Is There Anything I Can Do to Get My Son to Stay Asleep on His Bed?

We used guard rails (the kind that has the bit that goes under the mattress) to keep ours in once we had them on the mattress on the floor. This worked very well for us - and we pushed the mattress up against the wall on the other side.

You can buy inexpensive ones (I had the kind made of mesh in case they rolled up against it they could breathe perfectly fine). Easy to keep clean and they lasted us through all our kids. They fold for storage.

my opinion here, is for you to climb in the crib and sleep next to him. until he falls asleep..or ,you might have to let him watch something he likes on the tv with the rest of the family.....unless he have a tv in his room, and you can use a rocking chair to rock him and sing for him for 30 minutes until he falls asleep really good.......and it works trust me.

no, you can't force sleep.

when my older started climbing out of his crib we got him a little boy bed, but he didn't like it. so we mounded blankets and stuffed animals on the floor to make his 'bear bed.' he loved it and snuggled up happily in it until he was old enough to want a bed on legs.

if your son is ending up asleep, i'd leave him alone. yearlings don't have much control over their worlds, letting them sleep somewhere they like is an easy step toward learning appropriate autonomy.

if you need more oversight i suggest an inexpensive camera.

but i don't know of any good way to force a toddler to stay still and quiet when they've got the wiggles.
khairete
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He's plenty old enough to be out of a crib. Toddlers fit in toddler beds. They get too big for them after they hit about 2 years old.

Get him a twin size bed or bigger when you're ready for him to have his childhood bed.

But, put a baby monitor in his room or in the hallway outside his door. So you can hear when he wakes up. I'd shut his door or put up a gate he can't get over. If you hear his door open then you get up and go put him back in his bed.

Please make sure every bathroom door and door that leads to outside in any way is completely locked away where he can't open them.

Toddlers and preschool age kids are most at risk for drowning in the toilet or turning the water on in the sink or tub and falling over into it and drowning. Their heads are a bit heavy for their necks and if they tip over they can't pull their heads out of the toilet and they drow.

This is not a joke, it happens and it's preventable. Just keep those doors locked even wired with a loud alarm.

If it was a twin mattress you could use bed rail guards at least for the sides.