Fears of My (Almost) 3 Year Old

Around that age is when my daughter discovered automatic toilets. She was sitting on one when it flushed and sprayed her with water, plus it was SUPER loud. It's over a year later and she still asks if the toilet flushes automatically.

If you can determine if that's the fear, you can hold your hand in front of the sensor or you can put a post-it note on it. I know of a mom who carries them around anyway.

As for the sleeping thing, my experience is it's better to be firm and consistent, as hard as it may be. The phase will pass.

Good luck!
J.

I agree with Jennifer. My dgt turned 3 in October. She recently discovered the automatic toilet and it scared her too. For a while, she asked every time she went potty if it would flush by itself (even at home).

He has got to learn to fall asleep on his own. If he falls asleep with you there and you are gone when he wakes up, he will come looking for you. Leave a night light on in his room if you need to. My kids have dimmers on their ceiling fans. We let them dim their own light to an acceptable level at bedtime. We also leave their doors open and the hall light on dim. Hope this helps.

My son's psychologist gave me the best advice on the bed thing....

first...make him a pallet in the floor beside your bed. Let him sleep there for 1 week, then move the pallet to the door to your bedroom,let him sleep there for 1 week and then move it into the hallway for 1 week (with your door open of course) at the same time put a nightlight in his room and play a cd of soothing sounds. Eventually he will be in his bed.

please let me know if this helped.
B.
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maybe he's just going thru a stage... i can't remember if my oldest did that or not. he's 18 now!!! i have a one year old also plus a 15 year old. i know my one year old is very clingy to me right now. but i know it's just a phase with him. i'm a stay at home mom after working for 9 years for the same company. i had to work after my divorce from my daughter's dad. i've been married now for 4 years. where are you in TN?

Ok. My almost 3 year old tried the same thing. He sits on the potty now because he had no choice. He stopped sitting on the potty because he was constipated so we let him go outside sometimes. Now we just make him go on the potty.

As far as sleeping in his own bed, do you really WANT him sleeping in your bed?, that is just a bad habit that will be very difficult to break. Ask my sister. She has 3 boys and the 2 older boys sleep with her. Not good. You need to find something of comfort for him. WE read stories to my 3 year old every night for about 30 minutes and then he lays down to sleep. He has what he calls 'his kids' which are stuffed animals like POOH and PIGLET that sit beside the bed while he sleeps. It works for him. We started out by just letting him know that we were just across the hall. When he gets up, we immediately take him back to his room. This has worked for a few weeks now. I hope you find something that works for you.
K. S
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