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We have a climber.....

raraavis28raraavis28 member
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So I had a singing gig tonight and on my way home I check my phone to see 4 missed calls from DH and then a text saying that N had climbed out of his crib! I guess he kept climbing into L's crib and then DH separated the cribs but he still climbed out! I'm in the nursery now and the crib is surrounded by couch cushions jic.

Anyone have experience or tips for this? In case anyone asks, the mattress is on the lowest setting and there's nothing in there to step on....I just have a little monkey apparently. Is it time for the toddler beds already? Tia....I am freaked out...
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Re: We have a climber.....

  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    I don't recall how old your babies are, but we moved dd to a bed at 19months. It went fine. There were the usual challenges, but overall it wasn't a big deal. She never climbed out though. Apparently still can't because she looked pretty darn stuck inside the crib tonight.
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    Yikes! Too soon, too soon, little guy! I don't know what kind of cribs you have, but I've heard people use the following solutions: if the crib has a higher back and lower front, turn the low side against the wall, if it's set up so there won't be a gap if you do this, put the crib mattress all the way down on the floor in the crib (remove the platform it sits on), or try putting your kid in a sleep sack. Good luck!

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  • raraavis28raraavis28 member
    edited August 2014
    Thanks for the tips, ladies! @dizzycooks‌: he's 19 months....interesting that you moved to a toddler bed then....I can only imagine the trouble he'd get into but it might be something to consider. For now I took the bottom out so the mattress ia just on the floor and he's "caged in." And the couch cushions are still there. I hope that works....
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  • zbeesma86zbeesma86 member
    Oh man. I always thought Z was going to climb out hasn't yet! (knock on wood).

    Has he climbed out since you put the mattress on the ground?
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    Great idea!  I am totally turning the crib around, that should keep the big one out :)  Besides, I'm suppose to be going in there less now that we are sleeping training so I shouldn't need to get the little one out as often anyway.  Brilliant!

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  • penguingrrlpenguingrrl member
    Oh no! My kids all moved to twin beds before 18 months because they were climbing out. I figure that if they're that determined to get out of the crib I would rather them safely in a bed than getting hurt falling while climbing. Julia and Drew both moved at 16 months and Emma lasted until a whopping 17 lol!
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  • penguingrrlpenguingrrl member
    Oh, and it was a non issue for us. We made sure the room was sufficiently babyproofed to not pose a danger (bookshelves tethered to the wall and such) and closed the door. Drew wakes up in the morning and sits and reads a book to himself until he calls for us the same way he did when he was in a crib. If anything Emma and Drew were better sleepers in beds than the crib. Neither STTN until after converting.
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  • raraavis28raraavis28 member
    @penguingrrl‌: Interesting perspective! Yeah we'd have to do quite a bit of extra babyproofing (my main concern is a closet door that will not close all the way) but if that's what we've gotta do it's what we've gotta do...

    @zbeesma86‌: He hasn't gotten out since putting the mattress all the way down....though he did get close once, little stinker! Considering how determined he appears to be, I'm thinking this is only gonna hold him so long...
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  • alakealake member
    edited August 2014
    My rule, is once they climb, it is time to move into a bed.  That being said, my two years in 8 days little girl is still in her crib as she hasn't tried to climb out.  I am probably going to move her into her big girl bed soon.  I need to unpack the double bed rails for her crib from the garage.  We ordered them before we moved back to Canada.
    We don't do a toddler bed.  I move them from a crib to a double bed, when I make the move.
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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    Not quite the same thing as we bed shared but we moved ds to his own full sized bed in his own room at that age and he was fine. I would err on the side of caution with climbing.
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    raraavis28 said:
    @penguingrrl‌: Interesting perspective! Yeah we'd have to do quite a bit of extra babyproofing (my main concern is a closet door that will not close all the way) but if that's what we've gotta do it's what we've gotta do... @zbeesma86‌: He hasn't gotten out since putting the mattress all the way down....though he did get close once, little stinker! Considering how determined he appears to be, I'm thinking this is only gonna hold him so long...
    Honestly, I don't think it's safe to keep them in the crib once they climb. But then my experience with the crib to bed move was positive. All three were fine and didn't get hurt or make a mess or wander the halls or anything. I might feel differently if my kids behaved differently!
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  • raraavis28raraavis28 member
    Ugh I feel like the transition would not be smooth at all....especially if one twin was "free" but the other wasn't....and even worse if they were both out of cribs. So far the mattress on the floor plus putting socks or footed pjs on him (so he can't get any traction) seems to be enough of a deterrent for now.
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