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they do say they pick it up from a young age, which is why i only just recently stopped sienan from being in my bed...how about having a chat with her tellin her shes a big girl now and doesnt need to sleep in mummys bed as she has her own
by siennasmummy 14 October 2009
thanks for the reply i have tried talking to her about it and she says she will stay in her own bed all night at evry bedtime we do a star chart and everything but she still gets in my bed! i know its my fault but i need it to stop! i thought she would evenyually grow out of it but she is not getting any smaller and every night she climbs into bed with us!! i think im gona have to get a chime for above my door to see wether that wakes me up when she comes into my room so i can put her back!! haha thats going to be fun.
by gillhugh 14 October 2009
see if you can work out why she's getting into bed with you. is she anxious about something (the dark? being alone?) is she doing it cos she knows you don't want her to? or something else. if you can find out why, you can do something specific about it. when Asher was 2 and his sister arrived, he started getting out of bed. we did the supernanny thing of no eye contact etc and just sticking him back in bed -- *really* bad idea, he was doing it becos he was really anxious becos of the new baby. eventually we worked it out and did lots of stuff to m. ake him feel safe and cosy in his bed eg special cuddly toys, a story tape etc -- it took about 3 months but it got sorted out in the end
by shilly 18 October 2009
I had the same problem with my daugher who is 6 now as well (7 in feb) but i managed to knock it on the head when she was 4. She didn't always get into bed with me but she would stand by the bed until i woke up (scared me several times) and wouldnt settle until she was in with me or i went into her bed with her! I talked to her, did a star chart but we also spent one afternoon making a fairy box. I got an old shoe box and we painted it, decorated it lots of glitter and mess lol and i kept it in the kitchen. I told her that if she slept through the night every morning there would be a little suprise in it for her. I would buy things like multi packs of sweets and chocolates and hair clips, bands etc that came in packs and put a few little bits in each time. Usually she would find a small mars bar and set of 2 clips. Worked wonders because on the days that she didnt sleep through and came into me she would get upset if there was nothing in her box but she realised that she had to not get up to get the treat. I did it for a month or 2 then stopped. I left her a note in the box from the fairy saying that as she was doing so well she didnt need me (the fairy) to come anymore and because she had been so good mummy was going to take her out and spoil her for the day, Think i took her to the zoo!! She has recently started playing up again but we managed to find out she was scared of the dark (never been scared before)so we bought her a little night light to put in her room.
by mumof2 20 October 2009