2 Year Old Won't Sleep in His Bed

i am going threw the same problem . my 7 yr old has adhd and loves sleeping on the floor. she shares a room with my 9 yr old and they had bunk beds she slept on top for awhile then she moved to the floor . then they deciced to move her mattress to the floor and she still slept off of it . she finally got tired of the floor and she now sleeps on the mattress till my hubby gets home. hes a truckdriver on the road . hes going to take her frame down and put it separate in the room tyhen she said she sleep on her bed. but the solution is let your son sleep wherever in the room hell get tired of it eventually and sleep in his bed . thats what shes doing now.

My son did the same thing too and this is what we did. We put up a baby gate at his bedroom door and put him in bed. He got up and played until 11pm sometimes then fell asleep on the floor. After about a week of doing this, the newness of being a big boy and being able to get up and get around to play started wearing down. Also helping this along was the fact that we started taking toys out of his room. After the first week, he was down to just one or two toys, then we took those away too and only allowed him to pick one toy to take to bed with him. After one night of doing that he started falling asleep sooner and sooner (you get bored of just playing with the same toy). So then we put him in bed with his toy and told him that he could play with his toy, but he had to stay in bed or we would take the toy away. (Still always keeping the baby gate up) To this day (he's three yrs, 4 months), he goes to bed with one toy, plays for about 10 minutes and falls asleep in his own bed. Hope this info helps! Jen

Hi A.. I just went thru the same thing. My 19 mo old learned to crawl out of her crib and when I went thru this with my first child at the same age, she ended up sleeping with us till she was 3. I was not going thru that again. I tried the putting her back in the bed thing with my baby and I have just had my back fused in November so I just can not keep going back and forth. I had heard of crib tents but thought they were just to keep pets out. Well, they keep climbing tots in! After looking into them and a couple people on here suggesting them, I ordered one. It was here in 2 days and what a life saver! My daughter loved it from the first moment I put her back into her crib. She now sleeps all night just like she used to and goes right down with no problems. I kept her toddler bed up so she would get used to it being in the room and she will go in her room and play and lie down on it. I talk about it being her big girl bed and she smiles. She should be ready for it in about 6-12mo. Good luck!
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Have you tried laying with your son in HIS bed. Since he is out of the crib, you or your sponse can lay down with him till he falls asleep. Then after awhile leave a little earlier.