We put DS (2.2 yo) into a bed last weekend because he was climbing out of his cot. He was absolutely fine for the first two nights and stayed there all night. That was soon to change....
He now gets up every night sometime between 1 and 2am. I don't know what to do for the best to get him to settle again quickly or to not get up in the first place.
We have put a stair gate on his door but I'm not convinced that that was the right thing to do. He just stands there screaming and getting himself into a state which probably makes it harder for him to settle. I usually go to him, put him in his bed and stay with him until he sleeps. However, the amount of time it takes for him to settle this way is getting longer and longer and I know I'm starting bad habits.
Prior to us taking the sides of his cot, he was an absolute star at going to bed. He would go into his cot wide awake, say night night and stay there, sleeping until the morning.
Sorry this is long, but I am at the end of my tether with a lack of sleep (spent half of last night in tears ) and I could really do with some advice...