They keep getting up and playing at night? at 31/2

The girls well Emma gets up at night and wakes Claire up and plays. What is going on ... Last night Emma's was up at midnight we put her back to bed then at 2:30 I heard something she was up again getting into the cookie jar and making a cup of water and Claire was up this time... so I put Claire in DS room on the bottom bunk and Emma in her room then at 4:30 DS comes in my room and says the girls are plying in his project box (tons of little things like straws, pipe cleaners paint) yep they dumped it all out I put them both back in their own beds and I laid down half awake until I let them up at 8:30 which they never went back to sleep. I dont know what to do ... they could have hurt them selfs or something... they are potty training so I cant lock the door and a gate wont help they will just climb it.....

what do I do ... will THIS phase go quickly ooo man I remember DS waking at this age but it was just him with the twins is two minds making big messes and big ideas....

please tell me Im not alone with this one

 

Gabe did that for a couple of nights right after he started potty training. Then it stopped. I hope it doesn't come back. I've told him that during the night, if he's up to go potty that is fine, but then straight back to bed. Even if he has to lay in bed awake, he has to stay there.

Any chance of putting a potty in their room and closing the door so that they can't wonder the house, but still have access to the potty?

Right now my girls have 2 three foot gates stacked in their door way because they could climb one lone gate and roam around.

 

Mine have done this for the last year (they will be 3 Oct 2) They don't do it everynight but close to it. I have a baby gate over there door for this exact reason They play, climb in bed with each other and talk. I find if I keep them on a tight sleep schedule it is better (happens less).

Other than nothing works or changes. Their pediatricain recomended I give the Melatonin (spelling?) some natural sleep thing but I would rather not.

 

With my oldest (3.5), we put one of those door knob covers on her bedroom door. I was so worried she would wake up, wander around the house, & hurt herself. The downside was that when she had to tinkle in the middle of the night, we did have to wake up & let her out of her room. It seemed like a phase, though & has passed. She now has complete freedom- no more door knob. Although, if she gets out of her room (not to tinkle) we will threaten to put it back on.
Good luck.

 

My kids aren't potty trained yet, but they are locked in their rooms at night with child proof locks on the inside of their doors and I think it will remain this way for a long time. I think that even when they are trained they will just have to call for us (or rather me since DH sleeps through it all) to take them potty. Mine are into everything and I can't trust them. Of course 3.5 is about 8 months away for us, so who knows, a lot could change before then. My first thought when I read your post though, would be to put a potty chair in their room and keep them in their room with a childproof door knob.

 

well we figured out that they just may not need a nap every day and that seems to have fixed the probelm... Some days they seem very tired after preschool so I just put in a movie and they watch it on the couch and other days they just play all day and bed time seems to be much easier and they have been sleeping all night in their OWN beds yippee..... kinda sad about the no nap though its my quiet time.....