Ok so i have a problem with my twenty month old. For the past two months after he is put to bed he grabs his pillow and blanket and goes to sleep by the door. I've tried moving him back into bed but he just wakes up and moves back to the floor. He's been in the toddler bed for three months and was fine the first month. I can't put him back in a regular crib because he can climb out and hurt himself. Any suggestions? I'm sure it's not good for him to sleep on the floor but i don't know what to do. Also he has his own room. He only started sleeping through the night since he got his own room at 11 months. Before that he use to wake up more than once a night and want his sipper cup.
Can anyone help?
Also he does this because his door is a double door with glass windows in it from top to bottom so he can look out. as soon as i put him to bed i turn off all the lights so he can't see out. but it still doesnt stop him from sleeping in his doorway.
I don't see what the big deal is. In my eyes as long as they are getting a restful sleep they can sleep anywhere they want in their room(because well it is their room). I second the idea of putting the mattress on the floor.
My daughter did that.... at about that age.
Its a phase.
For me, I just let my daughter do that. It was therefore not a 'battle' and she therefore got sleep.
She made her spot on the floor all comfy with all her stuffed animals. She called it her "nest."
I saw nothing wrong with it.
MANY cultures, do sleep on the floor.
It is a phase.
My Daughter did that, then one day was back in her bed. ON her own.
I did not make it a battle and just as long as she got sleep.... that was to me, the priority.
It did NOT create a bad "habit."
All the best,
Susan
Have you tried putting the mattress on the floor? At least it's kind of a bed
My son did that for months when we got him the toddler bed. I just let him -as S.H said many children around the world sleep on floor-many in the US are too poor for beds) I tried moving his toddler bed closer to the door. eventually he started sleeping in his bed! (nos I'm a little scared to make the switch from toddler bed to big bed!)
Bed rails? Might deter him from getting out of bed but then you have the problem of him hurting himself. I would think that as long as he is in his room then he is fine. He will grow up of this stage and start sleeping in his bed again.
My oldest did this, I just put him in bed every night as I went to sleep. He eventually figured it out and stayed there. Chances are, if he gets cold or something he will wake up and either call to you or go to bed, but sleeping on the floor a few nights certainly will not hurt him.
Our son did this too and I would tell him every night when I put him to bed that he is to stay in bed. Then if he got up, I'd put him back to bed immediately without saying a word. Eventually, he stopped getting up. Good luck!
I wouldn't worry too much about trying to get him to sleep in his bed. He will do it naturally on his own when he is ready. My daughter (who is now almost 4) did this too. Every night! Balled up in the corner behind her door. I spoke with my pediatrician about this and she said to not worry and the floor is just fine. Sometimes they just feel safer there. This went on for 6-12 months but then she started sleeping in the bed. Every once in awhile now she will sleep on her floor. Strange, but not a concern!
One more thing...I go to bed quite late so on my way, I would go in her room to give her a kiss and I would always put her back in her bed. More often than not she would stay there the rest of the night. Other times she moved back to the floor at some point.
i think if he's sleeping well, let him sleep in the doorway. this also happened to my friends daughter at around the same age. she'd fall asleep on the bed, but end up by the door and a few times in her walk in closet curled up with a blanket. I think it lasted a couple of months and then the daughter stayed in her bed. if it gets cooler at night, maybe have him wear warmer pjs just in case he gets cold....
