How can I get a 2 year old to sleep in her bed all night??

Question

My g/f and I reacently moved in together and she has a 2 year old, whose father has never been in the picture. For her first 23 months, she slept with her mother in bed everynight. Now that she is living with me, she has her own room and I bought her a bed. Everynight, she will get out of bed, sometimes crying, sometimes not, and she will walk into our room and wake up her mom. Her mom has to go to her room and lay with her to go back to bed, otherwise she won't fall back asleep and will walk back in screaming. Simple question, how do we get her to sleep in her bed all night?? Any ideas?? I think we have tried everything......

Answer 1

The mom should hug the child and put her back in her own bed.  Mom should leave the room.  It will go on all night for a while but the child will learn mom means business and she must sleep in her own bed alone..  A big teddy bear will help

Answer 2

It's going to be a hard adjustment for her, already it's a new thing for you to be living with them. What you could do is make a little bed for her on the floor, and gradually move it away from you guys. It'll be a process, but if it's done gently and at her pace it will go well.

We had our son in with us for awhile and I felt the book "no cry sleep solution for toddlers" by Elizabeth Pantley was very helpful at getting him to be OK with sleeping alone. Some people haven't felt it worked, but for me, who was at my last resort, it was a blessing.

Answer 3

Her mother created the problem, her mother is going to have to get rid of the problem.  She has to get out of bed, walk the child to her room put her into bed and LEAVE.  By her lying there until the child falls asleep she is enabling the child's behavior.  Yes the child is going to scream and cry and follow mom back to your bedroom, mom will have to turn around and return the child back to HER bedroom and then mom needs to LEAVE.  This hs to be done CONSITENTLY, over and over and over and over and over and over.  It may take a few nights it may take a few weeks it could take months.

Answer 4

same problem i locked my door and told her to be a big girl otherwises shes a big baby and no one will like her