toby, the cot, and early waking...
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Topic: toby, the cot, and early waking...
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: toby, the cot, and early waking...
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 8:11am
okay so toby at 26 mths is still in the cot, but we are going to need it again eventually so have to get him in his bed. the other night after i retucked him in i left the cot side down by accident...that was fine but he got out and came into our bed at 4am and i let him stay...but he is horrible to sleep with! 
anyway i thought maybe i should leave it down more often so did it again and again he was in our room at 4am (like clockwork that kid) and this time i put him back to bed. it took 3 attempts but worked eventually and he slept till 6 then came and got into our bed and fall back asleep till 8. a lovely lie in for us all that day. anyway did the same last night but he got up at 5 and came into our room, hubby told me it was 5.30 so i let him stay but i wouldnt if i had known the true time...he wouldnt go back to sleep till almost 7 and then for only 10 mins... grrrr tired mummy and tired baby today - cause i had been awake since 3 expecting him to come into our room. anyway i dont even know if i have a point now... oh yeah, does anyone have any tips on the best way to deal with this early waking and getting into bed with us.? and if i just put him back into his cot every time he gets up will he get the message and stop it? or am i doomed to keep taking him back.? I never had these problems with gabriel...  he was such a good sleeper!------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 8:32am
| I'm not an expert on this or anything but I think if every time he gets out you need to have the same response: ie. take him back to bed every time and not let him sleep with you. Once he realises that you are just going to keep doing this and not let him sleep in your bed he will soon get sick of it and just stay put |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 8:34am
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i have a friend whos bubs at that age did the same thing, so what they did was teach him to push play on the tape recorder, and made sure the tape went for at least an hour, and told him that he wasnt allowed out of bed until the taped had finished, and he always feel asleep before the tape ended.
She taped stories onto the tapes so he feel asleep to her voice, or you could play nursery rhymes. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 8:39am
thats a nice idea kazzle, but the boys share a room and i certainly dont want my good sleeper to start waking early too. in fact hes still asleep at the moment. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 9:18am
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oh okay didnt reaslise that...lol
ummm sorry no other suggestions then, well none that wont wake the other good sleeper ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 9:57am
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I asked my mom about this as my brother used to do the same thing, and she suggested putting a baby gate up in the doorway so he physically can't leave the room. Of course, that might not work if he can climb over it, or he may just stand there and yell for you to come get him... |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 11:19am
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What would happen if you shut the door when he 'escaped'? That's what we do for our girls if they keep coming out. And we tell them that it's "still nighttime" -------------  |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 11:44am
I had to get really hard and just keep putting Hannah back into her bed. It helps that Toby has only just started coming into your bed as Hannah was well established in mine and had claimed it as her own. 
I eventually had to sacrifice a week's worth of sleep and sleep with one eye open, ready to get up and put her back as soon as I heard those little footsteps. She got the picture eventually and now sleeps in her bed fine! Hopefully Toby isn't as stubborn as the Red-Head and he gets it fast!! Good luck Deb! |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 September 2007 at 12:33pm
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yeah, i hope so too. I have been a mean mummy cause up till now i had him in a sleeping bag and in a cot so he couldnt escape to our room. Before i stopped bfing him he thought me in bed was a reason to have titty, which was another reason to hold off the bed for so long. I guess perserverance it is going to have to be then.
oh and if i just shut the door then it is going to affect his poor brother too, he'd have to put up with the screams. thanks guys. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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