Big Girl Bed

So, we had decided right after we moved that we would not put Maddie's crib back together again and that she could go right into her toddler bed, but she had absolutely no interest. Rather than have her sleep in the pack and play anymore, we put her crib back together and she was fine. She really has never expressed any interest in a big bed and we were fine with that since she's never climbed out of her crib.


When we were home over Christmas Maddie slept in a real bed at her Grammy and Grampa's house... we were a bit skeptical but she did fine.

Last weekend I asked Maddie if she wanted to sleep in a big girl bed like at Grammy and Grampa's and she got excited and said yes, so she helped take her crib apart and was very excited about her "new" bed. That was last Sunday...





Sunday-slept all night, no issues


Monday-slept all night, no issues


Tuesday-slept all night, no issues


Wednesday-came in our bed at 3am


(Maddie resting on the bathroom floor at 5:30am while we get ready for work)


Thursday-came in our bed at 6am


Friday-came in our bed at 12:30am


Saturday-tried having a night light on... came in our room at 12:30am, I got out of bed and brought her back to her bed where for the next hour she squirmed all over, in and out of the covers, whining about needing to go potty. Finally at 1:30 we went to the potty where there was no pee or poop but we had to sit there for a long time trying. As soon as she got back to bed she kept crying about needing to go poop on the potty, needed me to sing to her, hold her hand, get her water, etc. I dozed off at some point (I'm sure she didn't), but she was still crying about the potty. I told her to go get Ben because I had told her I was only taking her once. I dozed off again and then noticed the bathroom light on. I checked on her since I wanted to be sure she wasn't alone... Ben was with her... it was 2:30 am. After going potty she came, reluctantly, back to her bed, where she whined until we both fell asleep again. I woke up at 5:30am and got back into our bed since my back was sore after sleeping for 5 hours on her floor. At 6am Owen started crying and then Maddie was at the side of our bed again... this time Ben got up and went into her room only to deal with the potty thing again, though this time she went. Owen cried in our bed with me until almost 7 when Ben took them both downstairs and I was able to sleep until 8:15...

So, we are all ears and eagerly awaiting some advise on how to get Maddie to stay/sleep in her bed because tonight leads into the work week and Ben and I will get really cranky, really fast with limited sleep all week. The easy answer is to put the crib back together but I don't want to deal with this in 3 months when there's a new baby in the house keeping me up also.


HELP!!!