Ideas for keeping toddler in her new bed??

Question

My daughter is 22 Months old and we just set up her new "big girl" bed today. does anyone have any ideas (or experiences that were successful) of ways we can get her to WANT to sleep in her bed?? Thanks

Answer 1

Not sure if this will work for a girl. My son has cool night lights. Batman or lava lamp, or glitter swirl lamp. He gets to pick which one he wants to use each night. My son really like star wars...so we put those glow sticker stars on the ceiling and glow planets that hang down. He also has a small radio for background noise.

Sometimes he will lay down with us for 20 minutes then he gets in his bed or one of us will lay down in his bed for 20 minutes.  (I don't mind this because I get snuggles)

Answer 2

The same thing happend to me i just gave her alot of stuffed animals and put guard rails on it.

She really likes it.

Answer 3

My suggestion is to not push the issue. Establish the bedtime routine. Put her to bed, maybe with some music or something. If she wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to sleep with you then let her. The next night just do the same routine again. This is what we've done and it worked wonders. It took time. There were nights where there was a child in the bed most of the night and eventually not until 5am and then not at all.

People kept telling us that if we didn't force them to stay in their beds they'd be sleeping with us until they were 10. Well, we never made it an issue because we didn't want the hassle and we honestly didn't mind them sleeping in our bed.

My oldes is 8 and has slept in his own bed since he was 3. My next one is 5 and has slept in his own bed since he was 2. We never forced it they just did it on their own. My youngest is 1 and still sleeps with us.

Answer 4

Buy her cute bed sheets and blanket -- any characters she likes, like the Princesses (Cinderella, Snow White, etc.) and you can also make her comfortable when tucking her in her bed to read her a bedtime story so she'll be relaxed.

Answer 5

Cute bedding and a familiar cuddlie in bed with her. Explain to her that if she wants to be a big girl she has to stay in bed. The only thing that ended up keeping my son in his bed was to  put a baby gate across the doorway and when he tried to climb it(of course he would) I scared the c**p out of him and sent him back to bed. Took about a week with the gate up and no problems since not even through the potty training times. He'd just get up and go potty and right back to bed.

Answer 6

If I were 22 months old, I wouldn't want a big girl bed.  Beds are for sleeping, and as such, sort of carry a negative image.  I've seen the cute little tents that can be attached to single beds, to make them look like playhouses.  I suppose that if I were 22 months old, I might want to play in a playhouse with my Teddy Bear, and my other toys.  They sell many tent bed toppers and canopies for less than $50.  They make beds look like " Fun places to play ".  When one is done playing with their Teddy Bear, they're comfortable to sleep in.  If she invites a friend over for play time, and they share the tent together, she may grow to think of the bed as her special place to carry her favorite picture books off to when she wants to read, or a place she can call her own.