DS1 has always been a fantastic sleeper and never had any problems with him - until DS2 came along 8 weeks ago!
Now DS1 won't stay in his bed! He is not so bad when we put him to bed in the evenings but he gets up in the middle of the night and last night, it took me an hour to get him to stay in bed...I thought the sleepless nights would be because of the baby, not DS1!!
He goes to sleep with a story CD on and gets up in the middle of the night to ask for that back on...rod for my own back I know! He used to stay in bed once the CD was back on but now he just gets back up and hovers in our bedroom doorway, asks for a cuddle etc. Have tried just putting him back to bed but after about the 10th time I realised that he thought it was a game.
Last night, after an hour, I used bribery and told him that the story CD would be switched off unless he stayed in bed....it worked but I don't know if I have the energy to have the same discussion every night.
Any suggestions as to how I can just make him stay in bed so we can all sleep???
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Please help - how can I get my 2.6 yr old to stay in bed??
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Ceebee74 · 14/01/2009 19:57
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