Toddler Transition to Toddler Bed - Redford, MI

I went through the same thing with my kids. I have three and they are all in the same room. We have two boys and a girl. I trained the boys to not come out of their room until their clock says 7. It works most of the time. It's worth the effort. Our little one is only going to be two, she doesn't get it yet. Your 3 year old should get it. I put mine together when Luke was 3, almost 4 and Isaac was 2. They are 16 months apart. We do the music too. I also have a fan going for white noise. It is aimed at the ceiling, not blowing on them. It works really well. When she was smaller and waking up at night, I would turn on the lullaby music and no one else would wake up. I really like having them all in one room. I have no toys in there, just beds and stuffed animals. They only sleep in there. I never did a baby gate, but the lock on the door too. Good luck! If I can help out anyway, let me know.

before you started using the toddler bed was he in a room alone? If not that could be part of the problem. Waking up and not seeing anyone. It might help if you did put your other child in the room with him. If he wakes up and sees him sleeping maybe it will encourage him to lay back down. If he has been in his room alone, maybe keep some quit toys in his room to play with to occupy him until his normal wake up time so he's not waking everyone else up(if that is the case) and put him down for a nap earlier.

We transitioned our two little ones at 3 1/2 and 20 months because number 3 was on the way. The 20 month old did much better when we moved her in with big sis. She was also waking at odd patterns and her behavior was a bit crazy by midday when she was in her toddler bed in her room. For some reason the comfort of having someone else in the room helped her. She would still wake up early, but would go right back to sleep. I would suggest going ahead and moving them to the same room. If you continue the white noise (we use ocean sounds), then they typically sleep through each others wakings. Plus, they are so cute together when they lie in bed at night and have little kid conversations:)

It make just take some time getting used to the new bed. In the meantime, I would keep books and other "quiet time" activities in his room. Maybe even make a big deal and buy a special sticker book or something. Then encourage him to play quietly until the family wakes up. Put a potty in his room if that is an issue. Keep a cup of water in there for him.

My two year old has started to do this, and if you knew this child you would have never thought it possible. My 1 yo still gets up at the crack of dawn, but it was worth a try, heh.

We used a light with a timer. It goes on at bedtime and off when he is allowed to get up. He knows he is not allowed up before the light is off. Good luck and God Bless!

When my son gets up from bed too early (before 7am), I walk him back to bed and turn on his music back on. I tell him he needs to stay in bed until his music turns off. Sometimes he falls back asleep and sometimes he doesn't, but at least his body is resting.
When my older son was about 5 or 6, we put arrows on the analog clock in his room to show him when he could get out of bed. That worked well, but I don't think your son will be ready for it now.
It may be just the transition or the fact that he can get out of bed now and it will pass. Good luck!