Transition from Crib to Toddler Bed - Casselberry,FL

She will get bored with the game soon, but that is only if you stop playing it. She needs to lay in her bed, lights out, door shut. If she gets out of her bed, do not go in there. She is probably waiting for you to come in, as long as you keep coming in, she will keep getting out of bed. Once she learns there is no point to getting out of bed (may take a few days) she'll stay.

You may try to read a bedtime story to your daughter, put her in bed around 8:30 pm that way she will get use to sleep early and will help you too. Playing before bed she will associate that this is playing time not sleeping time.
But overall,that is very normal and if she only takes 45 min to fall asleep, she is doing great, trust me on that.
God Bless your family

My friend just transitioned her son last week & it took 5 days of consistency. Here is what she did...
Toddler bed in same location as crib, crib removed out of too
, gate in doorway(she borrowed my tall gate that cannot be climbed) & started at bedtime when he was most tired.
Did going to bed rituals(bath, story, kisses) & closed door & gate behind. First night she said it was horrible-over an hour of screaming at the gate(since he opened the door). After he fell asleep on the floor at gate. When he was asleep for at least an hour she went in room & put him in bed.
Day two, same thing & same at nap time. Eventually his cries were less & less and by the end of the week he was sleeping in the bed. She still closes the gate & door at bedtime or naptime. She never added anything new to the room to play with. It worked very well for her.
Good Luck!

I agree with putting a gate on the door. Locking it would scare me. We did 2 nights without a gate and our 2 1/2 yr old son took 2 hours or so to go to sleep. He does worse with me than his father but I continue to be firm with routines. He has only fallen asleep once during nap time instead he plays after putting up a fight.....He has to clean his room up afterwards since he gets everything out:) I was so excited to get to this stage...not as cute or fun as it seemed it would be. Tonight I agreed to lay with him for a few nimutes then he fell asleep before 10 minutes. I may try that for his naps....even though it may not be so wise. He needs a nap & I need the break! I will justify it by being able to lay next to my son....time goes by too fast I want to savior this kind of stuff. I hope things are better for you. Remember patience:)

Kim B.

I had the same problem with my daughter. I think it is just the novelty of the bed, that they learn that they can get out whenever they want so of course they have to try it out! It took us about a month before she would stay in her bed and go to sleep pretty quickly. At first we were sitting in there with her but I didn't want to create a new habit that I'd have to break in the future so after a couple weeks we tried something else. What we did was the first time she came out, we'd carry her back to bed, tuck her in, and say good night. Then for each time after that we'd just carry her back in and lay her down but we wouldn't look at her or talk to her. The first night we did that she was probably up 20 times but it got a lot better the next night and the next until she wasn't coming out at all.

I have also heard of giving kids "tokens" that they can use to get out of bed for a kiss or glass of water or whatever but I don't think a 2 year old would really understand the concept that once the tokens are gone, they can't get up anymore. I have several friends who close and lock their child's door if s/he gets up but personally I am uncomfortable with that because I worry that there might be some kind of emergency and my child might NEED to get out of her room, but it does work for the people who do that.

Good luck!

Hi J.!

I don't speak from experience, however, I saw this on the Super Nanny. The Super Nanny (SN) had the parents put the toddler to bed using their usual routine, bath, brush teeth, book, kiss good night, etc. Once the toddler got out of bed, the mom or dad took the child back in, gave the child another kiss and told the child it was bedtime and walked out. The next time, the parents were not allowed to say a word to the child, just lead the child to the bed and had the child lay down... without a WORD and walked out. The child came out AGAIN and the parent took the child in without a word said to them and placed the child in bed, etc. I think they did this like 3 or 4 times until the child realized that he/she wasn't getting out of it. :) It may take as much time as it would to wait for her to fall asleep while you're on the rocker, BUT it may only last a couple of days. :)

Hope this helps! Good luck!
C.

I just moved my little one into a toddler bed. The first night was perfect. The second night we spent hours putting her back in. Fast forward three weeks, and now most nights it isn't a problem- BUT I rock her almost every night before laying her down. If I don't rock her, she keeps getting up. I don't have to rock her until she is completely asleep, although some nights that happens because she is out in a couple of minutes!!

Also, if she is in her room making noise, we don't mess with her. We only interfere if she comes OUT of the room. If she is in her room though we let her be and she usually goes to sleep within 45 minutes.

We generally put her to bed around 8 pm and she is almost always asleep by 9. I can live with that.

I think the key is to be consistent with your response/routine. Do the same routine every night, and if she gets up, have the same response every time. Eventually she will realize you're doing the same thing every time and it won't be appealing anymore. I found that with her daddy, sometimes he gets mad and sometimes he laughs and kisses her, so she always tries him first... me, I always just put her straight back to bed with no talking no fuss, and I guess that isn't so interesting!

We got my son this cute little Turtle. You press a button to turn it on and it shines stars on the ceilling. You can change the colors from green, blue and red. We made a game out of it by telling him to lie in bed and try to look for pictures in the stars. It worked like a charm. And he is 5yrs old and still sleeps with it every night. The light stays on for 30 minutes and then automatically turns off. You can get it in a turtle, a sea turtle or a lady bug. It's called a Cloud B Twilight turtle, sea turtle or lady bug. You can get it on Amazon. It's about 30 dollars and SO worth it. I have a 8mth old and we are going to get her one as well. Hope this helps, good luck.

I went through a similiar situation with my son's transition. He is almost 3 now and has been sleepin gin his own bed for about a year. My son does not take a nap so I make sure to get him tired during they day . What I do for him is put on the tv with a tv show he is not into. I guess he gets bored and knocks out pretty quick. My daughter on the other hand is 15 months old and I lay her down in her bed and put on Dora which she loves. That puts her right to sleep.

sure....try the toy....also you can try putting a baby gate across the doorway to her room, so she can't get out. Just be sure her room is very childproof. This is a good idea for her safety as well....you don't want her wandering around the house in the middle of the night unsupervised.

You are doing the right thing. Put her to bed and maybe read some story (To make sure she's mellowing) kiss her goodnight and leave quietly. It doesn't happen overnight. Just be consistent. Good luck

When my 4 year old was transitioned we left the crib in her room. She was about 15 months old and we were going to have another baby in a couple months so we just left there. She absolutely loved her bed. She was very excited about it but did not want to stay in it at bedtime. If she got out more than once we put her back in the crib. It only took a few days and she stayed in her bed with no problem.