Help, My Daughter Won't Stay in Her Bed........

I know that no one's going to like this answer, but here it goes anyways. Why don't you just let her sleep in your bed with you?
My daughter would not go to sleep without being rocked. Whenever she woke up in the middle of the night she would scream for me to come rock her back to sleep. I was so exhausted I couldn't argue with her. This happened several times a night. Finally, when she was almost 3 yrs. old I got so sick of it I carried her into my room. That was it. She slept with us for the next 4 years. I was finally able to sleep through the night and I never regreted it. I knew she would stop sleeping with us when she was ready and I was right! She got to the point where she was too embarassed to tell her friends she didn't sleep in her own bed. This may sound extreme, but my daughter seemed truly scared to be alone and I feel we did the right thing.

How old is the other girl?

Until I know that, here are 2 options

1. Let her sleep somewhere else - not your bed, anywhere else - even the floor with her blankets, in the short term. Tell her its Ok if she doesn't feel good in the new bed, but either way shes not sleeping in yours because that's only for babies, and she's a big girl. When she feel big enough for the lovely new bed it will be waiting for her.

I would also use it for reading stories on or games and so on during the day,

2. Yes! ignore her screams!

you take her back to bed the first time with a cuddle and an short firm explanation

then you take her back the second time with just an explanation

then you take her back in silence, max just ''good night''.

over and over and over - as many times as it takes!

I would do this on the weekend.

After 2/3 full nights (4 at the most) she WILL give up. If you can't have more staying power than a toddler you are doomed!!! I'm sorry but it true.

Good luck!

I would put up a gate. Then you can hear her but ignore her. She'll probably fall asleep right in front of the gate for a few nights.

Put the crib back up. My daughter is 17 months old and I know if we put her in a toddler bed, she'd never stay in it either. There's too much to see and do and she wants to see and do it all. She's obviously not ready for a big girl bed which is okay because she's not a big girl yet. Try it again at 2 but I'll tell you, my son was in his crib until he was at least 2 1/2. After that, he slept with us often until he was about 3-4. He's 12 now and sleeps just fine in his own bed and room. :) He's a happy, well adjusted, intelligent little boy with good self esteem. Just going through puberty and thinks he's smarter than all of us! :)

D....Been there done that! lol Woww do I know what your going through! First....Whats the big rush to get her into a toddler bed? Shes still a baby.I'd set her crib back up,until she was at least 2. It should help,if you have the two kids in the same room. If you have them in separate rooms...Thats not going to help you. When My son was waking and coming into our bed in the middle of the night,I broke him within a few nights. lol This will sound real cruel,but it worked. My hubby and I decided,that when we heard or felt our son trying to crawl into our bed...We would take up every inch of space we could..Making it imposible for him to get in!We pretended to be asleep,but hogged the whole bed. It was hard not to start cracking up,as we felt him go from one side to the other looking for even an inch to climb up! The first morning, we found him on the floor next to our bed. I felt terrible. The next night I woke to make sure he was okay,and found him in the hallway curled up, and the third night he was in his bed. I can see,cuddling up together occasionally,or comforting them when theres a storm, or when they're sick,but...A toddler,doesn't really belong in his parents bed. It creates insecurity, promotes imaturity,and can put a damper on mom and dads sex life!Good luck to you D.