How do you get a 3 year old to sleep in his own bed??

You simply insist. Create a routine where the last bit is withim lying in bed hearing a story. Make it a short one beause if he learns that you leave once he goes to sleep, he will teach himself to stay awake. read two or three pages about something he enjoys, then you leave him in his bed, with the light on and the door open, but you leave and he stays in bed, no excuses. No water, no bathroom, which means you will have to stop his fluids early enough for that to be enforceable. He will try coming to your room later, you get right up before he has a chance to even lean on the bed and walk him right back to his room. Crying will not harm him if he tries to prolong the contact with you and your husband and uses it as a tool, and I bet he will. D not offer reward because then you will be asking how to stop giving them. His reward is he gets to be a little more grown up. Do not negotiate with him. he is 3, and not the head of a corporation and the rules for 3 year olds should not be a reflection of a democracy. You need to accept that you ARE going to be the bad guy anytime you discipline him, so get used to it and understand that its a parent's job....just tell yourself its part of your charm!

Get used to being the bad guy. For the kids' sake, be willing to be the bad guy if it makes their life better. Just suck it up and do it, after a few times crying himself to sleep he'll get over it, get him a nightlight and get one with it, you and your husband deserve privacy to enjoy each other. Life is too short to let the kids run you.

Thats a good question. You might have to spand outside the door and keep putting him back in bed if he gets out and just be firm with him and tell him he is a big boy and needs to sleep in his big boy bed. Good Luck

insteadof you letting him sleep in your bed, why you dont go and sleep in his bed with him till he gets used to his own bed you can slowly go back to your bed when he is fast asleep,

thats easy. This is what i did with my daughter. Just simply put him in his bed and tell him if he stays there all night long you will reward him ( it could be any type of reward) and if he gets out just keep putting him back in there. It might take a while but he'll get the idea and soon you and your hubby woll have your bed back!!

You should accompany him before he sleep aon his bed and tell him something that he likes. For example like story, ask him what he want to do tomorrow, what his ambition and etc

You are going to get all kinds of answers to this question. I will tell you what worked for me. It worked for all three of my children. When they started to get hard to put down and would not sleep by their selves and such, I put their bed next to mine in my room. Few weeks later I scooted it over a little. Then I scooted the bed to other side of my room. Time goes by the bed moves on down the hall way. Hope this helps.

My suggestion, you should train him to sleep in his own bed by create his bed with something that he likes. For example you can acomodate him with the cartoon illustration bed sheet,football picture at his room or other thing that he likes.Maybe you also should accompany him at his bed before he sleep.