2.5 year old will not stay in bed

[tiredmummy198]

Recently moved my 2.5 year old into their own bed as needed the cot for sibling. It was going well so far, however the past week they just will not stay in bed.

We have a good bedtime routine which has been the same since they were a baby, bath, story and bed. We then put them in bed, say good night and leave. They used to go straight to sleep but now it's taking hours to get them down. We go upstairs every 15 mins and put them back into bed but they get straight back up and scream the the stair gate to their room. As soon as we go up they stop crying and walk into bed themselves smirking. Last night we did this from 7pm until 10.30pm so they must be shattered.

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

[quote tiredmummy198]@MolliciousIntent thank you, we have thought of that. The only thing is they are nearly able to climb out, I caught them with one leg over the top so not sure if this would be dangerous for them [/quote]
Hmmmm I see - with my daughter, she started climbing out at 18m, we let her do it once, she fell and bumped her head, we told her that climbing out of the cot is dangerous and she'd get hurt, and she never did it again. Do you think that's likely to work with yours?