Bedtime.... - York,SC

If you think that maybe something scared him on Halloween, you could try a Halloween movie, like Dora ot something to get him to believe that it was all pretend. My daughter has done this, but she has a special bear that we bought her to sleep with and that worked really well. Another idea is if he is scared of "monsters" or whatever he thinks they are, use "moster spray". A friend of mine had to do this with her two year old who developed a fear of monsters in the closet. She takes Febreeze (or water, whatever you want) and sprays the closet and the rest of the room and he thinks that it is monster spray and that it gets rid of all the monsters!!

My daughter went through something similar to this when she was younger. She was absolutely terrified at night. She would hear things and see things. Things that were so apparent to us that we didn't even notice, she would not be able to rationalize in her mind and they would scare her so much.

Here are a few things that you should keep in mind.... at 2 1/2 he is not able to really know the difference in real and not real when it comes to some things. For instance, actors in a movie. At his age, he does not understand that they are not really who they are acting or pretending to be in the movie. The same would apply to halloween costumes. Something that he saw could have really terrified him and now he may be dreaming about it. Or maybe something in his room is reminding him of something that he saw that was scary. He is wanting your comfort and your protective arms to reassure him that everything is ok. Maybe you should go to his room with him and ask him if there is something in there that is bothering him or keeping him from sleeping. Then maybe you could explain to him what it is or what a noise is. My daughter is such a light sleeper that when the central heat would come on it would wake her and scare her because she didn't know what the sound was. She would make up in her head that it was something trying to come in her window. I would pray with her and tell her that she has angels that are sleeping with her and keeping her looked after. That seemed to calm her. Maybe you could turn on a fan in his room, that also seemed to help my daughter by drowning out noises. I talked to a dr. about this too. He suggested that I give her Benadryl at bedtime to help her sleep. These are a few of the things that worked for us, I hope they work for you too.

MY SON TOOK FOREVER TO GET HIM TO SLEEP ALONE AND LIKE YOUR HUSBAND HE HAS TO GET UP EARLY FOR 12 HRS OR MORE OF WORK. DID YOUR SON BY CHANCE SEE ANYTHING SCARY ON HALLOWEEN THAT MAY WANT HIM TO BE WITH YOU AT NIGHT? MY SON WAS VERY EASILY SCARED SO WE BOUGHT HIM AN ANGEL DOLL YES A DOLL FOR A BOY WE PUT IT IN THE BED WITH HIM AND WE TOLD HIM NO MATTER WHAT THE DOLL WAS FROM GOD AND WOULD LOOK OVER AN PROTECT HIM WHILE HE SLEPT IT EVEN SAYS A BED TIME PRAYER WHEN YOU MASH ITS HANDS AND ITS DRESSED LIKE A BOY WE TOLD HIM IF WOKE UP AND WAS SCARED AND WANTED MAMA OR DADDY INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT OF BED TO PRESS THE DOLLS HANDS AN HE WOULD MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER AND JUST FOR HIM TO CLOSE HIS EYES AND GO BACK TO SLEEP...AND IT WORKED NO MORE COMING CRYING WANTING IN THE BED WITH ME AND HIS DAD AND TO THIS DAY HE SLEEPS WITH THIS DOLL SOMEWHERE ON HIS BED AND HE IS 10 NOW.....HOPE YOU CAN SOLVE THIS SO YOU BOTH CAN GET SOME SLEEP....TAKE CARE ....M.

COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT HE MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOMEONE THAT REALLY SCARED HIM ON HALLOWEEN? HAVE YOU EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT SOME PEOPLE WEAR REALLY SCARY OUTFITS INSTEAD OF COOL THINGS LIKE SUPER HEROS OR COWBOYS AND INDIANS,ETC... MAYBE FIND ONE OF THOSE 75% OFF SALES AND BUY ON OF THOSE GROSS LOOKING MASK AND SHOW HIM SEE THIS IS MOMMY AND NOW MOMMY IS DRESSED UP AS A MONSTER I'M NOT A REAL MONSTER!GOOD LUCK!!!I HOPE AND PRAY FOR YOUR SLEEP TO RETURN TO YOUR WHOLE FAMILY SOON!!T.

Could he possibly be having night terrors? They start around this age, I believe. Or separation anxieties? You could maybe try leaving something of yours behind in his bed that he associates with you. Or, you could always make a bed for him beside your bed. That way, he still gets to be with you and everyone gets a good night sleep. Sometimes if kids dont get what they need from us during the day, they will try and get it whenever they can. Even if it means crawling in bed with you to be close to you. Good luck!

lol...i know how you feel! My son's birthday is actually on halloween. Last year I couldn't even go in the halloween isle at walmart without him sreaming like a little girl. To get him to stop I had to buy a mask and show him it wasn't real...it wasn't something to hurt him. This year he is a changed boy. Just show your son a mask a tell him it's just play, kind of like a cartoon. Once he sees it wont hurt him, he will be fine.

I would try a night light. Both my kids became scared of the dark at this age. Also give him a reward. Tell him if he stays in bed all night he'll get a sticker. It works with potty training, might work here!

WELL I AM A SAHM AND I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY DAUGHTER SLEEPING IN HER BED SHE IS 2 BUT WHAT WE DO NOW IS PUT HER TO SLEEP IN OUR BED WAIT UNTIL SHE GOES TO SLEEP AND THEN PUT HER IN HER BED BUT SOMETIMES SHE WAKES UP AND WHAT I DO IS WAIT TO SHE GOES TO SLEEP AND OUT HER BACK THERE BUT AFTER 2 TIMES I JUST LET HER SLEEPS THERE BUT FOR NAPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SHE SLEEPS IN HER BED DO U HAVE A TV IN THERE MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP HIM FALL ASLEEP WHEN HE IS WATCHIN ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SHOW

oh goodness girl i am having the same problems with my 3 yr old.. I am really strick with my disipline so she is getting out of it.. but before i had the baby, she would always get up and I finally told her, you are a big girl and if u need mommy yell for me, dont get up I will come to you. .. and every nite there after, I was like madison you stay in your bed tonite dont come to mommy and daddys bed. Sometimes she still trys to do it, and i tell her go back to bed, and she cries, but I have to stick to it and not give in. Also, if he might be scared of something let him go with u to check under the beds and closets to show him that there is nothing in there.. keep tv or nite lite on for him also..

C., what might work is a night light. i have an 11 year old daughte with special needs and she us to wake up all times of the night crying until i went to walmart and found a night light with the cover of God on it. i took it back home and set her down and told her nothing was going to happen to her at night now cause God and her mother wasnt going to let anything happen to her and it worked fine. she sleeps all night long now and you have to wake her up. so try this it might work for you too.

me and my hubby had that while back..my son is 2 and red headed too..lol it does tell it all!! Gabe my son did that for about month just while back, i try to keep him up about 30 mins later..which since i don't have to get up like my husband i did it alone, but getting him really good a tired worked, and now his back to sleeping through the night, the potty training thing isn't working well though, he only tells me about 2 times a day but he just turned 2 last month, i guess it will take time..

Just keep consistency with him. If he is getting up maybe take him to the potty in case that is what is waking him, and then put him right back in his bed. I know that it is keeping everyone up, and a restful night's sleep is very important, but if you are consistent with him, he should start settling in. When you tuck him in tell him that he must stay in bed all night long and that it is important to only get up if he needs to go potty. There may have been something that happened on Halloween that has scared him and that may be why the sudden waking and wanting to get in bed with you, so you may need to address that if you little one can communicate that to you. I wish you the best. Just remember consistency is the best thing with children.

my names K.. i four kids but only three live with me for right now. i have a 12 yr old daughter, 5 yr old twins boy and girl and a 3 yr old boy....
does he have a night light? did he get scared on halloween night? have u asked him if he has bad dreams? i have three little ones. and they sleep withe me or freak out when i leave. afraid that i will leave them like daddy did... sleep i wish i knew what that was... anyways... maybe try to let him sleep at least on the floor in ur room for a week. and see if that works. he may have gotten scared and he wants to be comforted. or instead of just sending him back to his room. go with him and hug him and tell him everything is fine. leave the hall light on... just trying to give ideas. i hope it works. talk to later