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Toddler / baby sleeping questions and updates
It took Ds a little while to figure out that the twin is where he's supposed to sleep now. He is actually going to bed much easier than before! It's awesome. If he's not tired he simply waits until I've left the room then jumps out of bed and plays with something. If he's tired he might fuss for a minute but he doesn't get out of bed. He just rearranges himself and goes right to sleep. I'm so relieved at how great he's transitioning.
I quickly learned that if I shut his door he piles toys in front of it. Then when he gets fussy and sleepy I can't get in without pushing on the door really hard (which I'm scared to do in case he's behind said door). So his door stays open now and he has a baby gate that I close at night.
Now onto my question. There's a twin comforter in his room. When he started sleeping on the bed I just tossed the comforter on the floor to deal with later. Both nights he has crawled over to it and brought it back to bed with him. I find him curled up half on top of it half under it. Would you continue to let him do this or take it out of the room? He seems to be more comfortable with it. If anything gets over his face or head he immediately pulls it off. I pulled it up over his head last night while he was sleeping and he yanked it off. WWYD?
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Re: Toddler / baby sleeping questions and updates
I think he's fine with the comforter. It was around that age that we bought quinn a stuffed monkey that was about the same size as he was and he also started sleeping much better. Sometimes he'd lay on top of it (I think it helped him to not lay flat when his reflux was bothering him) and sometimes he'd just snuggle with it. I think their reflex for needing to breathe is plenty developed by that age and they will instinctively uncover their heads and stuff. Other people might have other opinions, but it's worked fine for us (and we're both pretty big safety freaks).
R/t the toddler/big bed - your little climber story inspired us to go to ikea yesterday and buy quinn a big boy bed. He's gotten both elbows up over the edge of his crib and in his bare feet, he can get pretty good leverage in a corner to start climbing out... so we're preparing.
Also, a question for you - do you have anything plugged into the wall in his room? We're trying to figure out how to completely babyproof his room and that's one of the stumbling blocks we've run into... we have the video camera for the monitor and the noisemaker and a little lamp all plugged in....Do we just try to plug everything in behind the changing table where he can't reach it (hopefully)? Any tips?
So glad everything is working out so well for you guys!
We have the video monitor and the white noise machine plugged in. You can buy plug covers that are more like a box that covers the entire plug so it can't be pulled out of the wall. The cord comes out of the box. My Quinn has never tried to pull on hte cords or mess with these boxes. They are a lifesaver as Quinn has been in a big bed in his room for about 6 months. The lamp is plugged in behind his dresser because it sits on top of the dresser.
Blissful-I would just let him have the blanket. Quinn has slept with a blanket in his crib and now bed since he was about that age. It's never been an issue and he generally crawls out of it during the night and it ends up across the bed. I think he likes the fluffiness though as he actually sleeps on top of his pillows. The edge of his bed is pretty much lined in pillows (he has 6 pillows on his bed) and he crawls up on them and sleeps!
I'm so happy it's working out for you!! Quinn didn't STTN till we put him in a big bed and I definitely think it's the reason.
That's what I was hoping you'd say! I'm going to leave it in there for him to do with as he pleases.
I do have a couple of things plugged in. I switched all of my outlet covers for ones that slide to the side. So to plug anything in you have to pull the cover off to the side. It snaps back over the outlet automatically when you unplug something. I also have cord winders so the exposed cord is extremely short. Ds has no interest yet in outlets but he will chew on any cord within reach.
i agree with the blanket too. i felt like once dd had the motor skills to actually reach out and grab what she wanted to grab, that it was much less of an issue because of the instinct to need to breathe.
i'm glad the transition is going so well!
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