https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 12:41:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bednot-so-good#post-1912893 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:13:45 +0000 MamaCate 1912893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: we never did cio or sleep training but the quick checks followed eventually by slowly apacing them out is how I finally got out of staying in her room until she fell asleep. Another friend did it successfully with her LO who would jump out of bed and come find her as soon as she closed the door too! So fingers crossed that it helps. There are a lot of changes for the little guy all at once and he is likely to be confused and a little anxious.</p> <p>Good luck!! Remember it's a phase. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bednot-so-good#post-1912248 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:09:10 +0000 autumnlove 1912248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sorry! I hope things improve soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bednot-so-good#post-1912221 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:55:56 +0000 edelweiss 1912221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: thanks for the thoughtful response! i think we're in a perfect storm--i think being with us 24/7 during the trip has made him super attached (he was starting to show a strong daddy attachment before the trip), he's going through physical and language developments, we've thrown a toddler bed his way...poor little dude. i like the idea of trying to proactively check on him frequently right after we put him down. that's a good idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bednot-so-good#post-1912112 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:23:23 +0000 MamaCate 1912112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: big internet hugs! Poor you and poor LO! As a fellow mama with toddler sleep drama, I can mostly commiserate. LO is almost 3 now and has been in a floor bed since she moved to her room at a few months of age. Things were calm until she decided she wanted to get up early and play and I have been really working on keeping her in her room. Sigh.</p> <p>In terms of your situation, I wonder if thinking through and trying to address the underlying reason for the screaming would help. Do you think he is anxious from all the changes or just protesting? I would maybe try talking up how great it is to be in a big kid bed and then check on him a whole bunch at the beginning--mama is right here, oh just checking, really close together so he feels less stressed by the transition? I am wondering what he might be trying to tell you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/transition-to-toddler-bednot-so-good#post-1912047 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 07:39:05 +0000 edelweiss 1912047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 21 months old. we have had our share of sleep issues since infancy, from fighting sleep to early wakeups. then we hit a decent patch.</p> <p>and then we hit a rough patch. starting about a month ago, LO would wake up within a few hours of putting him to bed. we had to go in several times to soothe, and would eventually CIO. not great, but not horrible.</p> <p>then we went on a trip to seoul. after coming back, sleep has been sucky. not so much the jet lag, but really fighting sleep when he is clearly tired and screaming hysterically. plus he learned to get out of the crib. he did it twice in 20 minutes, falling with a thunk on the floor, so we switched the crib to a toddler bed last night for safety reasons.</p> <p>he wouldn't sleep in it. he screamed bloody murder when we tried CIO (and we are not wimps about CIO) so that my husband had to go in there and sleep on the floor with him (not the bed, the floor). i'm worried about setting up a pattern of LO only sleeping with us in the room, but on the other hand his cries/screams really broke my heart and i felt it was more important to comfort him. trying to soothe and leave was not working. </p> <p>i don't know what i'm asking. could people share their stories, tips and tricks for switching to a toddler bed or just getting through really rough patches? maybe an internet hug? </p>