Staying in bed
Staying in bed

Our cot-to-bed transition has gone wrong, she's up 10 times a night. What now?

F Asked by Fiona

Moved our nearly 3 year old to a bed a fortnight ago and it's gone horribly. She's out of bed constantly, some nights till 10, and now she's waking in the night too which she never used to. Did we jump the gun? Should we just put the cot back?

2–3y Floor / low bed
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Discussion · 1
O Owen just now
We had the exact same thing. Didn't go back to the cot in the end, thought it'd only muddle her, but we got really strict and really boring about it. Walked her back every single time, no chatting, no eye contact, like a robot. First few nights were a solid 45 minutes of up and down but once she twigged she got nothing out of it, by about night five it dropped right off. The nights we caved and negotiated were always worse.
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