Sleeping in "Big Girl" Bed

Don't know if this will help you, but it worked for me. My son always slept in his own room and in his crib. On his second birthday we got him a toddler bed. His favorite movie is Finding Nemo. So we got him a finding nemo toddler bed. He loved it so much he couldn't wait to get in it. He jumped in the bed as soon as it was put together and slept so well in it from the first night. I never had any problems with him. I know all kids aren't the same. But I really thought I would have had some difficulty with him and didn't. I don't know if it helped to have a "themed" bed or if it was just that I've always been strict on his bed time. If you are interested in a character bed though, they do have a few on Wal-Mart.com They are only about 30 dollars. Plus most come with side rails, which has been so handy because Sean was used to being in the crib. I can't imagine how often he'd fall out of bed without it. Hope this helps!

Move it to her own room. Explain... "This is your "big girl" room and this is your "big girl" bed. You can play in here, sleep in here, etc. It's your room." From then on just be adament about it and be consistant with making her stay in her room.

Keep herbed in "her" room. Let her help set it up, clean or whatever. Be consistant with having her sleep in her bed. She will eventually get used to it. Get her excited about her room. She'll want to spend more time there.

I would set the bed up in her room and then start slowly with nap time first. She'll get used to the bed just by it being in her room, and will become curious about it too. I wouldn't force it though. She may be likely to rebel!

My daughter is 3 and loves to sleep in her own bed. I got her used to the idea of a big girl bed by putting familiar things in there with her to sleep with at night, like a favorite stuffed animal or blanket. I also went and let her pick out her own brand new sheets and pillow! That meant a lot to her and helped make the transition a lot easier on both of us. One habit that is extrememly hard to break is her sleeping in our bed, it caused a lot of heartache at night when i made her stay in her own bed! It also took forever to break her from that. Hopefully these things will help, good luck and let me know!

This is a off appraoach from what every one else has been saying, but, if you have the space to do so, move the bed in degrees. Slowly start working it out of your bedroom and once it gets past the door way "poof!" the big-girl bed is in the big-girl room.

Put her in her room, but let her know that mommy and daddy are right down the hall. Perhaps leave your door open and provide her with a nightlight for the first few weeks until she gets used to the surroundings.

Hello remember that you just moved so things are different in her little world and the sense of security may be an issue right now !! She may want to be close to know everything is ok. The changes invoved in moving and all is sometimes stressful on a child and I would probably try this for a while and see if it helps!! Try having her sleep in her room a few nights a week and with you a few nights and slowly start increasing the # of nights she sleeps in her big girl room !! Or try sleeping in her room with her so she feels comfortable in there for a while it may not be comfort for you but eventually she will do it herself!! Hang in there these ideas are some that worked for us!! Reaasure her that you are nearby and maybe even an award system for sleeping in her own bed such as a sticker chart or something like that!! S.

I just went through this with my daughter...she turned 2 in September. We tried putting the bed in our room, and she had the same problem. The way we got over it was that my husband and I would let her fall asleep on our bed, and when she was good and asleep, we'd put her in her new bed in her own room.
Since we started that, she's been staying in her room the whole night, instead of us putting her to bed in her own bed and her getting up scared, wanting Mommy and Daddy. She's just started now to go right to her own bed and I just stay with her in her own bed until she falls asleep. I know it's not genius, but it worked for us...:)

I would recommend putting her bed in her room. I think seeing you in bed alone just makes her confused. Plus, if you get her used to her bed in YOUR room, she may never want to sleep in her bed in her own room. My son just transitioned to a toddler bed (he's 2) and we put a baby gate in the door to his room. We put him in his bed, read him a story, and got him comfortable. Then we'd leave and lock the gate. The first few times, he got up and threw toys over the gate and cried. And we'd have to go back in and calm him down and put him back to bed. Eventually, though, he started sleeping through the night and napping in his new bed. And when he gets up, if we aren't there immediately to let him out of his room (with the baby gate), now he plays in his room. It's really working out well. He can't wander the house at night and get into things. And eventually, we'll take the gate off and hopefully he will do ok in his room without it. Good luck.