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Ugh - transition to a toddler bed
So...about transitioning to a toddler bed....i guess my dreams of holding off for a few more months are gone! Ella fell hard out of her bed Friday night. It scared me to death and her as well. But I guess not enough b/c Saturday morning - she climbed out, over the gate we had blocking her door and went downstairs. Aydin was up and they sat and watched cartoons together. Imagine our shock when we went downstairs and saw them there together. We thought she was still sleeping!
So - we decided to change her to her toddler bed for fear of another fall and we put another type of gate up (a smooth surface one). She climbed over that too.
I know it's new and it's a novelty, but she needs to stay in her bed and sleep - poor thing was a zombie when I dropped her off this morning. We put her back in her bed 4 times last night and finally at 5 she climbed in and I didn't even realize it until I got a foot in my belly!
I am nervous about her taking a tumble down the stairs, but even if I put up a gate, she'll climb over it and really take a tumble. I guess I could lock her in her room (is that horrible). Or does one of us sleep in the hallway?
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Re: Ugh - transition to a toddler bed
I use those too. So far Savannah hasn't figured them out. But she's trying!
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Take it from me (I have experience..LOL)--the getting out of bed thing is a phase. The novelty will wear off. As you probably remember, Holly did it every night for a month or so, but **knock on wood** hasn't done it in a couple of months.
We do close her door. Her room is right outside of our stairs, and I'm just not going to risk her getting out. We have a doorknob cover on the inside doorknob and she cannot open the door. We have a video monitor and can see her. If that's considered locking her in her room, then I'm guilty as charged. :-)
We tried the putting her back in her bed thing--we would do it up to 10 times a night (actually, maybe more). Then we just started ignoring it. She slept on the floor much of that month. Oh well. I think she eventually realized that wasn't comfortable. At first, we were trying to essentially beg her to stay in bed, and bargaining with her--stay in bed or we'll take "x" toy away (she was also opening her dresser and making a huge mess of clothes and toys). That backfired. The more we asked her to stay in bed (told her how it made mommy and daddy sad, etc), the more she'd do it. I think she was just in a defiant phase.
Once we started ignoring it, she eventually stopped doing it. All we'd say before we tucked her in (fully knowing she would get out as soon as we closed the door) was "remember, your bed is where it's comfy and warm." If she'd say "no, I sleep on the floor!" then we'd just say "ok, it's gonna be cold though.. good night." Then eventually, we started just ignoring it all together. If she'd talk about sleeping on the floor or getting out of bed, we'd just flat out ignore her.
Good news is, she hasn't done it--hasn't even gotten out of bed in the morning--in a couple of months. We let her keep books in her bed now, which has helped. That keeps her entertained until she falls asleep.
Hang in there!
Oh yes - I remember the stories! I remember you telling me - it'll happen sooner or later
We do have a lever lock on her door, but she figured it out. Maybe we should just change her doorknob and get a knob lockey thing. That'll at least buy us a few days!
We switched Caleb's door knob and lock him in. He goes through phases where he constantly tries to get out of his bed, and its just irritating! I tell him its bedtime, stay in bed and lock the door. Occasionally, he hops out of bed, tries the door and then gets back in bed when he can't open it.
The door knob lock did not work at.all. Caleb figured it out instantly.
These kids of ours are smart!
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