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Just venting
Bedtime tonight was such a nightmare. I've been standing in the bathroom (crying) for over an hour because DD will not stay in her crib. I am constantly putting her in bed, walking out, then she climbs back out. She's 2 1/2 and has been doing this for a while now, but tonight it has been exhausting. She's exhausted, but won't just go to sleep. It's making me crazy!
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Posted 4/18/16 8:12 PM  |
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bunnyluck
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Sorry. This was me last night. DS refused to sleep in his crib. Insisted on sleeping on me in my bed. It was that our screaming all night. Needless to say I'm exhausted. Many mommy meltdowns around here lately.
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| Posted 4/18/16 8:17 PM |
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Bebelove
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Re: Just venting
When DS was 2.5 I ended up doing the super nanny bed time routine. It was awful for a couple nights but it worked.
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| Posted 4/18/16 8:37 PM |
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Re: Just venting
Posted by Bebelove
When DS was 2.5 I ended up doing the super nanny bed time routine. It was awful for a couple nights but it worked.
Please share!! It's just about 9:00 and she's still awake. She also doesn't nap anymore, so she's beyond exhausted.
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| Posted 4/18/16 8:59 PM |
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MichLiz213
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DS was like that around the same age and it was a nightmare for about a month. We would put him to bed and he'd get up and run into the living room, he'd be up until 11, etc. Finally one night we closed the door and he FREAKED. We told him, "You want the door open? Stay in your bed." It worked. We were kicking ourselves that we didn't think of it a month earlier.
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| Posted 4/18/16 9:11 PM |
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FirstMate
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Re: Just venting
Posted by Mamallamadrama
Posted by Bebelove
When DS was 2.5 I ended up doing the super nanny bed time routine. It was awful for a couple nights but it worked.
Please share!! It's just about 9:00 and she's still awake. She also doesn't nap anymore, so she's beyond exhausted.
Yes, please share. I was trying to remember what super nanny did because we need help too
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| Posted 4/18/16 10:24 PM |
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If my son gets out of his bed he gets his toys taken away. He loves to sleep with about 8 different toys and if he gets up I threaten to take one, if he gets up again I take one. He stays in bed because he doesn't want to lose them.
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| Posted 4/18/16 10:28 PM |
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blu6385
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sorry to hear this if she is climbing out of the crib you should move her into a toddler bed because she can hurt herself climbing out.
Do you believe in CIO? if so I would just close the door and let her cry herself to sleep.
with DD I had this issue I read some where (cant remember but I am sure you can google it) you go up after say I think it was 15 minutes of crying put them back in bed tell them you love them mommy and daddy are right down stairs and leave and then you wait another say 20 minutes and repeat. the time keeps going up by day 3 DD was staying in bed. I just kept the door closed so she couldn't come down stairs
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| Posted 4/18/16 11:41 PM |
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Posted by blu6385
sorry to hear this if she is climbing out of the crib you should move her into a toddler bed because she can hurt herself climbing out.
Do you believe in CIO? if so I would just close the door and let her cry herself to sleep.
with DD I had this issue I read some where (cant remember but I am sure you can google it) you go up after say I think it was 15 minutes of crying put them back in bed tell them you love them mommy and daddy are right down stairs and leave and then you wait another say 20 minutes and repeat. the time keeps going up by day 3 DD was staying in bed. I just kept the door closed so she couldn't come down stairs
I would let her cry, but it's not really an option. It's like a game to her. She's climbing out as soon as I close her door. If she was just sitting in her bed, I would have no problem letting her cry. The issue is that she isn't staying in her bed. She'll say she has to go to the bathroom, she needs a drink, she wants to give me a hug...it's endless. Whatever she can think of to avoid sleep. It was getting better, but last night was tough.
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alli3131
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Re: Just venting
Posted by Mamallamadrama
Posted by blu6385
sorry to hear this if she is climbing out of the crib you should move her into a toddler bed because she can hurt herself climbing out.
Do you believe in CIO? if so I would just close the door and let her cry herself to sleep.
with DD I had this issue I read some where (cant remember but I am sure you can google it) you go up after say I think it was 15 minutes of crying put them back in bed tell them you love them mommy and daddy are right down stairs and leave and then you wait another say 20 minutes and repeat. the time keeps going up by day 3 DD was staying in bed. I just kept the door closed so she couldn't come down stairs
I would let her cry, but it's not really an option. It's like a game to her. She's climbing out as soon as I close her door. If she was just sitting in her bed, I would have no problem letting her cry. The issue is that she isn't staying in her bed. She'll say she has to go to the bathroom, she needs a drink, she wants to give me a hug...it's endless. Whatever she can think of to avoid sleep. It was getting better, but last night was tough.
When my DS gets like that and keeps asking for things I just say no. The only thing I try not to say no is the bathroom. But if he has gone 2x then I say no.
I have drilled it into DS that once in bed he can;t get up unless we say so.
She is old enough to understand rules and consequences.
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| Posted 4/19/16 1:21 PM |
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