Oooohhhh the joys of trying to get him to stay in his big boy bed. It's been a tiring and frustrating time for us lately as we have tried everything we can think of and used advice of family, friends, and even SuperNanny.com! LOL Everything from being sweet, to being angry, to creating a sticker chart (which ended up thrown out of the room after then 11th time up the first night we made it), to putting a picture of Chad and I up in his room, to baby gating him into his room (he somehow mustered up enough strength to knock it down), to closing his door and holding the door knob (I didn't like that one, I don't want him to think his room is a bad place), to locking our door and telling him he could sleep anywhere in the house, just not our room (didn't like that one either as things were slamming around not knowing what he was getting into), to baby einstein lullaby music, to taking things away (all of his movies are still in the closet until he earns them back), oooohhh what else? How much longer is this gonna last? It usually takes an hour or so to get him to stay down, then he's up at some point in the night for an unknown period of time ranging anywhere from 1/2 hour to 3 hours! We wake up exhausted in the mornings and go about our days as zombies in anticipation of having to do it all over again the next night.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
You Can Sleep Anywhere But in Our Room!!
Oooohhhh the joys of trying to get him to stay in his big boy bed. It's been a tiring and frustrating time for us lately as we have tried everything we can think of and used advice of family, friends, and even SuperNanny.com! LOL Everything from being sweet, to being angry, to creating a sticker chart (which ended up thrown out of the room after then 11th time up the first night we made it), to putting a picture of Chad and I up in his room, to baby gating him into his room (he somehow mustered up enough strength to knock it down), to closing his door and holding the door knob (I didn't like that one, I don't want him to think his room is a bad place), to locking our door and telling him he could sleep anywhere in the house, just not our room (didn't like that one either as things were slamming around not knowing what he was getting into), to baby einstein lullaby music, to taking things away (all of his movies are still in the closet until he earns them back), oooohhh what else? How much longer is this gonna last? It usually takes an hour or so to get him to stay down, then he's up at some point in the night for an unknown period of time ranging anywhere from 1/2 hour to 3 hours! We wake up exhausted in the mornings and go about our days as zombies in anticipation of having to do it all over again the next night.
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Sounds like you've tried a little bit of everything! :( I hope he comes around soon, so you can get rested! (I'm not looking forward to this..)
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