My son gets into things at night...help

Rachael - posted on 09/08/2011

have you witnessed him do this, and are you certain he is awake? what is his weight like and does he sneak eat in the middle of the day?

Katherine - posted on 09/08/2011

I had a lock on my bedroom door as I slept walked and my parents didn't want me to get outside (I lived in the middle of no where and had miles and miles of forests, water and fields).

I also agree with the snack on his bedside table for when he wakes up

Mary - posted on 09/08/2011

Put a bell on his door and every time he opens it the bell will ring .

Rachel - posted on 06/14/2010

maybe try getting a cabinet that you can lock and put the stuff you dont want him to have in there.

Betty - posted on 06/14/2010

just an idea dont know if you have tryed this or not have him pick out a snack before bed and get a glass of juice and after he is asleep put it in his room where he will see it if he wakes up locking him out of everything sometimes only makes the situation worst

Renee - posted on 06/07/2010

Kids will go after what ever you deny them. Tell them they can't have candy and that is what they want, they can't play with a certain toy and that is the only toy the want :) The gate across the door might work as a "reminder" but I am sure that he would be able to take it down. My son is only 2 and already figured out how to take down the gates. Maybe put a door alarm on his bedroom door so when he opens it in the middle of the night you will hear it. They sell them at Menards.

Kyla - posted on 06/07/2010

With your son being six those safty locks for the cupboards might not work my kids figured those out between the ages of 2 and 3 if your kitchen doorway is to big for baby gates put them in the hallway I have one at the top of my stairs and that worked for my kids for a while

Kyla - posted on 06/07/2010

Find a way to lock him out of the kitchen even if its a couple of baby gates and then make it clear that he can come wake you if he is hungry

Meg - posted on 06/07/2010

My daughter did the same thing find out what he is using to climb up to the high places and if you can secure them somewhere else, she was using a bar stool pulled up to the counter to get on top so we started putting them in the garage when we weren't using them. You can order the locks your looking for thru babies r us or amazon.com I got mine at a PX but not everyone has access to them.

Angelica - posted on 06/07/2010

we have an open kitchen with no nobs. i'm looking for the latch lock things that go on the inside but have yet to come across any. we hid the snacks in our room but i don't like having food in there.

Crea - posted on 06/07/2010

lock your kitchen door if hes hungry he'll have no choice but to come to you

Crystal - posted on 06/07/2010

get some of those cabinet locks that go across the knobs of ur cabinets...my husband cant even work them lol

Angelica - posted on 06/07/2010

thatks for your responses it's nice to know i'm not the only one thats had to deal with this.

Lacye - posted on 06/06/2010

instead of locking him in his room. if you have a door into the kitchen, try putting a latch lock high enough out of his reach that he can't get to it. that way he will have to come and wake you up if he wants something in the middle of the night. that is what my sister had to do with one of her twin sons. he had a really bad habit of trying to sneak outside in the middle of the night to play. so she put a latch lock at the top of the door and he finally quit because he had no choice but to quit.

Christina - posted on 06/05/2010

i have had the same issue and telling my son that he can come to me no mater wat really helped and now he rarely dose it

Amanda - posted on 06/05/2010

if he needs to eat in the middle of the night, and has a high metabolism, tell him to come wake you up instead of taking it upon himself to get his own food, this way you can monitor what he needs and how much..try peanut butter sandwiches..its filling and healthy. Also, you can have him drink a glass of water or juice before he goes to bed, it will fill his stomach up, and make him feel more "full" at bedtime.

Angelica - posted on 06/04/2010

ya dr said to put healthy snacks in reach, i did...

Lisbeth - posted on 06/04/2010

Have you talked to your doc about it if it is nothing medical about it it sounds like he just wants the food you say no to so instead of hiding it let him have one a night but he has to earn it by doing things around the house to help.