ah Kellee!!! We had that problem when Matilda first went into the big girl bed, she would jump out of bed & run & open the door. It took us around 2 hours for every night sleep to get her to bed. We finally put a lock on the door, and when she got up & tried it she would go back to bed. If she cried I would go in & put her back into bed. We tried sitting on the end of the bed, facing the other direction, but sometimes that would take up to 45 minutes to get her to sleep too. It lasted around 2 weeks for us before she got the idea of staying in her bed. Then another 2 weeks before she would actually do it... Perservere!! *hugs*