Tips for keeping 2 year old ds in his bed at night..

[wibblyjelly]

DS is coming up to 2, and can now climb out of his cot. We've taken the side off, and the last few nights have been a nightmare! Bedtime now takes a few hours, with dh and I eating our dinner in shifts, as he won't stay in bed. DS then constantly wakes up, and comes into bed with us throughout the night. We keep putting him back, as I don't want him to get used to sleeping with us every night, but we are both exhausted! I'm tempted just to keep him in with us so that we can get some more sleep tonight.
Does anyone have any tips?

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We shut the door. Our 2 year old potters round but we just don't go into her unless she is excessively crying. Unfortunately she was up between 1.30 - 4 am this morning playing etc, but at least she wasn't in our bed! They've got a pot to do at that age!

Dilemma time!

We are at the in laws, and ds is in a travel cot, and back into a sleeping bag. Last night, he didn't escape and he slept all the way through. This could be because he was very tired (arrived at 9pm last night), or it could be that he is more relaxed when in the sleeping bag, and it's more familiar. This has the added bonus of him not being able to escape, as he can't swing his leg up to get out.
If he sleeps well again tonight I'm very tempted to put the side back onto his cot at hone, and put him back into sleeping bags instead of having a quilt. When he is a bit older and can understand a bit more about staying in bed, we could try again. (We had an amazing night sleep last night!)
Any thoughts?

I can't see any downside to what you're suggesting.

Are you feeling pressure to do the bed thing because 'it's what they do at this age'? Cos if you are it's all nonsense.

Glad you had a better night's sleep

Hi Chazzer, we were told as soon as he climbs out the cot, he has to go into a bed. However, if he's in a sleeping bag, he can't
He has been unwell the last few days, so will see how it goes, but I think we are heading back to the side of the cot going back on, and we will try again another time.

We are going to give ds one more try in a bed tonight, as he seems to be over his cold, and we just want to make sure it wasn't that which was making him get up.
First sign of getting up and messing around though, the side and the sleeping bags will be back!

Good luck! Ds ended up in with us last night after a scary dream...

Well he went to sleep in about 20 mins, and I didn't need to sit next to him. Not a peep out of him so far

Woohoo! One night at a time...

Hurrah! He came in at 2am, but I dozed with him till about 4am, and he then went back until 6am. The rest of the time he was in bed

Still very hit and miss, so side of the cot has gone back on to hopefully ensure we get a proper nights sleep. He went to sleep quite quickly tonight, so keep your fingers crossed please!

Put him back into a cot in a sleeping bag.

That's what I did for mine until they were 3. Thy were so delighted to be in a bed, they didn't get out !

Hurrah, not a peep until 4am, which is a massive improvement.

That's great wibbly! Hope it continues and improves. Sleep is such a dreadful milestone,but he will get there.

Thanks Sunshine, I still get him in with us when he cries, but because I know he can't get out, I'm sleeping better as I can relax a bit