Liz
02-03-2003, 02:09 PM
Our 19-month ds discovered he could climb out of his crib this past Saturday, and there is no going back! I ended up setting up the pack-n-play and putting him in it after he had fallen asleep from me rocking him--figured this would be less of a fall than from the crib. On Sunday we went toddler bed shopping, and against my original stance, we went with the Step 2 Fire Engine toddler bed. We thought that he would play in it until he got tired and would then fall to sleep. Boy was this wrong! He got so wound up from playing with it and was crawling all over it--he has no fear. After an hour of this I finally coaxed him to sleep by holding him. I laid him in the bed, and he started crying. I rocked him back to sleep and them put him in the pack-n-play and he was fine. I will continue to use the pack-n-play until I can transition him. My question is...should I return the fire engine and get a less fun bed? I read in a previous post that someone chose a mini real bed to stress the grown up part. My 19-month really doesn't understand this concept. Or will the newness of the bed wear off? This bed is also pretty high off the ground which I didn't notice on the floor model how they had it--I'm thinking that the molded sides will keep him in. If anyone has this bed I would like to hear your experience. Any advice/opinion is welcome.