Reply #12: Patience. [View All]

[Bouncy Ball]

I can guess, but I'd rather ask--what are the reasons you want him to sleep in his bed now?

Yeah locking him in would be unsafe, too.

What it's going to take is a lot of consistency and patience on your part. Maybe staying in his room until he's asleep (as you did), then taking him back to his bed as many times as it takes during the night, as many nights as it takes. It will take a while. You will be exhausted. But eventually he will stop.

But if you let him stay even one time while you are doing this, you might as well have gone back to square one.

Good luck. Oh keep the talking and whatnot to a minimum in the middle of the night. Just keep it simple, get up, take his hand or him, walk him back, tell him goodnight, maybe pat his back, walk back to your room.

He follows you? Turn around, take him back.

Yeah, it's maddening, but like I said, it will eventually work.

---A Veteran of This