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Moving from cot to bed

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Kmg · 17/03/2001 18:49

Emmam - how did you persuade your son to stay in bed in the end? Against all my inclinations we've put my youngest in a "big boy's bed" - he's only 23 months, but was desperate for a big bed, and hasn't been sleeping well. (We've tried all sorts, and thought maybe a real bed would help ...)

Anyway he loves it, wants to be in it, hates his cot, but at bedtime tonight (Day 1) wouldn't stay in it for more than 30 seconds. They have now both gone to sleep, after 40 minutes mayhem, I'll let you know how I get on in the week. But does anyone have any tips on how to make them stay in bed, when they suddenly have the freedom to get out? (We never went through this with the eldest).

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mommy · 22/02/2002 23:40

Isn't the timing of all the change after the age of 2 so different...sometimes I'm quite alarmed and think we're not doing so well and behind her peers in development, if I get excited that my dd seems to doing well and is ahead of her friends, I'm soon knocked down. She stopped her daytime naps at exactly 2 years old as I found she could not get to sleep until after 9:00pm despite her normal bedtime routine and timing, she was wet-trained last summer 2001 and now goes to the toilet totally on her own and if we go out we do potty beforehand, and if she needs a pee when we're out she tells me. Poos, well, we've just begun to get to the point whereby 70% are on the toilet though today she started with diarhoea at Nursery.. I felt so sorry for her when I picked her up and they had put a nappy on her, poor thing, we've been working for months at buildig up her big girl confidence.......hope it doesn't set her back....

Pupuce · 23/02/2002 07:38

Joe - I gave him a hug... he was very proud to be able to aticulate what he should be doing.... we will see however ih his nice words turn into reality

Joe1 · 23/02/2002 07:47

Im sure he will make you proud Pupuce

Bugsy · 26/02/2002 11:00

Trawling through Mumsnet today and reading alot of very aggressive messages on some of the threads, it was such a relief to laugh out loud when I read Pupuce's post about the special gift lying on ds's bed. I know it probably wasn't very funny at the time Pupuce, when you had to deal with it, but it is a lovely toddler story.
A friend of mine was in almost the exact same situation, only her ds tried to tidy it up - I'm sure you can imagine the awful scene that greeted her! They refer to it as "the dirty protest"!

Marina · 26/02/2002 11:13

Hear hear Bugsy, I am ashamed at how loudly I laughed when I read Pupuce's posting, it's not remotely funny to have to clean up quantities of toddler dung. As I am sure I will find out when we finally bite the potty-training bullet.

Pupuce · 26/02/2002 12:19

Glad to provide some cheap entertainment

ChanelNo5 · 26/02/2002 13:08

Too true Bugsy, it's even worse when they try to 'tidy' it up, as mine have shown me more times than I care to remember. Young-uns do seem to have a strange fascination with poo though. The otherday, I went upstairs to find oldest ds (5) wiping dd's (3) bum - nice! (saved me a job though!)

Chelle · 27/02/2002 03:35

Some of these posts have had me chucking today too!

This weekend we were having difficult day with ds (2 years and 8 months) and he decided against having an afternnon nap. We came to the compromise that he didn't have to stay in bed as long as he stayed in his room and played so Mummy and Daddy could have a bit of a rest. We must have laid it on a bit thick, though, as 2 hours later as I was passing ds's bedroom door with an armful of laundry to fold I noticed an "interesting" aroma! The poor little boy had pooed in his nappy and as we had told him he was not allowed out of his room, he had tried to change it himself!! Suffice to say the entire room needed a thorough wash and as disgusting as the mess was (and as angry as we were until we thought about it a moment) he had done rather a good job for someone of his tender years and I found myself apologising to him for not being there to change his nappy for him!

Chelle · 27/02/2002 03:36

Errr...that should be chuckling...not chucking!!! I really should read my posts before posting them!!

ChanelNo5 · 27/02/2002 11:04

I think chucking is more appropriate LOL!

EmmaM · 27/02/2002 12:37

My ds has been in a bed for about a year now, but its only recently he's started falling out of it. The other night I went to check on him, opened the bedroom and practically fell over him. He had fallen out (and I hadn't heard him)and somehow hunched himself up on the floor and carried on sleeping. I managed to scoop him up and put him back without him waking up.

Last night I heard a huge thump, followed by a sort of scrabbling noise, like him running across the floor and then nothing. Another falling out episode - but it just seems so funny that it doesn't bother him, he just picks himself up and gets back in! Think I'm going to delay the cabin bed a bit longer...

He was very sweet yesterday. I found out that my job was being made redundant, so dh picked up ds and obviously told him I was feeling a bit sad. He came in gave me a big hug and said 'I'll make your sad better mummy' followed by a big kiss. Aaaarrrhhh. If only it was that simple...

Loopster · 30/03/2002 11:50

Thanks to all those who told me it would be fine - it was - and still is!! We've now had a few weeks in the 'big girl bed' and she loves it. She goes down at night and during the day with no fuss at all and she doesn't get out of bed at all, not even when she wakes in the morning - she still calls for us!! - long may it continue!!

Loopster · 30/03/2002 11:51

After all those wonderful toilet stories - that's our next adventure!! Into big girl pants tomorrow!!!!

jodee · 31/03/2002 22:01

DS is in his big bed for the first time tonight! He was very keen to help his Dad put the bed together and when it was finished he was lying on it saying 'night night'. It was too late in the day to take down the cot and we weren't sure what to do at bedtime, the cot or bed. We put him in the cot initially and he was pointing to the bed, so we took him over to the bed but he wouldn't lie down and was trying to get out (to get down the stairs) so back he went into the cot, and there were a few tears before he settled down. Once asleep we transferred him over to the big bed. I didn't really want to put him in the bed tonight as dh as gone away for the night, but I think I've got the bite the bullet! We've put a folded duvet and pillows on the floor in case he falls and the gate across the hallway so finger's crossed!

I'm sorry to say that I did laugh out loud too at all the poo stories, something to look forward to very soon I think!

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