So, I am appealing to you all for advice.
In the past couple days my 2 year old has discovered how to climb out of her crib. She doesn't hurt herself (I thought she would and that would be a deterrent) and it is disturbing all our sleep. And she is stealth in action.
Last night, 1:22 am, I wake up cause think I hear her calling my name. Then my door hinges creak. Standing there is little S with her paci and blanket in tow who has turned on the kitchen lights and is wandering around the apartment. She said she wanted to sleep in our room. Luckily, we had the portacrib up in our closet from when we had visitors and had to squish, so I stick her in there and after a few songs, she agrees to be quiet. I go to bed but stay awake for an hour thinking I hear the closet door opening. Let's just say, I don't sleep very restfully the rest of the night as I keep hearing noises that could be her sneaking around the apartment.
I didn't switch B to a normal bed til she was closer to 3 and she stayed there and would call out in the morning to get out of bed. She wandered maybe one night but was easier to deal with since she could understand more, etc.
HELP!!!
Any advice for getting her to stay in her bed?!! I have heard of crib tents or locking the door from the outside but have never tried this. What do you think?!!
p.s. 2 year old in our bed is Not an option.
8 comments:
We faced the same situation. I am a mean mom, but since there's no way you can force her to stay in her bed anymore, either put a childproof door guard or the inside of her door so she can't open it from the inside, or a lock on the outside. We did that for Ben and it worked wonders. We told him that for nap time or bedtime he didn't have to go to sleep, but had to stay in his room or else we'd lock the door. He soon chose to stay in by himself and we didn't have to lock it.
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Someone suggested taking the doorknob off. Leaving the latch part on the inside. The little ones can't usually open it but you can....then you can peak in and see what is going on. Were you hear when Monica locked herself in her kids room?
The sides on Aubrey's crib are really low to the ground so we just put the mattress on the floor. Worked great and she couldn't climb out anymore
so evan & nolan both had to switch to a bed before they were 2 cause they had little sisters ready to go in the crib! we just put them in the bed and usually kinda lay down w/ them the first few times. I put a doorknob cover thing on the inside of their room so they can't get out. plus if they get out of bed mad cause they don't want to sleep they can't open the door. I've often found them laying right in front of the door the first few times cause they cried themselves to sleep there, but I just push the door slowly open and put them back in bed. it's not fun and it's hard the first while to get them to stay in bed. sometimes I think using the guard rail on teh bed helps make it seem more like a crib and then don't get off the bed. she'll do fine. if they share a room i'd put the younger one down first and then the older one after the "baby" is asleep! good luck!
ps love the pick of Dr. Shepherd w/ your baby!! too cute!
We turned doornobs around and locked kids in at night when they were first learning to sleep in a bed. We had a simliar situation as lisa with kids sleeping on the floor and other odd places at times. And as lisa said, baby goes to bed first in the case of sharing a room. good luck.
I transitioned both my older girls into beds a little before they were two and not b/c I had to have the crib as the next sibling wasn't born until months after each of their transition. Megan was a peach, just like B; stayed in bed and never got up, waited in her bed till I came to get her. Hailey wasn't so good the first while but just at bedtime she'd get up and not in the middle of the night.
I would try putting a child proof door opener on the inside so she can't get out but you can get in. This was easier for us than turning the door knob around to lock it from the outside. I did this with Hailey & it worked until Megan in the same room learned how to open it and would just get out of bed to open it for Hailey so she wouldn't have to hear her. A sister and friend put a gate in the bedrooms doorway.
Maybe transition her out of the crib...another sister just did this with her 2 year old daughter who was always waking up at night (though didn't regularly get out of the crib yet) and she's sleeping like a champ in her big girl bed. My sister wishes she'd done it sooner.
So you just never know. All kids are different and respond differently. Try out a few things and best of luck!
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