My almost four year old will not stay in her bed at night?
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I have this problem with my 3 yr old son. I have finally broke him from my bed so now its either his own or the couch. Unless it is just really bothering you I would just allow her to break the habit herself. Eventually she will sleep in her own bed but it may take a while. One thing that we did that seemed to really help encourage our son was to take him to the store and allow him to pick out a comforter set for himself so that he would feel like a big boy. This has seemed to help a lot.
thats your problem
i'd let her sleep wherever she is most comfortable. for some reason she doesn't like her bed.o.k. what's the big deal? if she is getting proper sleep on the couch, then i see no harm. i used to go through phases like this when i was younger. i spent a whole summer sleeping on the couch. it wasn't to stay up late watching TV, it was just something new, something different i think. i don't know for sure, but eventually i worked my way back to my bed.
i still sometimes go out on the couch , as an adult, when i can't sleep. my husband used to wake up worried b/c i wasn't in bed, but now he knows that i'm probably on the couch.
i'd just let it go as long as she is getting sleep and is well rested.
if she isn't getting sleep, then i'd see the dr about a sleep disorder.
take care:)
Children that age are usually yet to be impulsive. There might be traumatic event(s) that led her to refuse her bed. I suggest you try to get her to talk about it. Maybe she's been having bad dreams or she wet her bed and thought you might be upset if you'd find out. There could be other things that bothers her. Better yet, why don't you change her room decor a bit as to make her feel more comfortable.
My strong suggestion is to try as soft as you can to get her to talk about what's been bothering her. Do so in a child-like manner though, while she's playing with her toys and dolls or is with you in a relaxed situation. Don't do it in the tone of a mother or even worse, a detective. She'll get over it soon enough.
Good luck and let her sleep where she wants :))
my son who is four does this he goes to bed without a fight and then about 2:00 in the morning he comes in our room very quietly and sleeps on our floor it looks like it would be so uncomfortable but he still continues to do it he know if he wakes me up i will put him back to bed so he is extra quiet we have recently tried having him sleep with the radio on a soothing station on low and that has been working he only comes in about once a week now instead of every night good luck
My daughter slept on the couch forever when i was trying to get her out of my bed. She slept between her father and me, when we divorced she still slept with me. But once i Met my current hubby, i wanted to try and break her. She did good on the couch, NOW she will fall asleep in the living room I will move her to her bed. and she is up at 4am. I think its the routine she got in when she was a lil baby b/c I had to be at work at 7 and was an hour drive. I WISH she would sleep later. BUT its mommyhood
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