Every morning he wakes up screaming (tears included some days) and shaking the mess out of his crib, over the weekend I caught that little leg trying to make it over the rail but by Sunday it got more sophisticated, he stacked his teddy on his pillow to prop him up a little higher!!! (Was I this smart at 19 months?? DOUBT IT! lol) So we decided it was time to drop the railing and try out the daybed feature of his crib instead, since the kid obviously needed freedom. We layed his bumper around the perimeter for cushioning, just in case.
Well nap time was a breeze, he hugged teddy and slept for about an hour and a half, woke up, slid out of bed and was about his business (smh who told this kid it was ok to grow up!!). Well, Day 3, we put him to bed last night as usual and off he went to dream-land and all was well with the world and so we did too. Around 3am SMACK and I'm UP and running!
My poor baby rolled a little to hard to the left and landed right on the floor, my chest was pumping but I got him before he started crying and like THAT he was back asleep! I couldn't believe it here I am huffing and puffing and checking his head for bumps and bruises and he's asleep, oh yea and then dad woke up lol. I couldn't take putting him back in there so I broke Mom-Law 101 and put him in the bed with us. Luckily his head hit the bumper so he was pretty much ok but LORD what a thud he made. His dad says he's up and running around like nothing happened today but I'm nervous about leaving the railing off tonight.
He did great for 2 days but how many thuds and 3am sprints are we going to go through before he understand depths. What do you toddler mommies use for transition training? How do you get them to understand where the edge is in their sleep???
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I used a toddler bed for my son and he did good. This baby does not sleep in the toddler bed at all she sleeps in our bed and she has fallen a time or two rolling over I usually just stack pillows and keep her close to me and I sleep light so I can feel her move around and usually I can catch her. Good luck
Good question. I don't have kids so I won't be much help, but I will say that it might be time for a toddler bed. I babysat for a friend overnight once, that was the most nerve racking experience of my life. I was so nervous she would fall out of the bed in our guest room. I place pillow all round her and on the floor just in case. Our beds are very high and our house is not at all childproofed. I couldn't sleep that night. I was nervous she'd wake up and not remember where she was or why she was in this strange bed.
Yikes! I am not looking forward to transitioning to a big boy bed! I fly up if he sounds like he's breathing funny!
Chile, mine is 5 and still falls out of the bed. When he was in the toddler bed I would stack pillows down on the floor for him to roll off on. Many a night I woke to find him on those pillows sound asleep!
Poor Chunks! I remember when my son climbed out of his crib for the first time. I freaked out, but didn't convert it to a day bed... yet. Then he started climbing out in the middle of the night and that's when I knew it was time to convert. I put pillows on the floor in case he fell out, which he did once or twice. Luckily, the pillows were there and he didn't feel a thing.
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