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ShutupWesley · 12/12/2019 11:25

Please help

Our DS (22 months) figured out how to climb out of his cot at the weekend. We changed to a bed last night. Fuck me it was awful 😩. I was hoping to keep him in the cot as long as possible but he managed to bust his lip climbing out and I really didn't want him to hurt himself. Plus he was just climbing out constantly so it was pointless anyway 🙄🙄

So last night he only slept for about 2 hours at a time max and each time he woke up, it took us over an hour to get him back to sleep. We used the Supernanny approach of just putting him back to bed with no fuss but it just doesn't seem to be working. Am I just impatient or do we need to try something else??

To make me feel even worse, some websites have said to transition at 3 as 2 is too early. Well what the very fuck am I supposed to do when he hurts himself climbing out of his cot?! 😩😩

I'm just at the end of my tether, he was such a good sleeper and now it's all gone to shit. If anyone has any nuggets of wisdom or just reassurance that this bellendry is temporary, I would very much appreciate it 🍷

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RhymingRabbit3 · 12/12/2019 11:27

It's only been one night, you need to be consistent for a few nights and he will soon get used to it.

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owlofathena · 12/12/2019 11:34

We moved our daughter to a bed at 20 months. I wanted to keep her in the cot for longer but she was climbing out of it and we also have second child on the way who needs the cot. I found having a baby gate on her bedroom door helps. Most nights when she gets out of bed she wanders around her room and then falls asleep on the floor. We then transfer her to her bed.
The bed is a whole new experience and does take time to get used to. My daughter will now sleep in her bed just as nicely as her for, unfortunately naps are another matter entirely

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ShutupWesley · 12/12/2019 11:34

To be fair, the twattery started a couple of weeks ago with night waking again and shouting mummy hug, daddy hug. Dark. Stuck. It just ramped up when he discovered that the cot couldn't contain him anymore.

I think I just either want reassurance that what we are doing will work, we just need to keep at it, or suggestions on what else might work. This sleep bollocks added to the other toddler tantruming nonsense is just making it worse. 😂😩🍷

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ShutupWesley · 12/12/2019 11:37

@owlofathena oh god, I didn't think about naps. He's in nursery 5 days a week so we haven't had that joy with a bed yet 🙈