2 Yo Sleeping Habit?

Hi N.,

Have you tried blocking the underside of her bed in such a way that she cannot get under there?

It is not uncommon for a child to get up in the middle of the night without realizing it. Lots of people sleepwalk.

You might want to also think about moving her bed out of your room. It will give her a lot more independence to have her own space, and it will make her more confident as she gets older. Besides, there are other, more obvious reasons, why a child that age really shouldn't be in the same bedroom with the parents. You never know when little eyes might be watching you.

I would try blocking the underside of her bed and see if that helps. You will have to keep an eye out though, she may end up going somewhere else within the house. Since she apparently sleepwalks (even just a little right now), make sure that your doors and windows are not able to be opened by a child her age. There have been a lot of little kids who have been able to get outside while their parents have been sleeping, so take precautions, even if you don't think she can unlock the door, she probably can, unless you have a high chain or deadbolt installed.

Good luck!

haha, i am so glad to know that someone else has a kid thats doing this! we got our little one a bed at easter and he's just about to turn two. there have been a few times where ive heard him cry and gone to check on him and cant find him b/c hes under his bed. scared the daylights out of me the first tiem b/c i was like, where is my child. i dont think theres anything you can do about it but pull her out and put her back to bed. i'm cinvinced that mine sleepwalks b/c we find him all over his room sometimes. however i would try to get her to sleep in here own room and since you said your on summer break, now would be a good time to try. it probably wont have any affect on her ending up under the bed but you can start to work on her going to bed at a better time. i used to be real lax on when DS went to bed but i have found that if he goes to bed at them same time every night (830-9) that hes just a happier kid. HTH

ETA: definatly get a gate to put up. our door and DSs door make an L to eachother and we have a gate in the hall just past his door so he can come in our room if he really needs us (he only does this in the morning when he wake up) but he cant get to the rest of the house, and i know if he could, he would tear it up

My 4 1/2 year old daughter sleeps in the floor occasionally. It started when we transitioned her from the crib to the twin bed. This was all before potty training, so I don't think it's related to needing to potty. Also, she's not wet when I find her. She did it quite a bit at first (3-4 times a week) then it has slowly tapered off to once every few months. Not that you want to put ideas into her head, but are they related to nightmares? Final note: try to break her of needing company at bedtime. Hard to do, but so much easier for everyone in the end. I know it's easier said than done. LOL

J.

Since she wakes up under the bed without realizing how she got there, it sounds like she might be sleepwalking. The next time you visit your pediatrician, ask her/him to look at your daughter's tonsils. My stepdaugher had a huge problem with sleepwalking when she was little (she would even go downstairs into the basement!) Her tonsils were very enlarged and after they were removed, her sleepwalking disappeared. Her ped. said that sleepwalking can be related to difficulty breathing when the child is asleep, and enlarged tonsils are one cause. Good luck!

L.

Put stuff under the bed so that she doesn't have the option of even getting under it anymore. Maybe some boxes with heavy books, so that she can't move them. When I got ny son a twin bed he slept in the floor a few nights and I just left him there. He realized how cold and uncomfortable sleeping under his train table was and hasn't done it since. And if you want her to go to bed before you do, just let her cry it out in your room by herself. I had to do it with my son and still do occasionally. When he wouldn't stop crying after about 15 minutes I would get him, sit and hold him for 5 minutes or so to reassure him that I loved him and then put him back in there to cry. He eventually got so tired of crying that he fell asleep, and now he hardly ever cries when I put him to bed. I can't stand to hear my baby boy cry like any other mom, so I would just grab the mail or something and sit outside for 10 minutes or so and I couldn't hear it. Good Luck!