WWYD

tamarar5

Not sure why this didn't occur to me to try before, but we pulled the side off the crib to test whether he was ready for a toddler bed or if we needed to buy another crib.  DH found cute plans on the internet to make a toddler bedframe that we were talking about doing, instead of buying a second crib.

I have been trying to get him down for a nap for TWO SOLID HOURS-- I haven't had lunch yet, haven't been able to nurse the baby, I haven't even been able to PEE.  I am literally putting him back in his bed every other minute.  At this point, WWYD? Put the side back on and get a second crib? Or keep putting him back in bed?

Rynleigh

What is the layout of the room? Is he safe to wander around in there? When we transitioned, we just let the boys start regulating their naps - we'd put them in the room with their beds, close the door, and walk away. Sometimes they go straight to sleep, sometimes they take half an hour or so - but the do always fall asleep if we leave them be. 

draeray

Yep same as above. There were a few times I went to get him and he was a sleep on the floor. He got out a few times to play but eventually would fall a sleep on his own. Now, we don't have any problems with him getting out and he still waits for us to get him in the morning when he is awake just like he did in his crib.

wineandcake

We tried a toddler bed and he lost his mind. It went back to a crib that night. Last night he finally figured out how to climb out of his crib, I just know he isn't ready for the freedom of moving about his room as he pleases at sleep time - he's an awful sleeper to begin with and would stay up all night whining and wandering around. We flipped the crib around and he couldn't get out.

I vote get a second crib, or keep baby in the pack and play a while longer. If you plan on using his current crib as a convertible forever then definitely buy a second crib.

brachysira

We have a huge baby but our plan is to just keep him in the pack n play until he's 6-9 months (longer?) and then hope that M is ready for a big girl bed.

tamarar5

He won't even stay in the bedroom right now. I'm exhausted. I think we're going back to the crib.

kleigh926

uncaripswife said:

Personally, I'd put the side back on the crib and buy a second crib for the baby. But I plan to keep K in her crib until she's regularly climbing out of it. She may be in there until kindergarten.

Definitely this. We will probably have to try and transition DD to a toddler bed before August because we're going on vacation and won't be able to fit 2 PNP's in the room (I don't even know if she'd fit in one by then anyway). I don't want her first time in a bed to be in a strange room with her brother in a PNP right beside her, so we'll probably try switching at the beginning of summer. But it honestly never even crossed my mind not to get a second crib for DS. DD's crib transitions to a toddler bed anyway, so we were planning on using it for her for a long time yet.

tamarar5

@kleigh926‌ I wouldn't have even contemplated NOT getting a second crib, except my husband started resisting. Well, after last night, that's just too damn bad. I am not doing the 3 hour scream fest again.

Besides, he woke up at 2 am. I know he wouldn't have gone back to sleep if he could get up. And the gate idea is a good one, but DS is a monkey and gates don't even slow him — he just climbs right over them. Little brat.

TarheelMama202

luxannie said:

I'll also put this article here.  Essentially whatever these people say about sleep, I follow.  They fixed my kid to make him be an amazing sleeper and I will give them all the gold in the world.

https://childsleepscience.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/how-do-you-keep-your-climbing-toddler-in-a-crib/

I LOVED this. Thanks for sharing. H is not trying to climb out of the crib yet, which is fantastic since my plan is to keep him there until he's 18. BUT- when he does- I bookmarked this page to look at.

holly321

Sterling13 said:

tamarar5 said:

@kleigh926‌ I wouldn't have even contemplated NOT getting a second crib, except my husband started resisting. Well, after last night, that's just too damn bad. I am not doing the 3 hour scream fest again.

Besides, he woke up at 2 am. I know he wouldn't have gone back to sleep if he could get up. And the gate idea is a good one, but DS is a monkey and gates don't even slow him — he just climbs right over them. Little brat.

If he climbs over gates won't he climb out of the crib? Why can't you put a knob lock on the door? And he's not being a brat, he's being a toddler.



My son climbs out and over everything, but has never tried with the crib. He is very content and comfortable i it.

tamarar5

Ditto @holly321‌. Aside from that one day when he climbed out, he hasn't done it again. But gates, couches, windows, anything remotely unclimbable, he can climb.

Rosebean

Honestly, we bought the second crib. It's in the same room as DS right now and it really eats up the room. And DD isn't even out of her PNP yet, and won't be for a long time (FFFC early, but we are sleep training her next month before we go to AZ... So maybe after that she'll learn to sleep on her own instead of on me and up every second hour if not... And after that, we can move her into a crib and share the room... Eeeeep!!!). Anywho, as I was saying, DS will be in his crib for a long while yet. His sleep sack completely deters him from climbing out. I'm in no rush to get him out, but when we do, I plan on putting a baby gate up at his door to keep him from getting out of his room. If he wants to fall asleep on the floor, that's okay... But he'll have to stay in his room.

kelly321

DD1 stayed in sleep sacks until she was 3, but not for naps, and that's when she started climbing out of the crib (she was like 32 months old). I agree that the sleep sack is a great way to keep them in the crib because they can't get their leg over. If they figure out how to take it off, then you can either flip it around so the zipper is in the back (that option depends on the cut of the sack) or use a safety pin to pin the zipper in place.

I think it's interesting that blog advocates cribs until age 3. I feel like I get a lot of resistance frmo my family back home (esp my mom, who is otherwise very uninterfering) about having kept DD1 in a crib for so long.

Rynleigh

I am at a loss for words over all these tots who are willing to wear sleep sacks.... We have been putting the boys' sleepers on BACKWARD for months because they kept getting them off, and now they've mastered getting out of those, too. Every morning, naked babies. Every. Day. 

kleigh926

uncaripswife said:

Rynleigh said:

I am at a loss for words over all these tots who are willing to wear sleep sacks.... We have been putting the boys' sleepers on BACKWARD for months because they kept getting them off, and now they've mastered getting out of those, too. Every morning, naked babies. Every. Day. 

I'm sorry, but this gave me a giggle.  I'm imagining two little guys, big smiles, "hi momma," naked except for their diapers, so proud of themselves. 


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If they're anything like my DD, the diaper would be off too. She figured out how to get her footie PJ's, onesie, and diaper off, and then peed all over her crib. So now her PJ's go on inside out where she can't get to the zipper.... yet.

kelly321

Rynleigh said:

I am at a loss for words over all these tots who are willing to wear sleep sacks.... We have been putting the boys' sleepers on BACKWARD for months because they kept getting them off, and now they've mastered getting out of those, too. Every morning, naked babies. Every. Day. 

Wow! No, with DD1 it was a big ordeal to change her over to blankets at night even though she'd always napped with a blanket. It took several weeks before she stopped whining for the sleep sack when we put her to bed!

Rynleigh

Yes. Stark ass naked. No diapers. Running and laughing and bouncing around.

Rynleigh

kleigh926 said:

uncaripswife said:

Rynleigh said:

I am at a loss for words over all these tots who are willing to wear sleep sacks.... We have been putting the boys' sleepers on BACKWARD for months because they kept getting them off, and now they've mastered getting out of those, too. Every morning, naked babies. Every. Day. 

I'm sorry, but this gave me a giggle.  I'm imagining two little guys, big smiles, "hi momma," naked except for their diapers, so proud of themselves. 

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If they're anything like my DD, the diaper would be off too. She figured out how to get her footie PJ's, onesie, and diaper off, and then peed all over her crib. So now her PJ's go on inside out where she can't get to the zipper.... yet.



Jamie manages to pull his down over his shoulders. Kid is quadruple jointed or something.