Just bought my 2 yr old a race car bed. He's excellent when it's bed time. Always goes right to sleep. Never puts up a fuss until now. For some reason, he likes his crib over his new bed. When I put it together and in his room, his eyes lit up ! He ran right to it and layed down. As soon as I turn the lights off he starts to cry which is unusual for him. I'm wondering if he's still to young for a big boy bed. My mothers advise was to keep him in the crib until he learns to climb out. Anyone have any advise or tips on introducing him to his new bed ? My current plan is to try every night until he feels comfortable with it. Thanks.

Hmm,thats a tuff one.Our daughter started to climb out around 18mos,but since the big girl bed was already in her room from day one,she kinda just accepted it.
I'm not sayin she went down without a fuss cuz she did,but we solved that by letting one of the dogs sleep in bed with her as she was scared.
I dont think i helped you any,maybe someone more knowledgeable(liuke Wifey) will see this&help

For what it's worth, the 'climbing out' ruler is as good as any. The little critter won't grow up wrong if he sleeps in the crib for a while yet. Take your time, talk him into it, kinda. Eventually he'll go for it.

Kick his fucking ass, that's what I do with my kids.
They start whining about bedtime and it's BLAMMO, out like a light!!!

Seriously though, Arwen has been a pain in the ass ever since she got her twin bed. She left the crib around 18mos (being able to climb out).
So she takes some time to get to sleep because if you're not there until she is asleep, she'll get up and come out of her room.

Beth or I will read her a few books, then let her fuss over the lights going out for a couple minutes until she's out.
The amount of attitude she gives is directly proportional to how good her nap was earlier in the day.

I hear ya on that Blaise,my daughter has given us nothing but problems when it comes to sleeping.Sometimes we would just sit on the floor ready to have a breakdown cuz she refused to go to sleep without one of us there w her.My wife is weak&gave in to her&were STILL playing that fuckin game http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
It really takes it's toll...

I hear ya on that Blaise,my daughter has given us nothing but problems when it comes to sleeping.Sometimes we would just sit on the floor ready to have a breakdown cuz she refused to go to sleep without one of us there w her.My wife is weak&gave in to her&were STILL playing that fuckin game http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
It really takes it's toll...



Yeah, there's nothing like being a grown man on the verge of tears because your precious little girl wants the light on, her pony, her baby doll, her blankie, or no blankie or another book or the same book again, or the list never ends.

I thought Blaise II was tough to get to sleep. Thinking back, I got the LOTR trilogy of books when he was 18 months old. I would read him one or two of his books, then pick up LOTR. It was typically less than a chapter to baby-snoring. I've read the trilogy 3 times already.
Arwen won't have it though, if I keep reading, she'll stay awake. She wants to hold the books, talk, walk and jump in bed, etc.
So I have to be a hardass with her and limit the amount of books and shut the light off and say "no" a lot.
She's getting better and occasionally is tired enough to not fuss at all. She even says "Good night" and "I love you daddy" occasionally if she's not too pissed about bedtime.

We had trouble with our oldest daughter and moving her to a bigger bed. She liked the idea of being a big girl, but loved the security of her crib. We had both in her room for a while and she decided she wanted the bed one day. The other two it was easy. They wanted to be like their big sister and couldn't wait to get into a big bed.

Yeah we are having the same problem with my little girl. She goes to sleep fine but wakes up in the middle of the night and comes in our room. We have been surprised a couple of times if you know what i mean. Anyway she moves around alot when she is in there so we got a bed rail so her feet can't hang off and it works pretty good she is not getting up nearly as much now.

sportrider24 said: Need advise from parents...



http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif What you need is *advice*. Unless, that is, you need someone to *advise* you.

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif Dumbass.

Duct tape! http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif

sportrider24 said: Need advise from parents...



http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif What you need is *advice*. Unless, that is, you need someone to *advise* you.

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif Dumbass.


http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/bitchslap.gifGuess I had that coming. Thanks for the replies. I will keep trying every night. Eventually he will take to the bed.

Leave both the crib and bed in his room. He'll move when he's ready.

Leave both the crib and bed in his room. He'll move when he's ready.



attention we have royalty present in AG

i would have to say get a night light http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

hire a baby sitter http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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I had a crib for my son but he never used it. Spent forever (while I was pregnant and fat and tired) sanding it then painting it. I put animal prints on it (I feel I must now include a pic as I am proud of my work, http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif). Anyways, he has always slept in my bed so at 4 years old I still havent had to deal w/ the changing of a sleeping place...well, I actually have had him sleep in his big boy bed a few times when I had company and had no problem. I just let him watch his TV until he fell asleep. Maybe if that is an option you could try that. Let him watch some cartoons in his bed around bed or nap time and he'll eventually fall asleep. Do that a few times and he'll realize that it is OK to sleep there and he'll have gotten more used to it.

sportrider24 said: Need advise from parents...



http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif What you need is *advice*. Unless, that is, you need someone to *advise* you.

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif Dumbass.



FUCK THE YANKEES!!!

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Only thing I know about parenting is thank God I am not one...

What I did with my 3 daughters was put them to sleep in their crib and then, after they had been asleep for about and hour or two (when I was ready to go to bed) we would pick them up and put them in the new bed. Most of the time they didn't wake up until the next morning (at which time I praised the hell out of them for sleeping in the "big girl" bed). If they woke up while moving them, I would just stay with them for a couple of minutes and they would crash out. Only took them a week to get adjusted.

Baldy

Get rid of the crib. Most kids will accept what is there if they don't have another option to choose from. Our son kept wanting to sleep with us. One day we made the decision that it wasn't going to happen any more and there were a couple of rocky nights but he accepted it within a week there were no more problems.

Sweet. Thanks again to all for the good ADVICE !