How to get my two year old to sleep by himself? ?

Question

my two year old will not fall asleep in his own bed, but instead falls asleep in the family room. then in the middle of the night he climbs in my bed. i dont even know that he is there until i wake up in the morning. he refuses to sleep in his bed and i need help getting him to fall asleep in his bed and stay there through out the night. can anyone help? and by the way, i never put him in bed with me when he was younger, he just recently started this habit.

Answer 1

well, i understand this one personally just this morning i woke up and found my son in my bed with us. However it happens very rarely, try a radio and night light. My children happen to love falling asleep to beethoven and other classical/soothing music, in fact they rarely make it ten minutes into the cd. The night light isn't always turned on for them but sometimes they wake me up at 3 am just to turn it back on. It could be that your son just wakes up in the middle of the night and since it's dark gets scared. the music should help him fall asleep and the night light help him stay calm should he wake up. music is an easier thing to wean your child off of that television. We do not often have to turn the music on anymore, only when it's "one of those nights". Best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Try putting a movie on for him in his room when he goes to bed..my daughter was also the same way and when we started to do this she went to sleep in her bed everynight. Now about the coming in your bedroom in the middle of the night ours did the same thing and i would just take her back in her room and lay her back down in her bed 75% of the time she would go back to sleep and the other 25% i just never heard her come in our bed and would wake up and she would be laying there next to me. Good Luck!

Answer 3

You need a strict bedtime routine that involves him being in his own room when he falls asleep so that he can fall asleep unaided when he wakes during the night. It is important for a child to know where they are when the wake up and the only way that can happen is if they are where they were when they fell asleep.

Try The Sleep Easy Solution, it explains all aspects and different methods for sleep learning. I love it. Whenever we have company over they are so surprised how little fuss bed time is and how he is just down for the night and asleep without my help- eight months later. He learned how to fall asleep and stay asleep in three days, though.

Answer 4

omg hun i had that where my son would keep gettin in bed with me all the time you know what i did i went out and bought him a little tikes car bed  BEST MONEY I EVER SPEND HE SLEEPS IN IT ALL THE TIME from nite untill morning i would tell every mum to buy one for there kids good luck hun hope all goes well