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It is time to take down the crib and put my son in a toddler bed. My question is how in the world am I going to get him to stay in bed and not run around the house all night? And once I'm asleep what if he wakes up and gets out of bed and gets hurt? How did you all deal with this?
Why, then, do you think it's time to take down the crib?
baby was climbing out of the crib i believe, and that can pose a danger.
my son will come out and come to our room. he has guard rails, but there are of course openings on each side for him to be able to get out.
most kids i think dont wander around. my son doesnt. just make sure bathrooms are locked and gates at the stairs and everything is child proof.
Just keep putting him back to bed over and over until he goes to sleep. In my experience, when they get up in the morning or occasionally in the middle of the night, they will come to you in your bed, not wander around the house.
my 2 year old doesn't ever get out of bed...except maybe at bedtime before we have all gone to bed...if he gets out, we just put him back and say "night night time". one time, when we first started with it, he got up about 8 times and each time we put him back...finally he got the message and stayed put. he is generally very obedient, so this may be harder with some kids. I would babyproof and gate, as findinghope said above, and also have a baby monitor in his room and maybe a bell or something jingly on his door so you can hear him if he tries to get up and out of his room.
Usually my son is pretty easy getting to go to sleep I just don't see him staying in bed with all his toys around his room. Never thought about something jingly on the door guess I can put up that doorknob bell we have for Christmas decorations!
I started by gating my daughter in her room. She hated it. So after a few days I made her a deal. I told her, "I'll take the gate down, but you have to stay in your room after bed time unless you need to go potty."
I also told he, "You don't have to sleep. If you are not tired, you can play quietly in your room until you are tired, and then go to bed."
It gave her the power to choose and not feel confined. And it let us build up an important area of trust and compromise. It's worked out well for her, and it works for our youngest child as well.
We would 'gate off' places they were not to go...Like we gated off the steps. So if one would wake up,,,they would only be upstairs. The only rooms upstairs were bedrooms and a bathroom. Could you put a gate up by his/her door. So he could open the door and yell for you if need be?
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