remind me again why it was a good idea to put my 21 month ds in a bed

[addictedtolatte]

just having a moan really. my ds used to sleep 7.30 till 8.30 in his cot and due to getting asked by a lot of people "is he in his own bed yet" i felt pressurised to put him in a bed and did so. he goes to bed happily but now wakes around 5.30 and gets up at 6 i know i have had it good but i want my sleeping baby back has anyone had the same experience i would be interested to know.

forgot to add to does wake-to-sleep work on a 21 month old or is this aimed at younger children

I know where you are coming from, I had to take the sides off DD2's cotbed at 18 months as she was a real climber and it wasn't safe and she too went from great sleeper to lots of wakes and running around and arriving in our room at antisocial hours (a stair gate across the door helped). One simple thing that really helped was tucking her in really really tightly with a blanket over her duvet in winter and a sheet over in summer. When I went to bed I would rearrange her covers and tuck her in super tightly.

I also did wake to sleep, I think she was more like 19 months, but not much in it and it worked. I think wake to sleep can be used at any age (even adult - i.e. setting an alarm to wake up earlier and help beat insomnia patterns). It's about disrupting habit waking sleep patterns which anyone can develop.

thanks nelly my ds was happy in his cot and was having no problems but i suppose i had to move him eventually i couldnt of had him in his cot till he was 16 although it was tempting. i will try tucking him in tightly like you said. i have also set my alarm for the first part of wake to sleep tomorrow at 4.30

The clocks change in about 3 weeks. When that happens put your DS to bed an hour later, this should (in theory) push him forward an hour.

roll on 3 weeks time i forgot about that. i will be getting that blackout blind back up though.

hope it works.. me and another friend are counting on it to stop the 6am starts.. blergh.

shouldn't complain really, he used to think 4:30am was an acceptable time for breakfast [argh]

I was thinking I should move ds (2.3)to a bed as like you people say "isn't he in a bed yet?" but he is not trying to get out of his cot so maybe I just leave him there - I do have the hideous early starts still (2 years now - will it ever end...........)so would you just leave him as he is? I couldn't face him moving around in the night as well as the early starts at the moment.

Broms - I'd leave him where he is. Dd2 is nearly 2 1/2 and is staying firmly in her cot in her sleeping bag until she shows signs of trying to get out - none yet, fingers crossed. It's like her sleeping bag immobilises her!

What's sleep to wake not heard of this one? Ds3.5 has a lamp in his room on a timer and he is not allowed out of bed until the light comes on ! Doesn't always work and dd1.5 across the hall shouting up please mama doesn't help!! Lol

dh was saying isn't it time we moved dd to bed but as she not long started sleepng through I'm not going down that road!

Dd was n bed from 17 months cos dd was on her way and needed him to get used to bed b4 she needed it otherwise he prob still be there lol

Thanks TTT - ds also in a bag and will stay like that as long as possible!

Addicted to Latte - did you try wake to sleep this morning? - I am considering trying it again having failed dismally first time round but 5am ish (15 mins either side) seems to be the time ds wakes up whatever time he has gone to bed or how much sleep he's had in the day. Going to start from Monday. Its got to change - don't want another year of 5am.

Mrs Netz - wake to sleep is when you try and disrupt their sleep pattern - ie my ds wakes at 5am - I would set alarm at 4am - go in and semi wake him up to disturb his sleep then leg it out of their room and hope they fall back into a deep sleep and sleep longer thereby breaking their pattern - you do this for 5 days or longer til it changes. Has worked for loads of people apparently.

Omg that sounds like madness[big grin]

Well if it's worked for some..... Nah soz no wayi don't go into dd room at all cos she is very light sleeper and I'll wake her and she never goes back to sleep!

Good luck xx

BROMS i did try wake to sleep and it worked. i had to disturb him at 4.30 and he stayed in bed till 8 yepheeee. i am in shock. i am also like a zombie today though cos i couldnt get back to sleep so am extremly tired oh well only another 3 days or so and he might be sorted.