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Getting 2 and a half year old ds to stay in/go back to his own bed at night...

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AtAt · 17/04/2015 20:25

DS is in his own bed, and goes to bed each night at about 7:30 pm. He has a regular bedtime routine.
I have a couple of things I'd like to change.
1-I of us currently lies in bed with ds until he falls asleep. This takes 20-40 mind each night on average. I'd like to come to a point where we can say goodnight, and let him just drift off by himself, but at the moment, he will just get up Smile
2-he comes into our room every night, anytime from 11pm to the early hours. I don't mind this, but he is very fidgety, and DH and I don't really get a good night's sleep.

I have 4 days off next week, so was thinking of perhaps trying to do rapid repeat?
Any advice, or should I wait until he is older? If I do decide to go for it, should I spend the next few days trying to get ds excited about staying in his own bed all night?
I know that we are quite lucky sleep wise, but I would like my half of the bed backSmile

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AtAt · 18/04/2015 10:27

Tried to put him back in his bed in the early hours, which was a disaster. The only way he went back to sleep was when he came back in with us. Should I just leave it for a while?

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QTPie · 18/04/2015 19:13

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Iggly · 18/04/2015 19:15

We set up a bed with ours in their rooms so they've never slept in ours. That way when they were unsettled we could just sleep in their rooms. As they've got older (3&5), they're sleeping through fine. Only wake for toilet or a drink or bad dream which is fair enough.

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Hottypotty · 18/04/2015 19:19

My ds is much more bribeable open to encouragement to stay in his own bed now at just 3 than he was at 2.5.
If he gets up we just take him back. We've established a few rituals like having to have a certain toy and a hug and a kiss to give him a bit of control over it. Plus lots of praise for being a big boy.

AtAt · 18/04/2015 19:43

May try the Stargate idea for bedtime. He must feel more secure with us, so maybe I'll leave the him coming into our room for when he is a bit older. Thanks everyone!

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JemFinch · 18/04/2015 19:44

We have a brilliant gate that DTs can't open - they're 3.8. As they know they can't open it they've given up trying and stay in bedGrin

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