I've had at least two friends tell me their stories of transitioning their little ones into big boy beds and both of them went something like this; "he slept great, didn't get up and loved it! We just talked it up beforehand and when the time came he was ready." ~ They made it sound so simple, so harmless, so easy. I was ready for a little bit more of a challenge but we talked up the big boy bed, we played on the big boy bed, we tried to get comfortable with the bed but after our first day and night of using the bed... well my story goes something like this; "We talked about the bed, he was excited, loved playing on it but when the time came to sleep in it he cried for an hour and then finally fell asleep. He woke up about 10 times during the night crying for momma and when I went in to get him up this morning he was sleeping in the middle of the floor, curled up in a little ball." Not quite the story I had hoped to share ;0) I was one tired momma today after our rough night so when nap time came I took advantage of it. After putting Linc down on the big boy bed, getting him all settled in and calming him down about 5 times I finally got to rest. I fell asleep to be awakened by my big boy who figured out how to open the door and cheerfully came running out to me after a mere 45 minute nap... NOT good. Any suggestions PLEASE!! Tonight was a little better but he still panicked when I shut the door after doing the good night routine. Hopefully he'll sleep better tonight and wake up at least somewhere ON the bed. My poor little critter :0( Must of been a long night sleeping on that hard floor!
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Oh no!! That is a bummer. Sleep is hard enough to get when you're pregnant without having a toddler waking you! I'm sorry! I was really hoping Linc would love it...I'm terrified of putting Seth in a "big boy bed," so I'm sorry to say I have no advice. :( But know that I'm hoping the best for you!
Patience, grasshopper.
It will be great soon enough. I put blankets on the floor just in case and he sounds like he is doing just fine. I never shut the door completely just so it doesn't click shut and it helped love you mom
I never closed Naomi's door, and I didn't close ours (unless it was needed for sound proofing) but even now we sleep with all the doors open. Probably because I ran into more than one closed door in the middle of the night, and I didn't want her to do the same. If I left the door open then it wasn't such a big deal, but I did have to read to her till she fell asleep each night for quite a while. She didn't fall out but she sleep walks so I found her all over the asleep when I would get up in the mornings. Hope it helps to know your not the only one with a little one that doesn't play by everyone else's rules.
Love ya
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