Why Wont She sleep in her own bed?

My 16 month old wakes up at least 2 to 3 tims a night and i go get her to sleep in our bed. At this moment I am 2 months pregnant and very tired. Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get her to stay asleep and in her bed all night?

yeah...stop taking her to your bed. There will probably be a power struggle for a couple weeks over that...but she has to learn that her room is her room and yours is yours. If she cries, then you can go in there and rub her back or rock her (if you have a glider)...but after she goes to sleep, put her back in her crib. Its going to be a pain in the butt to do that and much more trouble than simply taking her to your bed with you, but it will pay off in the end. My cousin has 3 boys and she had to deal with this same issue with 2 of them. No fun.

I agree absolutely with BeckE!!!!

I had to do the same thing with Evan. Just like the "supernanny" says...just pick them up and take them back to bed. First time, you say it's ni-night time and give them a kiss. Next time you say it's ni-night (no kiss) and from then on out you just pick them up and put them back into bed. No eye contact, no talking. It took a few nights of REALLY struggling with him, but then it calmed down. You don't want to be 8 months preggo and have a toddler in bed with you, nor do you want to have to deal with breaking this after the baby comes!

Good luck!

I agree with everyone else's advice. My best friend has a 5 year old who still won't sleep in his own bed because she never made him... she just had a daughter last week, and now she is sharing the bed with both of them, and her husband.... talk about no privacy. Nip it in the butt now before the new baby comes, and don't let the new one get into the habit!!

I totally agree with everyone else also, its all about consistency and eventhough it seems tough right now and you are tired its going to get worse if you dont get her on track soon! Trust me i am sort of going through this with my 20 month old, he is sleeping in a big boy bednow since april 3rd. He still wakes up sometimes but i just take him back to his bed and he goes back to sleep. Remember Consistency!

Quoting meikab27:“ My 16 month old wakes up at least 2 to 3 tims a night and i go get her to sleep in our bed. At this moment ... [snip!] ... 2 months pregnant and very tired. Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get her to stay asleep and in her bed all night?”

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i have the same problem with our son he want to sleep with us every nite lol

MUSIC! My son wakes up in the middle of the night and crepes in our bed, we take him back to own bed. Play the same music very night before you put them to bed, lay with them for about 5 minutes, tell them how proud you are of them for sleeping in their own room and leave the room quietly. It works for my daughter and my son is slowly doing good at it. It takes alot of time. Which is why Im doing it now because when the baby is born Im not sharing my bed with the whole family I need my sleep to keep things in order. Good Luck!

my 3 yr old still sleeps w/ me and i am 37 wks preggo...to be honest though...it doesn't bother me..i love cuddling with her...and when she isn't there i wake up a lot and worry whether she is still breathing or if she is cold or whatever..it does get in the way sometimes with me and my hubby being intimate, but we usually just go into another room and handle our business...but i did the same with my son who is 5 and he eventually wanted to sleep alone...he thinks he is too big to sleep with me ( which he is )..but occasionally he'll come in my room in the morning to watch cartoons and cuddle with me...then he does his own thing....so hopefully if it bothers you that much, she will grow out of it if the other things you try don't work.

I can't say I have ever had this problem my daughter is 19mos now and aside from co-sleeping till she was 10 weeks old, she has never slept in our bed she slept in our room in a bassinette, and thenwe moved her to her crib in her own roomwhen she was almost 7 mos, I still peek in on her to make sure she is warm enough and breathing, but I have always stuck to the same routine, I have been lucky she gets rocked for naps and bedtime and always gets put down semi-awake so thatshe knows it is sleepy time, sometimes she wakes up if she has a bad dream or isn't feeling good and Irock her back to sleep again but aside from that I have hadno sleep issues thus far...knock on wood and hopefully this one will be just as generous with a good routine ;)