BBB transition - keeping him in it!

[munzle]

Hi all,

DS is 27mo and we have just taken the sides off his cot bed. 1st 2 nights have been fine (he goes to sleep as normal), but this morning he appeared at my bedside at 6.40am with a huge grin on his face. I was so shocked that before I knew it, he had climbed in and was snuggled up. I should have taken him back to his bed, but by then his sister had come in and it was nearly getting up time, so we came downstairs.

Need a plan of action for tomorrow morning! We have a gro-clock, so I think I'll set it a little earlier so he doesn't have to wait too long, but then do return to bed until his sun comes up? Getting him to sleep until later is a whole other post. As is naps, as he hasn't had one since we took the sides off his cot 

Any tips with hindsight from those who have btdt?

This was such a doddle with DD. She never got out of her bed, and now, at 4, only really gets out to go to the bathroom!

[*Becky*]

Hi there,
I have asked for some more eyes to take a look as this was one transition that did not cause us any issues!

I think setting the Gro-Clock for an earlier time is a good idea and also taking him back to bed with little interaction. Hopefully someone else will chip in. xx

[*Ali*]

We are going through the same thing right now so no BTDT but I would be interested to follow along.

We have put a gate across the door to stop our ds1 coming out the room. I was worried about him getting hurt in the motn if he had access to the whole house.

[*jazzberry*]

We have put a gate across the door to stop our ds1 coming out the room. I was worried about him getting hurt in the motn if he had access to the whole house.

Yep we had a gate across the door too for the same reason with ds1. DS2 has a little hook that holds his door slightly ajar so he is nicely safe too (although I think that will be coming off soon...)

[munzle]

The gate went up today! We had no nap today after lots of running out of his room and laughing at Mummy, followed my crying when I put him in bed. His grandparents had arrived late morning though, so he was probably excited to see them. I persevered for an hour, then let him get up. This morning he actually stayed in bed until I went to get him. I think it might have lots to do with what mood he's in when he wakes up. I think nap times are going to be interesting for a while.

[*Ali*]

Oh, I also set an alarm on my phone for when naptime was over so that he heard it go off. Then I said "oh that means naptime is over, let's get up. You didn't sleep so you will be very tired. We will just have time for dinner and then you will need to go to bed early." I don't know if he understands "early" or not (he is quite advanced vocab-wise) but at least hopefully he didn't just think it was him "winning" and that it was up to me to give in and get him up after the failed nap.
Cadan doesn't get out in the morning or for NWs (not yet anyway) just when he first goes down. He hasn't had any NWs apart from when he fell out of bed and even then he only woke when I got him up to put him back in.