for **** sake, stay in bed! need alternative approaches to curb the 2.5 year old's getting-out-of-bed-35-times at naps and at night.

it started with a few times and has ballooned over the last few months into some awful monstrous problem. our 2.5 year old son goes through a whole bedtime routine (a book or two, a song or two) and about 2 minutes after you leave the room, he's opened the door and is standing in the hallway. sometimes he has an excuse (needs water, needs to pee, has a booger) sometimes he says nothing and smiles.it's really really wearing on us. we've already moved his bedtime back as far as we are willing, because we also go to bed early and get up early, and need to reserve that precious hour of adult time.we've tried angry scolding-type putting back to bed, silent-type putting back to bed, bribing to stay in bed with a morning surprise, nothing works. he will literally get up every 5 minutes for an hour before he finally falls asleep.please help!! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2q2fogX