We have a door alarm on our daughters bedroom door. She’s autistic and a flight risk. So our pediatrician told us to get a door alarm. It attaches at the top of the door and you can turn it on and off.
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I always kept my babies in my room until age 4 because they’re safe and locked in my room with me. They do sell 42 inch gates at Walmart online.
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Child proof door knob
Baby proof his room and baby gate in the doorway for safety purposes. That’s dangerous.
And maybe do a sound monitor just so you’re aware he’s up?
Also, look into an “okay to wake” clock. Red when he needs to be in bed, green when he’s allowed to be up and open the door.
Good luck, mamas 
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Put an alarm on his door so that way when he opens it, you hear it. Child safety latches for the fridge and at this point, go ahead and put your knives up in a safe out of reach place.
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n his room and a monkey hook on his door so he can’t open it by himself. Let him know if he needs you to tell you through the camera. That way he can’t hurt himself, he can’t make a mess but he can talk to you if he needs you, plus they’re super easy to remove in an emergency should one arise
That’s why people child proof their house. Super simple
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Baby proof your house? There’s things you can put on fridges to prevent a child from opening them the same with cabinets too. Good luck on with him not leaving his room. He just wants to be near you is all.
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Child proof? They have stuff for refrigerators and cabinets and even toilets like there is literally something for everything in a house just gotta find it. And what I do is I put a baby gate in front of the door so he can’t get out but I can hear him cause he has to pass my room to get to the living room and kitchen
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Plastic wrap the door way lmao jk jk put up a gate he can’t crawl over or under?
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I would definitely do what somebody else said and offer incentive if he stays in his room maybe do a sticker chart and after he gets so many stickers you reward him. Or maybe you could put a baby gate at his door and I would definitely get a lock for the refrigerator and not to be mean but I hope that you have safety measures in place for the outside doors
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Baby gates and fridge child proof thingy
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Welcome to REAL parenthood lol… just be glad u don’t have more than 1 creating havoc lol… wish u luck but remember this stiff is more than normal at this age
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Lock your fridge 
I’m only laughing because I’ve been there!! My youngest took it upon herself to find something to eat in the middle of the night and she found the captain crunch berries flavored syrup. Woof. it definitely wasn’t fun to clean up when I found it the following morning. However, redirecting over and over even when you wanna blow your top off. It took my youngest probably close to 3 months before she stopped her funny business. My oldest on the other hand, has always needed to be in her own space at bedtime. Will refuse to sleep anywhere but her bed. So I was very confused when my youngest started up her act. 
Stay strong mama, you got this! 
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Some people are saying to use child proof locks. My 3 year is smart and strong willed. She gets through every thing we use to prevent her from doing things she shouldn’t do. It doesn’t always work. Also to the ones saying to lock their door, I suggest you ask what CPS thinks of that. OP, good luck. I’m at my wits end and have tried everything. I hope you find a way
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Well first put a door alarm on his bdrm door because that can be very dangerous. They also make fridge locks. Have you tried melatonin? My 6 yr old unforunately doesn’t fall asleep for over an hour and sleeps poorly if he doesn’t take it. We started it when he was 5 yrs old. It’s the lowest dose and it was very much needed.
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I laugh because we’ve all been there.
- he’ll stop coming to bed when he’s good and ready to stop lol
- put a child lock on the fridge, I have a 2&4 yr old girls and I use one.
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Remember you’re the parent not the child
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Put a bell on him it’ll wake you up when he gets up lol
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Put the door knob stopper on the inside. My parents had to do this with my brother or the same would happen. Maybe feed him before he goes to bed something heavy like oatmeal to fill him up. If he’s In The fridge he’s hungry and since he can’t cook unless you have ready grab stuff just for him everything will be everywhere. Hugs we had 18 eggs on the kitchen floor being finger painted in and all I did was go pee.
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I have a child lock on my 3 year olds door (can be easily opened but not by her). I also have child proof locks on my fridge, freezer and cupboards.
Baby gate if it’s a hallway and block him to just have access to the bedrooms
We put a baby gate to keep all our toddlers in their own rooms at night.
Put an alarm on his door
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Supernanny has a great technique for this.
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Ummmmm, he’s 3, not 13 
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Put locks on things you don’t want him to open (cabinets, fridge, ect). Maybe talk to his pediatrician about his sleep cycle. What kind of bed time routine do you have? My thoughts are, after he does his “exploring” he may want to go to his safe space…and that’s you mama.
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Put him in his room and say bedtime once and then whenever he gets out take him back to bed but don’t say anything he will eventually give up but it might take some time
I’ve had the door open and 2 baby gates on top of each other.
I was cleaning up a spilled milk shake in my van and my 5yo and 4yo tepeed my foyer……
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Be very careful adding locks on doors, fires happen. Once you’ve tried a baby gate that he cannot climb over and locked the refrigerator and given him something loaded with protein before bed, brush his teeth and allow him one small thing to take to bed with him. If all these things still don’t work, it’s time to see a professional.
Put a baby gate in the kitchen entrance
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Get a really good and tall sturdy baby gate put it on his bedroom door
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Put child proof locks on the fridge and cupboards
When bubs tries to get into your bed
Take him back to his bed with his toys
Leave the light on and shut the bedroom door
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My boy is 4 and as always ended up in my bed make the most of it cuz they are only little once hold ur babies and sleep with them.just want that bit extra ryt now they distroying the house is cuz they feel they ain’t wanted in ur bed make them feel wanted and they will calm down
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It’s called CHILDPROOFING 
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close the door so he has to stay
Baby gate his door, the kitchen and locks on the fridge. As well as everywhere else lol sounds like he likes to roam at night, I’d make sure your home is secure.
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How about a baby cam so you can hear when he wakes up…
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Old school might work thou shut his door put Bell attached so u can hear everytime that doors opened
He’s 3. Don’t be punishing him by taking his things away when he’s barely learning. Put in some sort of alarm or bell or something that’ll wake you up when he opens the door.
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Also, baby locks. They have them for everything.
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Baby gate his door, the kitchen and locks on the fridge. As well as everywhere else lol sounds like he likes to roam at night, I’d make sure your home is secure.
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Put and alarm on door, when he gets up take him to go potty, a small drink, and back to bed.
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My son is 2 and a half. I use a baby gate only when it’s naptime or bedtime. But once he wakes up, I also get up. Put a lock on the fridge.
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My twins did the same thing
Put up baby gates everywhere… I literally have 5 baby gates… so he can only go pee and back to his room when he’s done…
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But taking away his things isn’t going to help… hes 3 … all he will understand is mommy is taking all my toys…
Naaawwww sounds like a tutu fingers hahaha, hands full 
. Baby gate his room door n buy locks for your fridge. Put a sippy cup by the bed so he can drink at night. He sounds very independent 
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Lyndz Essy. Lol. Our little toddler zavyar. Exactly the same
If the baby gate suggestions don’t work and I assume they will not because he is 3, and if the child proofing does not work, there are latches that can be added to the upper hinge of his door. You lift up and pull over the latch when you put him to bed and close his door. You will need to keep him in a night time pull up diaper since he will not be able to go potty until you open his door. If you live in a high density situation and he screams bloody murder at not being able to roam, be prepared for angry neighbors but it may be worth a few mights of restraining his activities to break him of his night time noshing habit.
Since he seems to be going on a food run at might, you may want to enlist the help of his pediatrician: ask if there is a food that might be harder to digest and more likely to keep him full through the night or if he has a disorder that does not allow him to know when he is full. You might ask his pediatrician if there is a food that could be left on his night stand for a snack that won’t rot his teeth like cheese (or shell out the $2,000 to get his teeth coated to prevent cavities).
I did not have this issue with my kids so I sincerely wish you all the best as I know you need your sleep but also do not want to worry about your little boy.
Sounds like he’s trying to fix a midnight snack. Could just be a growth spurt. Give a snack or small meal before bed that and see if it helps
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That’s so precious enjoy those moments
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I have tall baby gates everywhere and a clever dog camera that I can see on my phone in my little ones room 
it alerts me when there is movement
We flipped my son’s door handle around so the lock is on the outside
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Get the door knob lock that keeps the doorknobs/ handles child proof . We had the same problem with my toddler and I put one on the inside of her door so that she #1 can’t wonder off and get into anything while we sleep and #2 it covers the locking mechanism so she can’t accidentally lock herself in her room… she’s adapted to it perfectly we’ve taught her to knock on the door if she needs anything. U only need to put the child proo8ng on the inside s9 that you can easily access the room from outside and once their old enough to know h0w to open it then they qre old enough to understand the concept of not getting into things… at first I felt like I was lock8ng her in her room but after hearing some nightmarish stories of children getting into hazardous things while the parents slept I felt much more at ease and my daughter has learned to better communicate needs and wants and boundaries.
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Knob guard so he can’t turn the knob. People get so uptight about this issue, but when you think about them climbing… I’d rather them not turn on the stove and burn down the house with us in it.
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We got these for our fridge. Child lock on the cabinets/pantry too.
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Give him a good bed time snack before bed. He might be hungry!
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When my youngest was that age he also escaped. I put a baby gate in his doorway. I woke up in the middle of the night to find him in the kitchen, having driven his cars through the butter, smeared butter all.over.the.kitchen, and then clearly felt guilty and turned on the sink to clean up, which means that there was butter and water on the floor. Butter and water and bare feet make for extra sliding. Which I did. And I woke the entire neighborhood up when my arse hit the floor. And then there were 2 baby gates, one on top of the other. That worked.
Block off the kitchen with a gate if you can
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Could be worse . Does he put pillows in the oven?
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I’d make it to where you can lock the door on the outside. People may say that’s mean but he can seriously hurt himself by playing alone in the kitchen
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Whatever cabinets and doors he manages to open put an alarm thst will go off…It’ll alert u as he’s doin it and scare him enuff he won’t do it…maybe anyway lol
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My middle kiddo use to do that. I’d invite her over to the couch with me and we’d snuggle until we both fell asleep. The couch was/is a gathering place, so to speak; not my bed, not her bed, but neutral space. It worked on a positive. And we both slept good. She eventually grew out of it.
If you don’t feel comfortable with the child knob guards or locking the door, they make alarms that you can put on the door that go off when they open it.
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How do you put him to bed? Start a nighttime routine. Give him small meal/snack before bed. Read him a story or sing him a song and give him bedtime hugs.
Put a bell on the doorknob tht way you will hear him when he opens the door.
Why don’t you let him sleep in the same room with you?
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Avoid 2much screen time b4 bedtime. Also everytime he comes 2ur room take him back 2his room. Little insentives help. Leave a favourite toy in his room 2 encourage him 2sleep alone
I put a gate at his bedroom door and use a monitor so I can hear if he needs me. If I had no gate my place would be destroyed. I even have an extra gate blocking off the kitchen because it would just be bad if they could roam in there
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Patience mama. Sounds like you need to take some time for yourself so you’re not so stressed and pushed to your limits.
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Baby gate and monitor!
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Baby gate, kept it up at night until he was about 4.
Absolutely agree with a baby gate either on his door or the stairs if you have them and to the kitchen. I can’t say much about him getting up tho as my son slept pretty well even at that age. Try child locks on cupboards and the fridge. Good luck but also try not to stress so much much things will get better.
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Are you allowing afternoon naps? I had to quit that for mine at 2 and once I eliminated the afternoon naps they slept thru the night problem solved!
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I have locks on everything I can out locks on if my toddler is really tired he will stay in his room but I can’t keep him in there if he is not
If you haven’t already I’d put a gate blocking to where he can’t get in to the kitchen and if you can’t do that put a lock on your fridge. I personally wouldn’t gate him in his room but you always can do that also. If he gets up and comes in your room just change him or have him go potty than redirect him to his bed and remind him it’s still bedtime. And just have patience. I’ve got 3 kiddos all very close in age and my almost 3 years old tries to come in my room every night and I just change his pullups and redirect him back to bed. And he sleeps til morning. Good luck mama 
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Babygate his room (put in a little potty if he’s trained), alarms on the fridge, cabinet locks, baby gate at other entry points before the kitchen in case he manages to climb one more than one might deter him, get him a night light, put him in one of yours or his dad’s shirts, having yalls scent might keep him asleep, lay with him till he falls asleep, feed him a snack before bed most people burn calories in there sleep and can wake up hungry if they eat a few hours before bed, there’s sleep spray that helps calm them to sleep, and you can always call his doctor
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Child lock every thing put a gate up on his door or they have those bed that zip from the outside my son does the same crazy stuff being a toddler momma is super touch it’s a whole other job itself these little creatures lol!
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Sheila Perkins be prepared
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Baby gate,lock the door, child proof door knobs. Whatever you can to get him to stay. They gotta learn at some point.
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Removing his items ??? My lord he is 3!!! 
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Are you sure he’s not sleepwalking? I don’t mean any disrespect, but I had a friend who’s daughter did the same thing and she wouldn’t remember the things she did.
…parenting doesn’t end because you want to go to bed.
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Let him sleep with you.
I did with my daughter. I have thyroid issue and sleep was a hard issue for me because I was always always always tired. She knew how to bring me things she wanted like juice and a cup. And she had things to eat that she could reach Incase she got hungry.
Some times I just couldn’t function I was just to tired.
We made it work. I would do as much as I could but for the most part she would be in my room with me so I could kind of keep an ear out for her.
Honestly the body has a clock. If he is up at around the same time every evening then that’s probably his body saying he needs to be awake.
Try sleeping for a bit then waking up when he needs to be awake and playing some games with him and give him a light snack or some water.
Look into the traditional Chinese medicine thing where it talks about the body’s clock and when organs function.
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Door alarms, a baby monitor, motion detector cameras, and a motion detector alarm.
This is what we have to do with my 5 year old and 8 year old.
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Baby proof things you don’t want him getting into and make sure he knows if he wakes up in the middle of the night he has to come get you up or has to climb in bed with you.
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I had to put locks on EVERYTHING in my house with my son. He would break baby gates at 8m old it was ridiculous 
a cop told me to put a lock on the outside of his bedroom door so he could get out but not a real lock more like a sliding thing in case of an emergency I could get in there quickly I thought it was illegal but I called into social services and it’s not since it’s for a safety reason. Depends on where you live.
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My son had that problem with his girl. He had to turn off every light source. She sleep in the dark but if she could she was up and into things. Might be worth a try.
Nyquil…joking. I have no advice on this one
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We have baby gates that block our kitchen off and child locks on the pantry.
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My son was the same way (he’s 20 now)…i gave up and let him sleep in bed with me… i wish there was melatonin back then…because i give it to my daughter now… she sleeps soundly thru the night…
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I mean they make locks and gates for this reason
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Lower the mattress on the crib so they can’t get out. Or are they too big already?
I miss these days lol now they just do this 24/7
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Get a baby gate at his door - hopefully that will help. (Or put a chain on the outside of his door so he can’t open it all the way and get out (I don’t really like that - but he can open the door wide enough to call you.)
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It’s called baby proofing. Yes there are professional baby proofing specialists and installer out there. I was shocked to hear.of someone i know.use one.
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