My son is 2 1/2 and started crawling out of his crib. Over 2 weeks ago we put him in a big boy bed. He is having a hard time and has us wrapped around his finger.
We tried a baby gate to keep him in his room, but he has a little sister that he wakes up with his screams. So we go in a lay by his bed til he falls back to sleep, but he's back up maybe an hour or so later. We can't keep doing this especially since I need to be in the room with my daughter because she still wakes twice a night to eat. I'm not getting much sleep and I need some advice on what to do. We've tried walking him back to his bed, but before we get to the door he's back out of bed screaming and crying. He wants us to lay on the floor next to him.
Thanks in advance.
He probably wants the extra attention right now with the baby sister around. Some kids are like that when they get a big boy bed. You need your sleep so I would put the mattress on the floor in your bedroom and in a few weeks try to get him back in his own room.
Hi J., only thing I can suggest that you may not already be doing is for you and your partner to take shifts. That way you can both have a good 5 or 6 hour stretch of uninterrupted sleep. Or alternate nights.
I remember how enormously stressful it is to try to function everyday while so profoundly exhausted. But I PROMISE it won't be forever. Transitions like these take time, different for every kid, especially considering there's a new baby, but he WILL eventually settle down, and eventually everyone will sleep through the night! Really, it'll happen! (well until the NEXT baby, or the NEXT transition, tehehe)
Enjoy them!
:)
I have not used it but there is a netting piece that can be placed over a crib to prevent a child from climbing out and hurting themselves. Everyone I know who has used it has raved about it.
For us it was a battle for about a week when we went to our big boy bed. Every time each kid got up we went put the child back in bed explained that it was bed time and he/she was expected to stay there and go to sleep. The first and second time we were nice and explained then after that we didn't say a word and put the child back into bed each time. It may take a few nights, but it does work.
Since you are still nursing let hubby be the one for right now getting up and putting your son back to bed.
