We moved our 27 month old son to his new room and bed. He is good with the room and likes to play in there, but gets hysterical when its bed time. Its been 3 nights and he may sleep for an hour or so, then wake up screaming and get out of bed. Ive put him back with no talking 20-30 times and he will not give up. He just gets more upset. Any suggestions?
I agree with Heather comfort things could help. Let him choose the comfort things. We moved our son at 2 years into a toddler bed and first he was surround by his stuffed toys. He chose which ones and he arranged them.
Best of Luck
Just keep doing what you are doing. Does he have a night light? He may be waking up startled and with a new room he isn't used it yet. And then along with comfort stuff in his bed he'll be able to find them himself and hopeful fall back asleep. Hang in there don't give up. You may be doing this for a week, but if you stick to your guns and don't waiver he will stay and this will all be but a memory.
We switched our daughter at around the same age. She seemed initially excited, and then had a hard time adjusting to it. I'm guessing you'll be needing your crib for your new baby soon. We didn't have a new baby at the time (twins came later), but we did make the change gradually. She had both her crib (but with the rail off in the toddler bed stage with a safety rail) and her twin bed in her room at the same time for 2 weeks. For the first week, she chose where she'd sleep. She almost always chose the bed, but then got up and got in her crib on her own. For the 2nd week, we had her sleep in her bed "like a big girl" and she put a doll in the crib "where babies sleep." Then we took out the crib and all was good for a few nights. Then the crying started and we struggled all night. THEN we put her little tent up on top of her twin bed. Suddenly her bed was both fun to play in and still fun and safe to sleep in. It might be a little off beat, but it worked for us. The transition is hard for some kids. I'm sure you want to get this over with before your new baby is born. Talk to him and be patient with him. I'd probably avoid saying that the crib is for the new baby, just so he doesn't get the idea that he's somehow being replaced. Love him up lots since many more changes are in his near future! Good luck!
L.,
We had that problem with our son. We ended putting things of comfort on his bed. There are a couple of toys that he really likes that he sleeps with. He also has a blanket and his teddy bear that he sleeps with. This seems to help. There are sometime where he gets out of bed, but nothing like he used to. Good Luck!
