Any tips from parents who have done it? I've heard of baby gates working, and also a sticker reward system but I'm not sure he'd understand that yet?
Monday, October 19, 2009
Bedtime update
The first and second night Bryce did great in his bed. The third night, however, he discovered the ability to come in our room over and over throughout the night. The reality is he is ready for the bed, but we're not prepared with enforcement tactics. I found myself so exhausted yesterday (between Bryce getting up and Kinsey's feedings) last night he went back in the crib.
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We child proof the door knobs on the doors both inside the kids doors and outside of our door. You can get the door knob child proof covers at Walmart, Target etc. any place that sells baby stuff. Hope that helps!
i hate to say it, but the hard way is the best way. It's standing in the doorway at 3 am when you're about to fall over to help your child put his obedience into practice. It sucks. But I keep realizing that the more I try to cut corners in parenting the less I model my heavenly Father. Longsuffering, girl- for that boy's soul. It may sound drastic, but this is something I've been really learning about the past couple of months.
We haven't gotten to this point yet, but I have heard that if you childproof the doorknobs so that they can't get out of their room, they eventually learn to stay in their bed. A friend of mine has a little boy who kept falling asleep at the door, but after 3 nights, he stayed in his bed... good luck! Keep me posted :)
Ok, from Day 1 we made a rule that in the morning David had to wait for us to get him out of bed even if he were awake. It took a couple of mornings or naps or so to learn. I think this somehow stopped him from getting out of the bed in the middle of the night because we never had a problem with it. I highly recommend it.
thanks guys! we're going to try again this weekend when Lee will be more available to help reinforce... : )
Yes, what Grace said. We had to do the camping out at the door for a couple of nap times - I just took a book with me - with training tools in hand and then we had no problems with them staying in bed. We made the rules - no talking, laughing, playing or getting out of bed - and it became a mantra. (Josh and Sophia shared a room and, just this week we moved Sophia and Em in together so laughing and playing were initially issues). It sounds drastic but it made the rules really clear so when they broke the rules it was really clear. Bon courage! :)
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