2 Year Old Getting up at Night

I know this may sound like an odd suggestion....but hey I have been in some odd predicaments myself...why not look for a toddler sized sleeping bag and zip her in? or if you know someone handy with a sewing machine just make a blanket that won't come all the way untucked, it would not have to go very far up just far enough it won't slip off the bed. ( My daughter is 8 and her comforter ends up on the floor every morning ( she sleeps in flannel jammies )
No I think making two or three trips a night to pull covers back on is a bit on the wild side, but its tough negotiating with a two year old = )
Lots of luck ( hope you don't think my solution is too wacky, but to me sometimes you have to think outside the box LOL)
B.

It could be becoming a habit, or she could just be scared and checking to see if you and/or your husband are still there? Be consistent on having her return to her bed or it WILL become just a habit. Does she have a little night light in her room??? This might help.

When my youngest was little, daddy had to go with her to her room at night and put "all the monsters" in his back pocket so they couldn't get out (so she was safe).

Good luck and God Bless :)

my daughter is 2 also and sometimes gets out of bed right after we put her down and we shut her door till we go to bed and then we have a baby gate at her door way anyways she usually falls asleep on the floor and we put her in her bed before we go to sleep.

This may seem really simple, but so far, it has worked for us. When she comes out, tell her to go back and lay down, and that you will go in and cover her up in "5" minutes. In five minutes, go check and cover her if needed. If you are lucky (as she has no sense of time) she just might have fallen asleep while waiting for you.

Hi J.,
I am having the exact same problem with my 2 and half year old little girl. Except she has been crying for us to come in and put her blankets back on her for about 3 months. It got up to 6 to 8 times a night and we were not getting any sleep. We tried letting her cry it out in her crib one night, and she got so upset she cried for an hour and then climbed out of her crib. So then we went to the toddler bed immediately. Same problem, except then she got out of her bed to tell us that her blankets had come off. She can put them back on herself, but won't. SO, I pulled a medium sized quilt out of the closet and tried tucking it in around the bed, but not so much that she couldn't move. It worked. NO more covers coming off and now she is sleeping through the night. ( I know that a large blanket tucked in is not something the books recommend, but it is working for us, and she has no problem pulling it off when necessary.) If she gets up now, I just tell her it is still night time and time to sleep and put her back in bed, and she is now finally, FINALLY sleeping through the night again. Good luck!!!

Man, it seems like every other day there's a my-toddler-is-getting-out-of-bed request. I've always ignored them, because my little guy was a perfect sleeper.....until now. Ever since Christmas, my almost-two-and-a-half-month son has quit napping and comes out of his room and into our bed at night, where he proceeds to toss and turn until about 5 a.m., when he wants to get up. I think I'm going to go the route of the child-proof door handles, at least until he gets used to staying in his bed. Right now none of us is getting nearly enough sleep. Good luck, and, if you think of it, let me know what works for you (other than the spanking thing...I'm not going there).

Sounds to me like your child needs security. The crib was snug & secure with it's 4 large rails. The blanket may be an attempt to get that security back. May I suggest putting some pictures of yourself & your husband by the bed? A night light? Give her one of YOUR blankets. A big one that has mommy all over it. I bet you that would help. That's what I do when my 3 year old son is sick. Good Luck!

J. I'm dealing with the same issue. We just moved my 21 month old to a big boy bed. He will not stay in it unless I lay down with him. Once he's asleep he's fine. But I don't want to start another habit of me having to sleep with him. We can't just close his door because he knows how to open it and he just comes right on out. We've been told to either do the baby gate (which I'm afraid he'll climb over because he's a climber) or it was also suggestion to put one of the child proof door knobs on the inside of the bedroom door. That away we can still get in but he can't get out. I've been told that eventually he'll get tired of sleeping on the floor and just start staying in his bed.

I feel like a bad mom doing either one of those but I'm going to have to give something a try. Good Luck!

I have the same problem. Mine doesn't do it every night though. I end up shutting his door (even though he can open it) and this seems to keep him in his room until morning. Then in the morning he opens his door and comes into our room. Doesn't sound like a great idea but it works for us. I only do this after he gets up for the third time. My sister use to put a baby gate up and hers would see it and go back to bed on his own.