YUP!!! and it did'nt take long for him to start giving excuses either (was'nt tired, needed a drink, heard a noise, wondered why we were't in bed, needed the toilet, even though he was still in a nappy???)safety gate helped..until he realised he could push it down..so then it got screwed in!!! which resulted in him yelling and screaming at it for hours very distressing,in the end we bought a torch, gave him some special toys and books that were only for his room at bedtime and he just seemed to grow out of it..
Oldest DD no problems, next DD no prob, but I reckon with little DD 18 months old we may have a similar issue, she currenlty is in a cot/co sleeps and wakes up a lot during the night, so i can see when she gets into a bed she will just hop up when ever, not bad if you are in bed but a real hassle, if it still early!!!!
Goodluck they do grow out of it eventually...??????????????????????
Tonight DH said to DS "When it's time for bed I don't want you to get up, ask for the toilet or ask to brush your teeth" to which DS replies "But it's funny"....SERIOUSLY!
The time here is now 9:50 and I've put him back to bed about 6 times. We've had...toilet, teeth, got a pimple, a scratch, need a drink, a cuddle excuses. I usually just lead him back to bed saying the same thing every time...."back to bed, it's time for sleep" I can see this is clearly a phase and I know he'll get over it soon I HOPE!
I agree with some others with the bed too....just make one bed her bed....to me, it doesn't really matter if they get out, come out of their room....they will get it eventually. It is frustrating, but I think there are worse things they could be doing.
Hope your DD gets over it sooner rather than later
My DS will be 2 in just under two weeks and we're having this happen periodically too. Was really bad when we first took the side of the cot, but after some good advice, we have stuck with just telling him to get back into bed and leading him there.
We also have a flip-out lounge and pillow on the floor next to the bed as we found he kept falling asleep on the floor We think it was the novelty!
Tonight he got out a few times, but I think he's overtired. Tonight's the worst it's been for weeks!
Good luck and keep persisting. It DOES work (but you have to always do it - they'll know if you're going to give in!!).
We have had a gate on the door since the second night (the first night, she would not stay in her room) DD1 went into her toddler bed (she was 14 months old so there wasn't any real reasoning with her at that age, but we had to do it, DD2 was due a couple of months later). Anyway, she was fine after we put the gate up until DD2 was born. Then she would cry at the gate for hours after putting her to bed and wake up at all hours crying at the gate. We would try to put her back I lost count how many times. Then we realised that she wanted to sleep on the floor at her gate. So we set up her big blanket and pillow on the floor, put her in a sleep suit and she was perfectly happy to go to bed there and would fall asleep with no hassle! This went on for four months! I kept trying to put her into her bed every now and then but she'd just get back out again. One night it just clicked and she went back into her bed and has been there ever since! Anyway, sorry for the long winded reply but a gate really worked for us. Plus if DD1 doesn't want to sleep when we put her to bed, the light stays off but she is allowed to play. She eventually falls asleep.
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We think it was the novelty!
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