aargh. can't get two year old to bed in big boy bed

[abundance]

Any ideas at all?? I can't get my 2.7 year old son to sleep in his new big boy bed. He is fine once he gets to sleep but it is taking 3 - 4 hours of me sitting there with him to get him to go to sleep. Eventually I usually take him into my bed and fall asleep because I can't stand it anymore. He's fine with the babysitter - asleep by 8pm, but with me he just won't go to sleep and keeps running into my room. I've tried cutting out daytime naps and even though he is exhausted he still won't go to sleep. Eventually he gets so worked up that he just howls and then I have to go and calm him down. I've tried telling him that he is going to miss treats (granny has been told that she can't come tomorrow and is now furious!) but that doesn't seem to work either.

[lambchop2]

let him go back to his cot until he's ready for a bed?

[moondog]

Seems a bit mean to stop Granny coming.
Leave him be.

[abundance]

have now put cot back together after being recalled from the middle of Casino Royale by the desperate babysitter. All is well, but I have no idea how I can ever get him to sleep in a big boy bed. Perhaps he can have a big boy bed on his honeymoon

Casino Royale wasn't that good anyway...

[Twiglett]

if it helps DD (2.6) doesn't want to go in a bed either .. don't see the problem in her staying in her cot

but then I have the benefit of already having a child in a bed so I realise how little it really matters

[ComeOyefaithfulVeneer]

I am dreading it when ds moves into a bed. He will be 2 in a couple of weeks but I now we will need to do it soon as he is alreadytrying to climb out and shakes the cot so much he has lossened the screws so it will fall apart anytime soon. DD was in a cot until she was 3 (only transfered her as ds was on his way) , so I don't think you should worry. He will do it when he is ready.

[JackieNoHoHo]

Haven't consulted DS (2.11) about whether he wants to move out of his cot yet - he still fits, and is still happy, so I'm leaving him where he is till his feet start poking through the bars.

[vitomum]

ds is 2.6 and desperate for a big boy bed. But i am planning on keeping him in his cot for another 6 months or so. I don't see the point in rushing it.

[abundance]

I feel kind of guilty having him walled up in a cot, somehow. I always wonder whether it is good for him to sleep all alone, but I definitely haven't got the right lifestyle to have him in with me.

[bandbsmum]

I planned to keep my dd in her cot until she was about 3, but she took the decision out of my hands when she climbed out of her cot last week and gave herself a nosebleed. IMO the longer they can stay in the cot the better. All the time they're sleeping well in a cot, don't rock the apple cart!! My dd seems to like her new toddler bed, but still wants me to stay in her room until she's asleep, which I've been doing since the cot climbing incident last week. We're planning on putting a stair gate on her door on Friday and doing cc, not looking forward to it, but she used to go to sleep by herself no problem, I just want to get back to that. She's 2.1 btw.