how can i get my 2 year old to sleep in his own bed?

count sheeps with him and put on some really slow and soft music

It sounds mean but let him scream it out! When you constantly go to them they begin to learn that mom and dad will come no matter if nothing is wrong. It might take a week of crying and fuss but he will get the idea. Make sure you put him in a clean diaper and give him a warm bath before bed. A routine will help you much with this problem. He doesn't need a passy or bottle for bed but if he's used to that don't take that away till he used to bed time. Instead give him a blanket or stuffed animal to comfort him. It will be harder on you than him just hang in there and don't let up! Good luck!

Try setting up a chart. Write the name of the day ie Monday, Tuesday etc down the left side, and set up a box for each day, have like three weeks on one sheet, so there are three spaces for each day, or something like that. Buy a pack of stickers with his favorite characters on them, say transformers, elmo, spiderman, etc. Then tell him each night he sleeps in his own bed a whole night, the next morning he can put a sticker on the chart in the space for the day it was. Then when he has filled up one week, he can go to say the dollar store and pick out one toy. And if he fills up all three weeks worth, he can go to say Toys R Us and pick out one sort of bigger toy. Or three smaller toys. Something like that. Or you could reward him other ways like going to a movie and dinner with Just mommy. Or maybe you could make him his favorite dinnerr if he fills up one weeks worth of stickers, and then get a toy if he fills all three.

This also works pretty well for potty training. Each time they go in the potty, they get a sticker. Etc etc etc.

Worse comes to worse just put him in there and let him scream it out. Everytime he gets out of bed, pick him up, and without saying a word, put him back in his bed. Don't acknowlege him any more than you HAVE to, just silently, with a strait face [or as strait as you can] put him back in and walk away to your bedroom. After a while he will be exsausted and fall asleep. Or he'll atleast just stay in the room. After a few nights he'll realize that he's not getting what he wants, and he might whine a little, but he'll start staying in his bed. And if he doesn't sleep very much the first night or two, don't worry. Eventually he'll be tired enough to just sleep through the whole night. And then you can put a sticker up on the chart. Or just say "See, you slept in your big boy bed like a big boy. I'm so very proud of you!!" and give him a big hug. Have your partner do the same.

Good Luck. I hope thease ideas help you! Good good luck.

For every night that he sleeps in his own bed you could give him a reward... For example, when I was very young my mother would put a dime in a jar for me every time I brushed my teeth. You could do something similar with him, or otherwise reward him at the end of each week with something special like spending special time with his parents doing something he loves.

I would not advise letting him scream it out. I would recommend making him feel GOOD about himself when he sleeps in his own bed and is a big boy! Positive reinforcement is a Wonderful way to go!

OMG! my son is 2 and we JUST got him sleeping in his own bed. THANK YOU LORD! LOL ok here is what we did....trust me it will work. first we bought a cool bed....a car bed, fire truck, train. whatever he likes. We put it next to our bed, we let him fall asleep in our bed them move him to his bed.....bam! worked the first night he has not slept with us in over a month! He slept the whole night in his bed the first night. He felt/knew we were right there but he was in his own space it worked perfect. Good luck I know it is frustrating, email if you have any questions.

Yes, just do it. I wish I had done it with my daughter when she was 2. she's 5 now and still sleeps in my bed. Yikes! The older they get the harder.

try buying him a cool night light and have him turn it on before he goes to bed or buy him a cool toy he could sleep with and try to explain to him that this is his bed, and when he comes to your bed in the middle of the night, sternly tell him to get back to his bed, it'll be tough and he'll cry himself to sleep at the begining. good luck

this might drive you mad you might take a little while to get it but try this..........first give him a kiss sweet dreams whatever then put him in his bed.....then if he gets out dont look at him dont talk to him just place him in his bed you might have to repeat this and again!!! but eventually he will get the hint that mummies not giving in and he isnt getting the attention he wants good luck i did this with my son and it worked fantastically....u do have to be patient but the results are worth it

of course only you make his bed interesting than outside. like..hide a nintendo game in the blanket. or make his bed comfortable, good scent, clean, soft like a puffy bed. once i dreamed to become smaller and sleep on my Teddy's soft soft hug.

yes you need to put your foot down,whose the adult and the boss here? and you really need to instill that into his head while he's still young enough or it's going to be too late.