My daughter is a year old and has been sleeping in a big bed since she was 11 months old and here recently when I lay her down at night she gets up and wants to play and when I lay her back down and close the door she crys until somebody gets her. So I need help on how to keep it together.
Have you tried the Super nanny method?
It works good.
Here is the link.
http://www.supernanny.com/Advice/-/Your-toddler/-/Toddler...
Good luck
Both of my sons were in big beds at the age of one. We never forced our kids to go to sleep. Adults can't always go to sleep at the same time every night, why should children be expected to. The rule was they had a bedtime and they had to be in their room at bedtime. My oldest has bouts of insomnia - I obviously can't make him go to sleep. As long as he is in his room, I'm fine with that (even if he is playing). They will fall asleep on their own. There were times I would find him asleep on the floor but that didn't last for long. Eventually he got in the habit of going to sleep at bedtime. Fortunately, my youngest has always put himself to sleep :)
My daughter is almost 3 and HATED her crib. She's been in a toddler bed since she could crawl at 6 months and in a twin size since she was 18 months. There have been times where she would get out of bed and go plaw/wake up he brothers across the hall (7 & 10) or come downstairs. What we did is set up a bedtime routine. First we'd exercise before dinner (walk the dogs - she'd ride her bike while I walked). After dinner is play time (tea party, board game, etc). After about 30-60 minutes it is time to clean up (put ALL toys away). Then comes bath, brush hair & teeth (this is also another play/song time). Potty, jammies, pick out clothes for the next day. Put dollys to bed, kisses and hugs, cup of milk or water and in to bed. Either my husband, my teenager or I would then read a story. After the story it is lights out. It took a while (for about a week I'd sit at the top of the stairs or in front of her door because she'd still try to 'escape'). If she came out, I'd simply tell her it's bedtime and put her back in bed. (No snuggles, nothing else). If she came out again, I would just take her by the hand and put her back in bed (no talking). Eventually she got it. We have had a slip up every now and then abut for the most part when she goes to bed, she stays there (at least until 4-5 in the morning - but that is a different story)
Good luck!
As long as your daughter is safe/clean, let her cry. No harm. Might try playing orchestra music at a very low volume.
Our daughter loved her crib and stayed in it until well after she was capable of climbing out. (The deal was once she climbed out, she WOULD move to a bed and she knew that.) Once she moved to a big girl bed, she was told she could leave the room to go potty and could call out to us if she needed us, but otherwise, any departure from the room would result in losing a "friend" (plush toy or babydoll). She HATED losing friends, so this worked pretty well.
Has something upset her recently? See a scary t.v. show, etc... I'm guessing something either frightened her or she is napping too long during the day and just isn't tired. I can't remember, but she may be at the "separation anxiety" stage of development. Do you read to her and make her feel safe and comfy? Perhaps leaving the bedroom door open so that she can hear the commotion of the house will help. Good Luck!
sometimes they get scared when you close the door. Leave it open and turn on a night light, read a bed time story if she is old enough to enjoy it, or sing a lullaby, pat her and say night , night. And repeat if she gets up. And it could be her bed time needs 30 min. later, as they get older sometimes aren't sleepy at the regular time. Sometimes I used to rock my children to sleep at night, but you may not want to start that.
