problems with switching from crib to toddler bed.?

Maybe put the mattress on the floor, or get bedrails to make it seem more secure. Also you could make a "tent" over the bed if he is into that sort of thing normally

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Do not start lying down with him until he falls asleep, otherwise in a few weeks you'll be asking the question "my son won't sleep without me, what can I do?"

Allow him to get used to the bed in his own time. If he wants to sleep on the floor the let him. Just make sure that he is sleeping on the floor in his room, and no where else.

This sounds like a power struggle. He wants to sleep on the floor b/c you want him in the bed. This struggle is not worth the stress. As long as he is sleeping in his room, then let it be. If he was coming out of the room to sleep in your room/living room/etc. I would say use the back to bed technique, but this is not really a big deal. Chances are he will stop sleeping on the floor, when he comes to the conclusion the bed is more comfortable.

I dont really see a problem but then again..i never used a toddler bed. I placed a twin mattress on the floor for a few months and then my kids went into regular beds by 2 1/2 years old with a safety net so stop them from falling out of bed.

If he has an afternoon nap. Try to put him in his bed. If at all possible lay on the bed with him but not to fall asleep. Sleeping on the floor will do no harm, my son Nick used to do it all the time. I just tired to put him in once asleep. Didn't always work.

Ease him into the bed. He may be afraid of it. Let him nap in it during the day. Give him the choice of where he sleeps. Each night, just have him lay in the bed while you read him a bedtime story, then move him. Let him lay in the bed until he falls asleep, then move him. ...Any of those should help. Just make sure that you ease him into it. As he grows more comfortable with the bed, he'll be more willing to sleep in it.

My daughter wouldn't sleep in her toddler bed either, and she kept trying to get into bed with her older sisters when they went to bed in their twin beds. So I got her a twin bed, and now she sleeps great, I put the crib mattress on the floor next to the bed just in case and it has a safety rail.

Let him sleep on the floor. At least he's sleeping and it's not going to hurt a thing. Also, this way he won't end of falling out of a bed.

Try laying down with him. Stay there until he falls asleep and then move. This will get him used to waking up without you in the bed with him. Also, try putting a favorite toy or stuffed animal in the bed too!

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put one of there favorite thing in the bed

or lay with them untill they go to sleep for awhile