When my daughter started walking I switched her to a bed. Never had a problem with her roaming around in the middle of the night or not listening when I told her it was bed time.
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Well thank you so much everyone for your suggestions! I'm going to Costco tomorrow to buy a year's supply of duct tape! 
j/k!
Silverpig, don't even joke about lying on top of him, at naptime today I pretty much did that! I did'nt find that it work particularly well though!
Tonight, we put him in his room, but left the light on and told him he could read for awhile. Then half an hour later, we went up and told him it was time to put the books away and go to sleep. We gave him kisses goodnight and then shut the door. We waited at the top of the stairs, as we can hear him. When he got out of bed, I went in and told him he had to stay in bed and he jumped back in. I had to do that 3 times, until he finally complained himself to sleep!
I guess there is really no "right" answer...just have to keep trying new things until you find something that works! Just like he has to get used to his new routine, so do we!
Thanks again, for your suggestions!
j/k!Silverpig, don't even joke about lying on top of him, at naptime today I pretty much did that! I did'nt find that it work particularly well though!
Tonight, we put him in his room, but left the light on and told him he could read for awhile. Then half an hour later, we went up and told him it was time to put the books away and go to sleep. We gave him kisses goodnight and then shut the door. We waited at the top of the stairs, as we can hear him. When he got out of bed, I went in and told him he had to stay in bed and he jumped back in. I had to do that 3 times, until he finally complained himself to sleep!
I guess there is really no "right" answer...just have to keep trying new things until you find something that works! Just like he has to get used to his new routine, so do we!
Thanks again, for your suggestions!
thats good stuff
for my daughter, we used the "sleep in your own room fairy"
the 'fairy' would leave her a buck under the pillow if she slept in her room all night
it worked great for about 2 weeks...then we started forgetting to leave her money
she'd complain, and then the 'fairy' would leave 2 bucks the next night
eventually she lost interest in money
she now sleeps in our room again (she's 7) and she sleeps in a dome tent in the corner
btw, where's the rollins quote in your sig from?
I've never heard it (and i have TONS of his stuff and i see him every year)
I've never heard it (and i have TONS of his stuff and i see him every year)
I can just imagine, "Daddy, I hear noises outside my tent!" "It's a rabid beaver honey! Stay in the tent and it will go away soon!"
duct tape is for amatuers, eventually theyll bite through it....youre going to have to chain kids if you want them to stayin a bed
or drug them
or drug them
The wife just puts the daughter to bed and stays with her until she falls asleep, which is about 10 - 15 minutes. No problems after that and she sleeps through the night. Even better is my wife often falls asleep too, leaving me time to play UT2k4 in the evenings.
Originally posted by: Sealy
So my 2.5 yr old has now been transferred from the crib to a twin bed. I am expecting my 2nd child on Oct. 11th thus the necessary transition!
He has'nt been too bad, but I'm still struggling with trying to get him to stay in the bed. If any parent pros out there have any suggestions, I'd be more than happy to hear them!!
Here's some pictures Bed
Have you tried a staple or nailgun. Than should hold em
wtf 2.5 years and just now going from crib to bed? My daughter went to a bed from crib at 1.2 years old and she loved it. For the first week she wouldn't stay in bed but eventually as I kept putting her back in her bed she got the idea. Now she goes and gets in her own bed when she gets tired and she's only 17 months old. I think you waited a bit too long and let your child get too used to a crib
When our kids moved to a "big" bed we usually tucked them in and then it was understood
that they stay in bed unless they had to go to the bathroom or if they were sick. This wasn't
negotiable at all and the understood the "rules" and it worked beautifully.
I've got a friends who allowed their little girl to come and get in their bed during the night and
it continued until she was well over 10 years old.
that they stay in bed unless they had to go to the bathroom or if they were sick. This wasn't
negotiable at all and the understood the "rules" and it worked beautifully.
I've got a friends who allowed their little girl to come and get in their bed during the night and
it continued until she was well over 10 years old.
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Originally posted by: Sealy
So my 2.5 yr old has now been transferred from the crib to a twin bed. I am expecting my 2nd child on Oct. 11th thus the necessary transition!
He has'nt been too bad, but I'm still struggling with trying to get him to stay in the bed. If any parent pros out there have any suggestions, I'd be more than happy to hear them!!
Here's some pictures Bed
My six and 3 year old still regularly gang up and crawl into our bed in the middle of the night...
New baby due in November so I've put an old loveseat in the master bedroom for them to crawl into and for my wife (or me) to sit on when we're up with the new kid.
We are a "family bed" family... we never used a crib so I don't have much usable advice for you... my wife nursed a long time +2 years so it was FAR easier to just sleep with the kid in bed than get up every 2-3 hours to nurse an infant...
Good luck he'll be fine, in the end it's not a big deal if he wants to get up and find a more comfortable place to sleep (on you, probably)... eventually he'll want to sleep in his own bed, just keep reinforcing that it's his... maybe let him pick out sheets, and a special toy that is for night, to help him sleep...
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Originally posted by: Sealy
So my 2.5 yr old has now been transferred from the crib to a twin bed. I am expecting my 2nd child on Oct. 11th thus the necessary transition!
He has'nt been too bad, but I'm still struggling with trying to get him to stay in the bed. If any parent pros out there have any suggestions, I'd be more than happy to hear them!!
Here's some pictures Bed
is it a sealy?
HeroOfPellinor
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We put the mattress on box spring on the floor so if the little guy bailed out he would not go far
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