Getting out of bed and playing

[littlegrasshopper]

I was scanning old topics but can't find info on this. My toddler 19months.. just moved to a toddler bed since her little brother needed to move from basinett to the crib. It's been a few weeks now and some nights she does really well.. others she gets outta bed almost 10 times before going down. We just keep putting her back into bed. What is the best thing to do for this??? She doesn't always come out so I dont' think it's our attention she wants. I know she's tired. Today she only had one nap of 1 hour and still got outta bed about 5 times.

[jessica and emilys mummy]

I think the only thing to do is what you're doing,putting her back to bed.
Do you have a bed guard up?If not this might make her feel a bit more secure and stop her getting out.Also try to get loads of cuddly toys in there,she may feel a bit lost,Jessica used to sleep with about 7 toys in hers :roll:

[sacmommy]

I agree. 10 times doesn't seem terrible to me, as my 4-yr-old used to get up many many more times when he first transitioned! I read in many places that the best strategy is "silent-return-to-sleep". This didn't work for us, but I think it's the best strategy if it does work for you. If the problem continues too long, put a gate on the door so that your lo can see out but not get out. finally, what eventually worked for us was to establish "sleep rules" (don't get out of bed after being put to bed - either at bedtime or in the middle of the night) and give a treat the following day if sleep rules were followed. Good luck! I know it's hard now, but it will get better. They just need to figure out their boundaries.

[littlegrasshopper]

Ugh... I'm about to lose my mind. I put my lo down at 8pm. We did the normal routine with bath and stories etc... it's now 9:30 and she is still coming out and I put her back. This is the worst night of this ever and of course my hubby is out of town. It would be so easy to put her in the crib but then I'm sure she's know she won and tomrorow would be worse. I'm just really tired at this point. I wonder if she'd still do it if I just went to bed??

[Kaitlynsmum]

Feel for you; dd is learning to climb out of her cot and I will be putting her in a bed within a few weeks. I have no advice yet but will keep watching how you go.

Guinevere

[jessica and emilys mummy]

Have you tried putting her to bed a bit earlier?Sometimes that helps a bit as you can do story and cuddles about 7.15pm and sleeptime about 7.30ish?
Just a thought.It will get better though,unfortunetly just a case of taking her back to bed at the moment.
sorry,will look through the toddler book to see what else I can find.