hoe in god's name do I get 22 month old to stay in his bed

[HedgehogsDontBite]

I can feel myself hurtling towards losing my temper

I've been doing the silent return for an hour now. I can hear him getting up before I've even left the room. As soon as I try to put him back he runs back and gets in, laughing the whole time. It's all a game and I feel like im just encouraging it.

I don't know what to do.

Will he be bribed? DD was messing about at 25 months, so a little older; I promised her a smartie the next morning if she didn't get out at night. 4 days and the habit was broken, no issues since

He doesn't have that level of understanding yet.

I feel your pain. I remember returning DS2 to his bed 18 times in one night. I just kept taking him back.

Stairgate across the door worked for us. Mind you, it just delayed the pain as we had to deal with it before she was 3 and learned how to get out.

It took us a couple of weeks of silently putting her back to bed to crack the habit. Although, when I say silent, I did actually talk a little. Back to bed and night night, but nothing more.

I ignored her unless she cried too Or came downstairs. So, if she was standing outside her room giggling or playing in her room, I wouldn't go up to her. I think this heped her learn how to get herself back into bed.

Well he did finally stay put and go to sleep, so there is hope.

We have a stairgate and I tried just letting him get on with it but he was charging round the room making an absolute racket. I think I was just lost as to how best to deal with him.

I have a 20 year old DD. She has AS and once she was out of her cot she never slept properly again. I was putting her back to bed until 3/4 in the morning and then she was up again at 6. Every night, without a break, for years and years and years.

I'm utterly terrified of inadvertently doing something and ending up with the same situation with DS. I can't go through that again.

I came on to start a similar thread. My dd is almost 2.5 and three nights ago she worked out how to climb out of her cot. She can also open stair gates. I was thinking of trying a gro clock, have you tried that?

Stairgate on the door (puppy gate if they can open them/try to climb over) and just soft toys and books in the room. Make sure they're dressed warmly enough because when we did this we found that for a little while they would fall asleep on the floor surrounded by teddies and books. They soon got the message that bed was comfier though.

Keep the sleeping bag on? Or will he fall flat on his face? We had one like that and we had to jimmy his door with books and a broom handle until he was old enough to delay gratification and therefore accept bribes! A bit un-MN but if you've got one of 'those' kids there's not a lot else you can do! We also took everything fun out of his room. Think monk 's cell.

Last night was a little easier so I think it's worth persevering with the silent return. The night before was 1.5 hours of up and down like a yoyo and him legging it back to bed. Last night took only 45 minutes of which the last 20 minutes was far less energetic. Hoping tonight is easier.

30 minutes tonight and a much slower rate of escape. We could be on roll here.