What do you do with an 18 month old that walks in the night?

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“I have an 18 month old son, he used to be a great sleeper but recently he refuses to stay in his bed and wakes up about 2-3 AM and is so hard to put him back to his bed. probably a bottle will help but I have stopped giving bottle during the night and I usually give his morning bottle about 5:30-6 AM or when ever he wakes up in the morning and he should wake up anyways about 6:30 to get ready for child care and me for work. he usually goes to bed about 7:30-8 pm. would appreciate your help. we do have a routine before bed time, dinner, warm bath, story time, cuddle, bottle and bed.” What do you do with an 18 month old that walks in the night?

Posted by Asal, 13/04/13

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- - Ellen said
  - 24 Jan 2023
    8:45 am
I would put a gate at the entrance of his door
- - aprilb1 said
  - 02 Jan 2016
    9:52 am
Like the other comments, maybe a night light or a toy for comfort
- - Klsmith91 said
  - 07 Oct 2015
    9:21 pm
I just put my daighter back down, sometimes I offer her warm milk to help
- - dannsbuild said
  - 29 Sep 2015
    9:24 pm
Wow! Interesting! It was interesting reading the comments on this!
- - shareem said
  - 31 May 2014
    9:34 pm
We put them back to bed. No chatting, limit eye contact, pick them up and return them over and over. We have a gate on one child’s door and make sure her room is safe. Sometimes she falls asleep on the floor
- - sweetbell said
  - 19 May 2014
    4:38 pm
Maybe try a night light and lay in his room for a while other than that not to sure but hope all works out for you.
- - meltingmoment said
  - 02 Dec 2013
    10:21 am
Hope you managed to find the answer you were looking for.
- - mggarner said
  - 28 Nov 2013
    12:32 pm
Keep a light on in the house and he might stop, we keep the hallway light on and our daughter doesn’t get scared when wakes up anymore
- - mggarner said
  - 27 Nov 2013
    3:26 pm
Has he stopped walking in the night?
- - kjgarner said
  - 28 Oct 2013
    10:16 am
How is your baby now?
- - snoopy said
  - 25 Oct 2013
    1:46 pm
My son often was thirsty, we also put a sippy cup next to his bed at night.
- - lynzstevo said
  - 31 Aug 2013
    10:23 pm
That’s a good suggestion from Sallty! I might have to try that myself
- - sallty said
  - 31 Aug 2013
    8:54 am
I started putting a sippy cup of water, a night light and some books on my son’d bedside table. That way, he can sort himself out at night if he’s bored or thirsty!
- - lynzstevo said
  - 29 Aug 2013
    8:48 am
Just take him back to his bed, and make sure hes comfortable (not too hot/ too cold). Hopefully its just a stage that hes grown out of by now.
- - maureen3 said
  - 28 Aug 2013
    11:46 am
Keep a night light on .Is he warm enough?
- - a-edwards said
  - 21 Aug 2013
    3:04 pm
Sleep patterns change all the time!
- - traceyi said
  - 18 Aug 2013
    9:07 pm
just wondering if things have settled?
- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Jul 2013
    10:40 am
Sometimes ignore him or maybe he is cold and needs a sleeping bag to keep him warm
- - earthlydelites said
  - 09 Jul 2013
    9:30 am
yup keep attention to a minimum and straight back to bed, that way he will learn it’s not fun time and he’s not getting anything from being up at that time!
- - jodie80 said
  - 30 Jun 2013
    9:26 pm
He could be hungry maybe try a snack just before bed. Or he could possible be cold nice warm pj’s