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Move to Toddler bed - bad move?

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jasminesmummy · 03/01/2006 12:23

Somebody please help!!!
We moved dd (2yrs on 16/1) to her bed about 4 weeks ago. The first 10-14 days were great - she hardly got out of bed at all and was sleeping the same as usual. 2 days after Christmas, all hell seemed to let loose ! She all but refuses to to stay in the bed and just thinks that "rapid return" - advised in Little Angels - is a game of chase. Both dh and me are at the end of our tether and last night resorted to the travel cot - explained to her that if she got out of bed she would go in cot and followed through with it, whereupon she screamed with fury for about 10 mins and then slept a normal night of 11.5 hrs. Do we give in and put the bed away for a few more weeks or do you think we should persevere? I was kind of thinking that it might just be that her routine has been disturbed over the holidays, i.e. no nursery, lots of visitors/visiting etc.?
Any advice/suggestions would be VERY welcome

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Bozza · 03/01/2006 12:35

Personally I would leave the travel cot up in her room. Do usual routine and then put her in bed and tell her to stay there. If she gets up, put her back to bed and tell her to stay there or she will go in the travel cot. If she gets up again put her in the travel cot.

Meanwhile during the day emphasise how lovely her new "big girl bed" is etc.

mojomummy · 03/01/2006 13:16

My DD age 2 1/2 years still sleeps in her cot bed.

I tried her at the begining of October & she got out 4 times. Not wanting to spend the next however long returning her to bed, we put the travel cot up & she slept in there. I decided to potty train her the next days instead !

As she seems quite happy in the cotbed, I won't be moving her yet as I value my lie ins too much !!

MerlinsBeard · 03/01/2006 15:01

We had this with DS1 and at one point we had the cot up with ine side off and pushed right against the bed so that he could sleep in his cot but still be in(ish) his bed. It took a little while for him to get used to also but he loves it now and even refuses to have his guard up!!!(hes 2.7 now btw and we moved him at about 2ish)

Don't forget that the routine over xmas is very different so give it siome time

Agree about keeping the travel cot up. Try not to gove any eye contact or talk when u do rapid return(only imagining what it is, i haven't seen little angels many times)

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jasminesmummy · 04/01/2006 08:36

Well another nightmare night ! Left the travel cot up and explained that if she got out of bed she would go in the cot. She got out so went in the cot. Whereupon for the next 2 hours she chattered to herself whilst yawning and rubbing her eyes and then took her nappy off. I put it on, she took it off and so on for an hour. I then sellotaped the sticky tabs on and she still got it off. by this time i was losing sanity and my dh took over and put her back in bed (!) and sat with her until she was asleep. She slept until 2am and that was pretty much it - the same thing all over again until 5am when i put her in the cot again - thought she was asleep so checked on her at 6 and guess what - nappy off and wee everywhere and a sleeping child in the corner! Give me strength! I realised that she got mixed messages last night but most of the time we are consistent. I think the cot needs to come out of the loft tonight as she is miserable as sin today because she's so tired.

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jasminesmummy · 04/01/2006 12:25

bump - am desperate!

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mojomummy · 04/01/2006 16:21

put her back into her cot ? she doesn't have sleep in a bed from the age of 2, unless you need the cot for another baby ? I would try again in 6 mths or so

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jasminesmummy · 05/01/2006 12:23

I gave in! Got the cot back out of the loft and despite a blood curdling scream when she first went in, she was asleep by 6.50pm! Hoorah !
watch this space for tonights update - it's never that simple!

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mojomummy · 05/01/2006 15:14

ahh, hope it's ok tonight. My DD was fine, although I think she may have kicked up the first night it was back as a cot, she was fine after.

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jasminesmummy · 06/01/2006 08:17

Night 2 back in the cot ok as well Although she sat playing with her teddies for about 45 mins before she went to sleep and when I checked on her her pyjama trousers were off - definite signs of an attempt to remove the nappy but defeated by a pop up bodysuit! She woke at 4.30 and called me and I just laid her down and said night night and that was it until 6.35 this morning. Please God say we are back to normal. Thanks for all your support.
Mojomummy, how did the potty training go - success?

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mojomummy · 06/01/2006 10:32

Glad she has settled back down ok {smile]

yes, the potty training went very well. I wonder if I could have tried her with it earlier. On that Sunday after the bed disaster the in-laws came over, so we just spent most of the day in the lounge with a potty. I put her in knickers & she's been in them ever since. Had a couple of accidents of course, but generally took to it very well !

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