My daughter climbed out of her crib! Advice, please.

msasnitu · February 2011

In the middle of the night last night, our daughter came to find us in our bedroom. My heart nearly stopped when I saw her there, and I still have no idea how she climbed out... She was an early walker, and she is adventurous, but she is small for her age, and she's not even 18 months yet! I wasn't ready for this yet... Any advice about what to do now? My husband didn't want to put her back in the crib last night for fear that she would fall out if she attempted again, so she spent the rest of the night with us in bed. Needless to say, no one got a lot of sleep, and I don't want to set a precedent of her coming to our bed in the middle of the night. I don't know what to do... Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

parsleyqueen · February 2011

I have heard that crib tents work--haven't tried one yet myself since my girls haven't yet tried to get out of their cribs, but if they do I think I'll give a tent a shot. I am not ready for everything that would come along with a move to a toddler bed!

MrsBeckO · February 2011

My DD started in a floor bed @ 12 months and rocked it, so I would say to give that a shot. Were you planning on buying a 2nd crib for the new baby?

shoeboxx · February 2011

I also heard crib tents are great.

https://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=309775

Mrs.Husband · February 2011

I'm thinking crib tent or moving her to a toddler bed now. I think 18 months is on the early end of average for transitioning them, but not unheard of.

JLG95 · February 2011

Are crib tents safe? I've heard about some strangulation deaths and injuries. https://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10303.html

kimberlyk921 · February 2011

JLG95:
Are crib tents safe? I've heard about some strangulation deaths and injuries. https://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10303.html

I think it's just that particular one. That one they are talking about is made for a playpen. I've never seen one for a real crib have those plastic clips before. Thanks for that link though!

kimberlyk921 · February 2011

kimberlyk921:
JLG95:
Are crib tents safe? I've heard about some strangulation deaths and injuries. https://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10303.html
I think it's just that particular one. That one they are talking about is made for a playpen. I've never seen one for a real crib have those plastic clips before. Thanks for that link though!

...it also says the child that died was strangled because they were able to pop the clips off so the tent was then tied with a nylon cord. The 3 other situations when the kids popped the clips off were not injured. The way its written makes you believe it might have been because it was also tied with the cord as opposed to just being clipped on.

Mysticblossom21 · February 2011

First option would be to get a crib tent.

Second option would be, if you have one of those cribs that are designed where one side is higher than the other, (just talking the style of the crib, not talking drop-side) turn the crib so the shorter side is to the wall and the higher side is out. Making it more difficult to get out.

Third option, which we just had to do this one ourselves -- buy a toddler bed, cross your fingers and hope for the best. DD has done really well at bed time staying in her bed and not falling out (since it has side rails on it) but nap time is H.E.L.L.

sunflowergrl · February 2011

My BIL/SIL keep my 2.5 yr old nephew in sleep sacs so he doesn't climb out. They've never had a problem. So maybe try them. I was super surprised the first time I saw him in one, I didn't know they made them that big. Apparently they do. GL

Downriverbride · February 2011

mine did the same thing at 15 months. It really does stop your heart. We did a couple of things. First, we put a gate at the bedroom door so he couldn't get out of the room. I was worried about him going down the stairs by himself. Second, we bought a toddler rail for the crib. Third, until we installed the toddler rail we immediatly put DS back in the crib every time he climbed out. I know it sounds like dog training but it worked. He got out 3 times in a row and we put him right back in and he didn't try again.

SLO2005 · February 2011

We use sleep sacks just for this reason. My LO loves his sleep sack and he can not get his foot over the side of the crib

mrs_rodney · February 2011

See if she iven continues to do it. My dd climber out of her crib one day at naptime and snuck up behind me like 15 seconds after I put her down. I was shocked! She did it again when I laid her back down. So I thought we were going to be fighting this from now til the toddler bed. When I put her down that night, she didn't even try to climb out and hasn't since (that was at least a month ago). So, you may have some time yet!

I looked into a crib tent but couldn't find one that would work on our crib- its curved and talled in the back than it is in the front. Just something to consider if you go that route! GL

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