DD has learnt to get out of bed herself!!! Help!

[Prettyfull]

Hi, not sure if there is a post on this, but i need help. I was up from 1.30am-5am last night with dd 17 months. She has learnt to get out of bed herself and this was a game to her all last night I did what i remembered from the series Super Nanny and kept putting her to bed without saying a word and tucking her in, but still she was in & out of bed for 3 1/2 hours, i cant be doing this every night, she had only just leanrt to sleep though the night about a month ago Any advise would be great!!

is she still in a cot or is this a proper bed? If so is it possible to go back to the cot for a while?

Its her cotbed, didnt really want to take a step back and put her in to her cot, afraid now she knows she can get out she may attempt to climb out of her cot??

Then I really don't think this is what you are hoping for but I think there is an easy solution. If you are lucky after a few nights she should get bored and give it up.

Meant i dont think!

Should give up trying to type this morning, have two fighting for my knee.

lol thankyou for your advise, how old r your lo's? Hopefully like you say she will get bored of it!!!

5 and 19 months and they are spending all their time in an effort to outdo each other, pests

is she upset when she gets out of bed? i would be tempted to leave her to it if not. ds1 used to get up about 4am, play about in his room for a bit and then put himself back in bed and go to sleep. as long as her room is safe and there is a gate at the door i dont think its a problem. havent got to this stage with ds3 yet, but am getting a bit nervous incase i dont have such an easy time with him

Well, she cant get herself back in to bed which is a problem. She gets out coem straight in to our bedroom and wants me to gt up with her. She has a bed saftey panel thing up, ya know, so not sure if she would eb abelt og et back in?? She moves alot in the the ight so wouldnt really want to take it down yet.

oh and no she isnt upset, jsut laughs and claps and runs in to mummy and daddys room

can you use one of those cot side things which you can remove? they leave a gap at one end which she would be able to climb through to get in/out safely, but would have to be in a very odd position to fall out through. of course the size of the gap depends on the size of your bed, but i know it worked fine on our cot bed. also means there is less chance of hurting herself when she climbs out

We have just moved Jess into a toddler bed - also 17 months old, and she can get in and out herself, we havent got a saftey rail up either, but we have found the actual GOING to bed the nightmare bit - we have ended up walking her in the buggy for 20 minutes until she falls asleep, lifting her into her bed while she is asleep and then she - touch wood - sleeps through (first time EVER) - but she gets up and comes and wakes us up at about 6am! No chance of her going back to bed then either.... its a pain in the bum.

The 1st night, she woke at 5am, i took her back to bed, tucked her in, gave her a drink and walked out. She went back to sleep until 7.30am.

I think consistancy is the only key right now, Im intending to do "quiet time" with Jess in her room tonight rather than end up walking round the block for 20 minutes, in an attempt she will jsut settle easier.

Good luck and keep us posted - it wont last long - i promise.

yeah thats what i mean i have. Theres a gap at top and bottom and she climbs out at the bottom, i cant believe i thought it was so cute, but its just a pain lol!!! I just dont think she could climb back in to get herslef to bed as she has only just learnt to climb down and cant climb up things any other ideas lol

Another tip....

Place a large sheet on the bed, put quilt on top, fold bottom of sheet over like and envelope anmd tuck in. looks a bit like an envelope.

Thankyou!! Does anyone think maybe i shoudl take the baby bed panel thing down??? She does move alot so may fall out, ofcourse i'l put another quilt down but then maybe she will learn to climb back in??

mattress on floor til she learns to climb? ds had one for a while when we moved house cos i couldnt afford a bed he rather liked it, he could jump on it without worrying about injury

we never bothered - jess only fell out once - that when we did the "envelope" trick and she has been fine since, i REALLY hope tonight is better for you - i was imaging you scinario with Jess...

awww thankyou so much you 2!!! I think tonight i may try her as it is, hope she will get bored. Im taking her swimming later, so she will be tired from that!! Thanks again

Prettyfull, honestly if you have the option I would put her back in a cot.

Yeah, the option is there, but wont she try and climb out of it, i'l never forgive myself if she falls from that height.

She might try to climb out of it, but if you put a mattress or lilo down on the floor next to the cot she should be fine. Also, has she ever tried to climb out of it before? If not, it is unlikely she will.

No, she hasnt tried to before, but i didn move her early in to a bed, before she had the chance to. Thanks for advise!

Prettyfull, my ds is 2.9 and only occasionally climbs out of his cot. I will put him in a bed soon, honest....