay awake for another hour anyway, I'd rather just cut my losses.

The other thing that works for us is instead of a proper light, DD takes a wind-up torch to bed with her. It's light, she's in control of it, but it's not so much light (especially as it tends to run out of charge after about 20 minutes).

[mylittlemen]

Thanks guys will def do that.
Do they all (most)
go through a nightmare transition phase?

I think so! DS is moving from a toddler bed to a real big bed this weekend. I'm not looking forward to it (that said, he was fine moving to a toddler bed but that might have been because he was such a bad sleeper before then)

[KylieMin0gue]

With both my children, we have removed the globe and put a safety gate on the door, and just had the hallway light on.