Please help: 3 yr old won't stay in bed
I need suggestions desperately. When I put him to bed at night he just gets right back out again. I've been reminding him that the rule is: stay in bed. I repeat it. He repeats: the rule is: go in the closet, go eat cheese, the rule is: get out of bed.
He's done it...I'm slowly going nuts. He's such an imp. He looks up at me the same way his biggest brother used to - and then laughs. AAARGHHH!
Obviously spanking is not the answer. So what do I do? I keep going back and putting him back in, reminding him to stay in bed. I've tried a reward in the morning - which he truly does want, but it's not helping. It doesn't help that the next brother is in the upper bunk egging him on. When he thinks that I can't hear him, he tells Rashi to "get out of bed! get out of bed!"
Mamas, please. Lay your staying -in -bed solutions on me. I am eagerly awaiting your advice with bated breath.
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Rivka; mother of A, N, and R & the twins
 
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