Bedtime issues with a 3 year old

287 Posts
I wonder if anyone here has any ideas for a constant problem we are having during the night with our 3 year old. Basically she keeps coming into our bed during the night which we are trying to put a stop to but it doesn't seem to be working. When I put her to bed at her bedtime I explain that this is her bed and she needs to stay in it. She is perfectly happy and goes to sleep (indeed, if I ask her where she sleeps, she says "my bed" and where does she not sleep she says "Mummy and Daddy's bed"). But every single night after we have gone to sleep she comes in our room. Sometimes I hear her and pop her back to bed, where she goes straight back to sleep and will sleep through till the morning but frequently I wake up to find her in the bed.
I did put the baby gate back up for a while which did work because she would walk up to it and her could hear her have a little whine and then turn straight back around and get back into bed but as soon as it was removed we were back to square one again. Any ideas of how to deal with this?
I did put the baby gate back up for a while which did work because she would walk up to it and her could hear her have a little whine and then turn straight back around and get back into bed but as soon as it was removed we were back to square one again. Any ideas of how to deal with this?
0
This discussion has been closed.
Latest MSE News and Guides
Replies
It is a right pain in the rear I know but we just kept putting him back in bed and after a while he just "grew out of it".......
Have you tried a reward chart. we use them for our 2 eldest and they work well. Something basic just around bedtime etc. Not a miracle cure for everything but makes them think about what they do... (and gets them to help around the house)
We gave up, she goes to bed in her own bed, but once we are in bed and she wakes up she is in with us for the rest of the night - we need our sleep too.
Figure she will grow out of it one day!
This.
We have a 3 year old who is welcome in our bed whenever she likes.
MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote