Hi,

I have a nearly 2 1/2 year old who was getting out of her cot all of the time, so we've had to put her in a 'big bed'. How do I keep her there?

I'm sure this has been asked before. Please help. I am soooooooo tired.

We had the same problem and ended up putting a gate on her bedroom door (putting her back to bed 20 times in 30 mins drove us mad). Once she realised that there was no point getting up because she couldn't get out of her room, she never bothered. We do have the odd day now where she will get up and stand at the gate calling us but we just put her straight back in bed without saying much and most of the time she stays there.

Yep a gate worked the trick for me.

We bought the one where you can open (but little kiddies cant) so it was easily left open in day play time but could be easily locked for night and day sleeps.

Its so exhausting - I feel for you. We bought our little one a bunk bed (she sleeps on the bottom) and we tried to make it all hers (nice bed cover, comfy pillow, her favourite teddies). She loves going to bed but still comes into our room in the middle of the night - and its such a struggle to get her back into her own room but I think you just have to keep taking them back again and again until they get hint... its so hard I know... but that is what we do. Good luck.

Hi, I used a gate with my twins too. But with DD1 just perseverence and sort of super nanny type thing.

First time I told her it was bed time. 2nd time and every other time took her back with no attention. So no talking or even eye contact.

Goodluck.

Hi,
Big hugs, we are going through this atm aswell. It has taken two weeks and he is getting a lot better. We have been just doing the super nanny thing of just putting him back to bed with out eye contact or talking after the first three times. the first week it took over 100 times and about 1.5 hrs untill he would crash and now it's about 5. He thinks it's a great game. As it was still taking ages after a week I started to tell him i'd take his teddy off him if he gets out again and then I follow through saying i'll give it back if he stays in bed.. that works sometimes.

We also have a gate and i use that for nap times as i find it sooo exhausting doing the putting back for over an hour during the day as well.. so i do it for a while and then shut the gate so i can have a sit down... I haven't successfully gotten him to have a day sleep, but he has for his grandma, childcare and when his dad is home , must be a mum thing? they can sit in the room and he will go to sleep, if i sit in the room, he just tosses and turns and carries on.

I'm hoping after this week he'll stop getting up. He has stopped waking in the night which is great and if he does we can just put him back and he will stay there.

HTH,
Anna

the gate on the door worked for us too.

Another one who has used the gate and it worked. First night she sat at it watching us (no tears or talking from her and we didn't talk to her) walk about the house for 2 hours then she got up and climbed into bed and went to sleep. Since then she has just stayed in bed.

We had tried the put back to bed thing but it was taking hours and she was laughing treating it like a game!

For us, it was as simple as closing her door. She doesn't open the door herself (I think she tried once when the air-con was on and couldn't open it due to the pressure!). Whenever we left it open I think she would wake up and see it as an invitation to come toddling down to our room.