Bedtime - Weirton, WV

My son did this, and we started giving him one chance to stay in his "big boy bed" before putting him back in his crib. Each night he had the chance to go to bed in his bed before being put back in the crib ifhe got out. It seemed to work. He didn't want to be in that baby crib anymore, so he had some incentive to stay in bed.

I also think that putting him to bed and not talking or interacting helps, but for us it got so tiring and was going on for hours on end that we just resorted to the crib. Hope it helps!

Kelly F gave great advice. When the kid gets out of bed, take him back without saying a word. No eye contact, no emotion, no talking or justifying - nothing. You may have to repeat this a million times the first night and it will take a few days. It's only been 2 days since you posted so don't give up on a technique yet. You are trying to do behavior modification so it is going to take time.

This is going to sound mean but it is the only thing that worked for my daughter. When you put him to bed close his door and hold it. He will try to get out and probably scream but he will give up and go to bed. We did this with her for a week or so and never had the problem again.

My daughter used to get out of bed over and over. What finally worked was the first time she would get out, I would tell her it was her warning and that if it happened again, she would have to sit in time-out. I would take her back to bed and, of course, a few minutes later she would be back. I would sit her in time out (and make sure its in a room that you are not in and that it is pretty boring, for us, we use our dining room). Then I after a few minutes, I would tell her that she could get out when she is ready to go to bed and stay in there and go to sleep. Sometimes she would sit there a while longer but eventually she would tell me she wanted to go to bed and she would finally stay there. This went on for probably about a week and then she stopped getting out because I think she finally realized it was either bed or time-out and I guess her bed seemed to be the best of the two.
I think I would just tell him when he tries it that you love him very much and that's why you want to make sure he gets plenty of sleep so he can grow up big and strong and then give him options - stay in bed or sit in time out (and hopefully he will eventually pick bed too.) Hang in there and good luck!

We had that problem with our son when he was 2 years old, getting out of bed through out the night. We kept everything dark and didn't say a word. We'd take his hand, lead him back to bed, and cover him up. After a few weeks he started sleeping through the night. My girlfriend had the same problem, she put a baby gate up in her son's room. Hope either of those suggestions work.