Cot to bed help

[Toddlerwith1ontheway]

Hi everyone, so my lb is 2 years and 4 months. We tried him in a bed over the weekend as I’m due a baby in late March so thought we would get him used to it before baby was here. Anyway he would not stay in the bed at all just in and out constantly and I just don’t have the energy or patience for that being 30 weeks pregnant so we put the cot back up!
Well tonight he was hysterical me leaving the room and jumped out :( so we’re going to have to go back to the bed! What’s the best way to get them to stay in the bed? I feel like I need a plan before he’s goes into the bed for my sanity! My partner is working away so it will just be me! Any ideas welcome I feel I’m not alone on this one? X

I’m having this issue and I won’t lie, it’s tough.

The best solution we currently have is settle daughter in bed until she’s asleep and when she wakes in the night and walks in our room, one of us walks her back and lays on her old cot mattress on the floor until she falls asleep in her bed and normally us along with her.

Problem is, being 30 weeks pregnant that’s hardly ideal! My next step is to buy a bed guard so when she’s half asleep and rolling around, she’ll feel like she’s still in a cot but can still get out from a small gap at the end of the bed. Hopefully that will give her a little bit of security.

Good luck. If it helps, I have a 9 week old and we’re managing like this alternating night feeds and sleeping on daughters floor and we’re coping!

Thanks for the reply dolly. It's so hard to know what's best to do isn't it. I was thinking of doing th supernanny approach by keep putting him back in and just keep in mind it will be a lot the first night and just try and keep my cool and not give in! If that fails I think I will just have to lay with him. Would love this sorted before baby comes just as partner works away x

I tried that approach when my DD was much younger and it worked a treat.

Tried it again in the last month and it was utter hell and didn’t work at all. I hope that approach works for you as must be hard with your DP working away

Any other advice out there?

We have a bed guard that is practically the whole length of the bed so when he rolls around he still rolls against a side. We put him in a JoJo sleep sac so that when his duvet comes off after two minutes he is still cosy. Finally, we've been trying to really tire him out and keeping him up a bit later. He then self settles with stars projected onto the ceiling which seems to distract him.

We've not had any problem with it so far but we are about to move bedrooms (from the nursery to the bedroom to leave the nursery free for new baby) and I'm a little worried about that change! We'll put a baby gate over the door so that if he gets out of bed he at least can't get out of his room.