Momma McEwan
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Big Boy Bed Escapee
Its been over a month now since we transitioned Nate into his "big boy bed" and all and all I would have to say its gone really well. He loves the bed, it looks beautiful in his room and we have no more worries of him climbing/falling out of his crib at night. Our only issue now is getting him to stay in bed!! In past week Nate has discovered that if he lays on the floor by his bedroom door that he can look down the hall at us and can even shout things to get our attention. Some of his favorites include "Help!" and "Hi Dadda" :-P. Though we got a few giggles out of this new discovery (at first) we don't know how to stop it! We tried the "Super Nanny" Technique and went in each time and calmly placed him back in bed etc. This doesn't seem to work as he likes us coming in and seems to relish the attention. Tonight we tried our own technique of "Leave the monkey and see what happens". Well.... he fell asleep at his door within the hour. We then moved him (with the door), picked him up and put him back in his bed..and he stayed!! Now this technique isn't exactly a solution... we don't want to have to do it every night. So my question to all you parent friends is WHAT DO WE DO!?? any tips for handling an escapee..?
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I would say the nanny thing would take quite a while of doing it, persistence is the key no matter which you choose. He will quit getting up I am sure.
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Your lucky though, it broke my heart, Josh would cry and cry and cry! It wasn't hard with Caleb and Terann because they had Josh in the room. But Josh was hard!
Heather
www.iamadomesticengineer.blogspot.com
Ri man like his door open a bit... So if he decides he wants to get out of bed... I put him back in and tell him if he gets out again I will close his door... When I first moved him to his big boy bed I did the super nanny thing and didnt say a word and kept putting him back in... Like Heather said it took time... Probably a week and 2 hours everynight but he sleeps through the night and doesnt get out of bed very often :) Good Luck... Love the bed it is very cute...
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