Getting my 2 year old to stay in bed!

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Has anyone got any tips on how to get my 2 year old to stay in bed when I put him in bed!? We have been consistent when he leaves the room to take him back to bed etc which can be a huge amount of times and some nights take an hour, but he's turning it into a game now! He's laughing and running around so I think it's time to try something else. He's is still napping because he generally won't make it through the day without an hour or so sleep!

Also forgot to mention it's been going on since we made the big change to a bed, which was about 6 weeks ago as he was escaping the cot!

Following because....Same 😩

Do you leave him to go to sleep on his own?
Did he used to?
I/my DH still lay with my 3 year old to fall asleep.

Audiobook or CBeebies radio worked on my DS at that age. However he is nearly 6 and still doesn't sleep through every night so don't ask me for any other advice!

Put him back in a cot so he can't get out

Mine stayed in their cots till they were almost 4 as I knew they'd mess about

My mum said she just used to sit outside our rooms on a chair reading a book. As soon as we would open the door, she would just say 'get back to bed' and that was enough as we didn't have a chance to run around. She said she only had to do it for a few hours each night over a week and we never tried again.

Stair gate on doorway! We have to stay with DD now to make sure she's asleep or else there's loads of upset and pissing around! It's getting better but not ideal, we might try doing a bit of sleep training when I can muster the energy!

@Lemonnhoney

Do you leave him to go to sleep on his own? Did he used to? I/my DH still lay with my 3 year old to fall asleep.

Yes we do as much as possible now anyway! as we done sleeping training at the age of 1 and he was an absolute dream sleeper for a year before we changed to a bed!!

I just kept returning my son completely emotionless with no eye contact. It was a game to him too. He eventually got bored. I would stand outside his room so he had no time for fun.