How can I get my 5 yr. old daughter to sleep in her own bed?
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make her room a fun place- DONT send her there when she is in trouble. and get PLENTY of nightlights. she is probably more scared to "wake" up alone rather than go to bed alone. hope this helps.
Keep putting her in her bed over and over again. Tell her that she cannot sleep with you and dad. Keep at it until she stays put. Put away the cot and don't let her into bed with you.
Don't worry about it. She'll quit when she moves out.
um, put her in her bed and tell her to stay there, you are the parent, she is the child.
We've gone through this with our 7-year-old. It's so hard because of course we love our kids and want to cuddle and comfort, yet sleeping together every night isn't good either.
We gradually "weaned" her by making it a rule that she can only sleep with us every other night - every other night she had to stay in her bed. Midway through the night she would crawl into bed with us, but it was a start.
Then we made it a rule that she couldn't sleep with us on school nights. Next we told her when she was in her bed she had to stay there all night.
She still sleeps with us when she is sick. I also feel it's very important to comfort her when she has a bad dream. So, I cuddle with her, rub her back for 5 minutes and then tuck her in her bed.
My husband and I have our bed back 5 nights a week. She still sleeps with us on Friday and Saturday nights and we enjoy the special cuddle time.
Make sure you have a good night light in her room and keep her bedroom door open - that will make her feel more secure. We also have a Sleepmate in her room, which creates "white noise" and helps her sleep better.
Put a tv in her room or a dvd player to play a favorite movie when she has trouble sleeping or is scared
lock her in her room..
Sllep in her bed with her till she falls asleep. Keep doing it. Then shell start sleeping in her own bed by herself.
Good Luck ; )
you need to grow some backbone and tell her that she needs to sleep in her own room. simple as that. if she has a bad dream and she wakes up, tell her that it was just a dream and that she needs to go back to bed.
try to sleep with her in her room for a while or until she falls asleep
she will get used to sleeping there
Tell her that you and daddy turn in to monsters at night and eat little 5 year old girls SO it would be safer in her room.
Now you have to reap what you have sown. This is why it is not a good idea to let kids sleep with you in the first place. You have 5 years of a bad habit to undo. You'll have to tell her that she is a big girl now and that part of being a big girl is that she has to learn to sleep in her own room ALL THE TIME. Then stick to it.
Let her sleep on the cot for a few more weeks, but every night inch it closer and closer to her room. Soon enough, she won't even tell the difference of a few feet and you can drag it right on into her own room and she'll hardly notice. I did this with my kid (no joke) and it actually worked, very well too.
Maybe make it fun by getting her a new bed or bedding We got my daughter this huge Dora tent and it fits over her toddler bed and she loves it in there You just want to make it her space so it is fun and she won't want to leave her bed.
Get the book "solve your child's sleep problems" by Dr Richard Ferber. His methods are controversial, but they work. He is widely misunderstood, and misconstrued, so try not to listen to nay sayers,and at least give it a look over. This book saved us. We tried every method and I read every book out there, to get my child to sleep on her own, and his book was the only one that worked.
Good Luck
Find something that makes her tired and comfortable in her own room. Or lay in her bed until she falls asleep, then creep out. When I was younger, my dad would lay in my bed and tell me that I was beautiful, silly, stuff like that. He would also twirl my hair. Sooner or later I'd fall asleep. I still, when I'm bored, twirl my hair.
dont make her room scary.
have a night light.
make sure that she is comfortable and relaxed!
and dont let her get out of her bed.
stay up till she goes to sleep.
I'm having the same issue with my 4-year-old son ... I make sure we spend a lot of time in his room playing so that it's not just a punishment when he has to go in there ("Go to your room!"). I'm also incorporating a prize system, little things I picked up at the dollar store ... if he sleeps in his room all night for 5 days, he gets a prize. This worked really well for potty-training, too. Good luck!
Put her in her own room,Make it her special place,If she wakes in the night put her back in her own room no matter what the problem,She will eventually get used to being on her own.But you are going to have to be TUFF with her.
Spoiling your kids only makes it hard on them and you!
Explain to her she has to sleep in her own bed from now on. Get rid of the cot, quit giving in and keep putting her back in her own bed over and over till she stays there. Say your good nights and then say nothing more to her, just keep putting her back in bed. If you give in, you will only make it worse! The first night or two will be hard, but if you keep it up it wil get easier and finally work! Don't start a new habbit, by staying in there with her, or it could take hours, you being in there to get her to sleep!
this is a hard thing to brake .. it will take some time .. u must leave her in her room for 10 min. crying i know that is tuff.
the next night go for 15 min. and every night from ther and 10 min. this will work but takes time .. dont give in ..
put her in there and lock the door. being spoiled is not a good trait and will probably ruin the rest of her life if you dont cure her of it. last time i checked 5 yr olds were easy to carry into rooms!
put her in her bed to sleep and then run to your rom and lock your door. if she knocks ignore her and tell her to go back to her room
do a room makeover. take her out shopping if you are in the financial position to do so. let her pick out colours for paint and or border wall paper, let her choose accents for the room like pillows bedding etc. make it fun for her so she will want to be in her room and if that doesnt work unfortunately you have to take the hard road and make her sleep in her room it may be hard at first but it will work in the long run. I have had to do both my son would not sleep in his room so i had to make him, at first he cried and it ripped my heart out but he soon got used to it for a week he would cry for like an hour or so until he fell asleep and then it was only half an hour then it was like fifteen minutes and eventually he would go to his bed on his own, the trick it to not back down. dont give in. also my niece went through this so i took her shopping we did her room in butterflies and flowers she loved it she helped me pick out the stuff and the colors she even helped a little with the painting and when her room was done she never wanted to leave it. good luck
First I would out if there is a reason she doesn't like her room..
I used a body pillow to get my daughter to sleep in her own bed. Move the cot into her room maybe she doesn't like her mattress.
I have a 5 yr. old son who wants to sleep in mom and dad's bed. I've been telling him that he is getting too big to sleep in our bed, he has a nightlight, and I tell him I will check on him every so often. When I do check on him, he tries asking me lots of questions so I'll stay in his doorway, but I just explain to him that Mom needs to sleep too and I'll be back in a couple min. to check again. He was sneaking in our bed quite a bit and I was just putting it off, but now I tell him to get back in his own bed or I will take him to his bed and tuck him in and leave. Sometimes he cries himself to sleep and other nights are fine. I just think you need to be consistent. Don't give in once you start or you'll have to start all over again.
lay her down in her bed the same time every niegh no madder how hard she crys if she gets up put her back and pray about the night mars they will go away put a nightlieht in her room i know its really head i hed the same prlum with my daughter so good luck
First make sure there isn't a physical reason she is waking up- my 6 yr old was sleeping solo until winter came. The cold would wake her up and in she'd come. I added a blanket and she's back to sleeping solo.
Try to talk to her when it's not close to bedtime and ask her about her room- is there something that is scary to her? My oldest was afraid of his room at night because the shadow of the neighbor's tree looked like Jafar from Aladdin. You just never know until you ask.
If there's nothing physically that is waking her up, and nothing in her room that is scary, then it's just a matter of breaking the habbit. Remember, to do this you must be firm, loving, and consistant. Talk about it with her during the day. Let her know that you love her and want to be with her during the day, but that at night she needs to sleep in her own bed. At bedtime, spend some time getting ready- having a set routine is a big help in preparing them- maybe bath, toilet, teeth and story. When it's time to sleep, tuck her in and leave. When she comes out, take her back, hug her, and leave. Every time. If you give in once, you set yourself back. Praise her for going to sleep, and for staying in her own room whenever possible. Offer a reward for a certain number of nights spent in her own room- start off with a small treat for one night, then increase the number of nights and up the reward-it doesn't have to be expensive, maybe a sleepover at a friend or relative's house? If all else fails, lock your door at night. Good luck, and know that no grown children still sleep with their parents, so this too will pass- eventually.
I had the same problem with my four year old . I would keep praising her that she is a big girl. I put a night light her room and
stayed in her room until she went to sleep.she would get up in the night but, I would still put her back in her room and tell her that she can't sleep with me she would cry but after awhile of this same pattern it finally worked.
bad dream and being sick is ok. but just make her sleep in her own bed. key work here MAKE. she is only 5. you are the parent. right?
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