17 Month Old Big Girl Bed Transition - Mommy Held Hostage AGAIN! Square 1 AGAIN

[littlewolf]

Bad Mommy?

So, I'm *still* GW from the room. I moved myself outside the door tonight.

This is taking FOREVER. My next child is in for a rude awakening (pun?) when it comes to sleep issues.

So, am I a totally bad mom? I've gotten to where if she leaves her bed I leave the room and close the door. It's the only thing that gets her attention enough to motivate her to stay in bed. She HATES the door closed...I'm guessing it's scary in there all by herself.

I only keep it closed for 15-20 seconds. When I reopen the door I make her take herself to bed, and reiterate that it's "sleepy time" and not to leave the bed or else mommy's going to leave and close the door again.

It seems less time consuming than the continuous replacement in the bed technique, but I don't want to scar her.

Any input?

[monsi]

Not a bad mum at all! Sounds like a good plan to me. She will soon learn that she might as well stay in bed. We used to take away dd's teddies after one warning when she got out of bed - would let her have hysterics for a minute before giving them back and telling her it was the last warning!! and she rarely gets out of bed anymore.