What would you think if this happened at night?

Question

You woke up in the middle of the night , around 2 am and you see your daughter playing by herself in her room ?

3 days ago my daughter (almost 15 months) has started not wanting to sleep in her room . she will start crying before bedtime and anytime she wakes up during the night . but before you only need to kiss her goodbye and she will fall asleep on her own and wake up the next morning . but now she will cry until you either go and get her and bring her in our bed or go sleep in hers . and when last night i saw her playing quietly in her room i was so scared i thought i was seeing things . i called her dad to come and take a look . she only smiled and no we didnt hear her cry beforehand .

how could she have gotten down? the bed heights is like the normal ones we have . how come we didnt hear her? . the monitor was working fine when i checked it . what could be the reason of her not sleeping? should i worry ? what should i do ? do they have higher rails than these?http://www.toysrus.com/product/prodpop.j...

she sleep in a big bed with 4 rail guard on all sides cause she likes to turn and turn in her sleep .

Answer 1

my cousin had a similar problem, her daughter would get out of bed at 2am, and start playing in her ball pool!

so she got one of these:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/pa...

and put it on the floor beside her own bed so when she got up she knew and could say no, time for bed etc, she is 17mos.

Answer 2

Kids go through all kinds of phases when they are trying to set sleep patterns.  First and foremost do not bring her into your bed, she will cry and want it even more if you make a habit of it.  Next I would suggest that you are certain her room is baby proofed and let her just get down and play....she will soon grow out of it.  Although I would think about putting a baby gate up at her door to her room.  This will keep her from leaving the safety of her room at 2am.  Don't worry she will grow out of this.....good luck!

Answer 3

That is very normal. Children go through phases of sleeping and she's probably figured out that if she can get down and play she may as well! You have a couple of options. You can either leave her to play and hope that in a few days she outgrows the phase, or you can gently place her back in her bed and explain to her that she needs to go back to sleep or she'll be very tired in the morning. I wouldn't recommend getting higher rails because she's now figured out that she can climb out and play and she'd probably try it again, regardless of the size of the rails. If you're really worried, I'd recommend lowering the bed as opposed to getting the higher rails. That way if she does decide to get up she won't fall and get hurt. Good luck!

Answer 4

Just baby proof her room.  If she needs you, she'll let you know :)