Hi,
My 3 1/2 year old son has been getting into our bed in the middle of the night for quite awhile now and I have tried all common methods to stop it. i.e. rewards for staying in his bed, positive reinforcement, punishment, etc. He goes to sleep fine in his own bed, but every night around 3am, he comes in. We try putting him back in his own bed, but 1 minute later, he is back in ours and we are frankly too tired to do this all night long. It is not so much that we mind the co-sleeping, it is just that his behavior is becoming very emotional because he is overtired and obviously not getting quality sleep. Any suggestions would be helpful! Thanks.
Not sure if this will work or not, but sometimes I lie in bed with my son in his bed. THat way he falls asleep pretty fast. You could try that and then slowly limit the amount of time you do it.
We used an alarm clock. We told my daughter she could not get up until the alarm went off and at that time she could come in bed with us or play quietly with the toys in her room. Within a few nights she was sleeping through the night.
Cheryl
well what we did with our son was put a baby gate up eather at his bedroom door or yours then he cant get in to your bed it works better then he cant get in to your bed and has to stay in his room
My daughter went through a stage where she got out of her bed in the middle of the night. I put a sleeping bag next to our bed and told her to hop in if she woke up and wanted to come in our bed. She did it a couple of times and then the phase ended and she stayed in her own bed. Hope this helps!
