Friday, January 18, 2008

Her bed

That's twice now. Aubrey's fallen asleep in her bed for naptime two days in a row--not in her tent on our floor. Zach's crying right now in there with her and she's not even waking up. Of course, she's sick and her naptimes are all messed up...but maybe, eventually, our room will be ours again. Any tips on how to get her to stay in her bed?

Posted by Janae at 2:36 PM

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4 comments:

Keri said...

Good for her! It sounds like you might be on the right track. My only advice would be to help her fall asleep in her own bed at night. (We sat on the floor by Sydney bed when she had trouble.) If she wakes up at night and comes in, take her right back. Hope it helps.

January 18, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Anonymous said...

I've been reading the book "The Happiest Toddler on the Block." There are some good tips in there to handle that. For instance, you put her in bed (after doing the normal routine), then tell her you'll be right back. You leave the room, then come back like a minute later. You keep doing this, increasing the time that you stay away. This gives them the reassurance that you will always come back. Eventually, they fall asleep.

January 18, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Erin L said...

I've never had a toddler, but I lived with my sister for a year who did. What I usually heard/did was to keep putting them back in bed without really talking to them. (A lot of times they are just looking for attention.) For some kids that works, for others it doesn't. Michele's idea sounds like a pretty good one. Good luck!

January 19, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Amanda said...

My kids never really tried to get to get out of bed. Now that they're older is when they're doing it and we tell them they'll have to sit in time-out if they get out of bed.

I like Michele's idea as well. When Sammy complains, we tell him, "I have to go check on Addi, or I have to go check on Daddy", and that seems to be fine for him. The Super Nanny does it where you just keep putting them back in their bed. You can say something the first time you put them back, but you don't talk at all after that. If they get out, you just keep putting them back in. We've done this before, and sometimes you can be doing this for quite awhile. But it seems to work if you're consistent.

Good luck! You need your room to be your own.

January 19, 2008 at 1:52 PM

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