Update: Night 2 - SOS EMERGENCY TODDLER BED HELP

[suzubell]

Jun 23, 2015 20:37:54 GMT -5 @this said:

Two hours and she was out.

That was rough. I like her a lot more than the last time we did CIO when she was 7mos. lol

I hope tomorrow is better.

When he transitioned Jack he could talk well, so he would yell, "I don't like it! I don't like you! I don't like you, Mama!" It suckkkkkkkkked.

Drink up.

[suzubell]

Jun 23, 2015 21:02:15 GMT -5 @this said:

Jun 23, 2015 21:00:48 GMT -5 suzubell said:

When he transitioned Jack he could talk well, so he would yell, "I don't like it! I don't like you! I don't like you, Mama!" It suckkkkkkkkked.

Drink up.

Nooooo OMG noooooo.

Thank you for adding a plus to the transition now (with somewhat limited vocabulary) column.

I bawled for days. It was hours of him yelling that.  Then transferred money to savings for his therapy.  

Cautionary tale: We coddled him after he regressed post-vacation about a year after he moved to the toddler bed. We are still paying for that.  He's five. Be strong and drink more.

[ilikedonuts]

Costco run tomorrow after work for a case of wine.

[redheadbaker]

Sorry. Sending wine.

[jeaniebueller]

Jun 23, 2015 20:37:54 GMT -5 @this said:

Two hours and she was out.

That was rough. I like her a lot more than the last time we did CIO when she was 7mos. lol

I hope tomorrow is better.

For us, first night was two hours, second night was 45 minutes, third night with 10 minutes, fourth like he went right to bed. Good luck!

Keep walking her back to bed even if it takes a million times.

[suzubell]

Jun 23, 2015 21:07:58 GMT -5 @this said:

Jun 23, 2015 21:05:39 GMT -5 suzubell said:

Be strong and drink more.

Thank you for your cautionary tale. I can be strong, I can do this. I can drink more wine. I want a good sleeper!

I am so much less concerned with Jude. He can scream all he wants. I can't do two bad sleepers. I just turn up the tv. LOL

[thecatinthehat]

I lie down on the floor until he falls asleep. We are night 4 of converting to toddler bed. Then I leave and lock the door from the outside. The first night was horrible as he did not yet get the whole staying in bed. I just kept putting him back until he got tired f me doing that a million times. Now he doesn't try as hard to leave. I hope this doesn't last too long.

[Deleted]

I fucking haaaate toddler beds. My kid is now on hour 2 of screaming "don't leave me mommy!" Kid. Go. To. Sleep.

[redpenmama]

I would suck it up and lie down with her (or next to her on the floor).*

*I also have no willpower and have shitty sleepers, so you should probably ignore anything I suggest.

[bcarp30]

I let DD CIO after locking her in her room. She is an escape artist so the child needs the restraint. I also let her pick out books that she is allowed to take to bed. Once she's asleep I open her door though in case she wants to come get us. She's learned that if she says 'mommy daddy potty' we will immediately take her to the bathroom, so open door privileges may be revoked soon.

It did get better each nigh. Nap time is still hard but that's been a struggle for her since she was ~13 months old. She has extreme FOMO

[shellbear09]

Nope not a good idea. Hope it's better tomorrow.

[karinothing]

Oh, sorry that is rough. How does she work with bribery? DS was older (almost 3) when we moved him to his big boy bed. We were able to bribe him with watching a video the next day if he stayed in bed. We also had a lot of conversations about how he was a big boy now, and I was so proud of him, but that big boys had to stay in their bed and not get out. He was very into the whole big boy thing.

[Deleted]

Jun 24, 2015 5:21:10 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Oh, sorry that is rough. How does she work with bribery? DS was older (almost 3) when we moved him to his big boy bed. We were able to bribe him with watching a video the next day if he stayed in bed. We also had a lot of conversations about how he was a big boy now, and I was so proud of him, but that big boys had to stay in their bed and not get out. He was very into the whole big boy thing.

Bribery works great with DS. He was stalling bedtime super badly, banging on his locked door, etc. So we told him if he stays in his bed and doesn't call for us after lights out, he gets two extra books (four total) at bedtime the next day.

[carolinagirl831]

aww thats great she sttn, hopefully tonight will be much easier!

[water*drop]

Jun 23, 2015 21:02:15 GMT -5 @this said:

Jun 23, 2015 21:00:48 GMT -5 suzubell said:

When he transitioned Jack he could talk well, so he would yell, "I don't like it! I don't like you! I don't like you, Mama!" It suckkkkkkkkked.

Drink up.

Nooooo OMG noooooo.

Thank you for adding a plus to the transition now (with somewhat limited vocabulary) column.

Definitely stay strong before she gets more verbal because DD's favorite bedtime ritual right now is to show that she has mastered manipulation by sadly repeating "I just want somebody to keep me company. I don't want to be alone. Who will keep me safe if I'm all alone? I just want somebody big like Mommy or Daddy to come keep me safe." over and over for an hour. She doesn't cry. She's not even actually sad (because if you give in and go in there, she's all "oh, hi!"). She's going to be loads of fun as a teenager...

[Deleted]

This sounds way more successful than I would have thought. I will be interested to see how the week goes for you. I kind of read this and thought I could do 2 hours. That's not bad and wondered how I would get a bed set up in DDs room.

[pinotgrig]

Jun 24, 2015 6:41:37 GMT -5 water*drop said:

Jun 23, 2015 21:02:15 GMT -5 @this said:

Nooooo OMG noooooo.

Thank you for adding a plus to the transition now (with somewhat limited vocabulary) column.

Definitely stay strong before she gets more verbal because DD's favorite bedtime ritual right now is to show that she has mastered manipulation by sadly repeating "I just want somebody to keep me company. I don't want to be alone. Who will keep me safe if I'm all alone? I just want somebody big like Mommy or Daddy to come keep me safe." over and over for an hour. She doesn't cry. She's not even actually sad (because if you give in and go in there, she's all "oh, hi!"). She's going to be loads of fun as a teenager...

Oh man! That would be hard to resist. But lolol at her manipulation skills. She looked so innocent in the pics you posted the other day!

[CloudBee]

Jun 23, 2015 18:55:08 GMT -5 CheeringCharm said:

Lay down with her? It worked for us.

Nooo! I hear that once you start this it's a difficult habit to break. 

[Deleted]

Things got better for us after about 2 1/2 months. We did have to push her bedtime back an hour, but she'll STTN now so I guess that's ok.

Now we have the routine of bath, some play time with the lights dimmed, and then two books in her bed. We lay with her until she's out, but it's like 10 minutes.

But I'm a pussy and worried about apartment neighbors complaining, so yeah.

[Deleted]

Jun 24, 2015 8:55:34 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Jun 24, 2015 7:49:44 GMT -5 @ffbride0813 said:

This sounds way more successful than I would have thought. I will be interested to see how the week goes for you. I kind of read this and thought I could do 2 hours. That's not bad and wondered how I would get a bed set up in DDs room.

LEAVE HER IN THE CRIB. Are you crazy?!!

I don't want to have her in the crib forever. My only goal is to get her out when and if baby 2 comes along. So I guess we have at least 10 months. No way in hell am I buying another crib.

[Deleted]

Good update! Dd fell asleep easily last night too-- it was so great!