BabbyO
06-20-2011, 09:52 AM
Well, my DS (2 in a couple weeks) decided that Father's day was the day to climb out of his crib. Even though he sat in it a played/talked to himself for about 45 min in the AM, yesterday afternoon he tried to climb out twice. (We thought the first time was a fluke because we had a pillow under one side of the mattress to help with some drainage he'd been experiencing).
Anyway, the second time, after the pillow was gone, we realized it wasn't a fluke and we got the board out to covert the crib to a toddler bed. (Here's where I was stressing, because I was really hoping the crib would last a bit longer so we'd have somewhere safe to put DS1 when DS2 is a newborn.)
Anyway, I have a few questions. Last night DS was both excited and scared to sleep in his bed without the front rails on. It took quite a bit of coaxing to get him to lie down. But eventually we did...although I jumped at EVERY.SINGLE.SOUND last night.
His bed does not have a bed rail. Would you get one? If so can you recommend something I can get on short order...since this was so unexpected. (Walmart and Target are really the only stores I can manage on my way home).
Second...what is the concensus on pillows for toddlers? It was the only way I could get DS to go to sleep last night. I put a spare pillow under his bed so that if he rolled out he'd land on that rather than the hard wood floor. He saw it and HAD to have it. I let him go to sleep on it figuring I'd just move it to the floor after he fell asleep. I did this...but he was wrapped around that pillow like I wrap myself around my body pillow. I got it out from under him and put it on the floor, but at some point in the middle of the night he got out of bed and laid on top of the pillow on the floor and went to sleep. Should I let him sleep with a pillow? Should I get a smaller/toddler sized pillow for him...is there such a thing?
I'm thinking we may want to get a gate for his door...the heating is too goofed up in our house to leave his door closed all night...he'll get too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter if we do that...but I don't want him wandering in the middle of the night.
So many things I thought I'd have a little more time to figure out. Any other suggestions from those of you who've BTDT?
The only ray of hope...for now, is that this morning I heard him in his room (we close the door when DH and I are getting ready so we don't wake him) and he was sitting in his bed nicely...he hadn't gotten out, but I don't think it will be long before the pull of the toys in his room will lure him out of bed in the morning.
(BTW, I don't think I've slept as poorly as I did last night since he was an infant!)
Anyway, the second time, after the pillow was gone, we realized it wasn't a fluke and we got the board out to covert the crib to a toddler bed. (Here's where I was stressing, because I was really hoping the crib would last a bit longer so we'd have somewhere safe to put DS1 when DS2 is a newborn.)
Anyway, I have a few questions. Last night DS was both excited and scared to sleep in his bed without the front rails on. It took quite a bit of coaxing to get him to lie down. But eventually we did...although I jumped at EVERY.SINGLE.SOUND last night.
His bed does not have a bed rail. Would you get one? If so can you recommend something I can get on short order...since this was so unexpected. (Walmart and Target are really the only stores I can manage on my way home).
Second...what is the concensus on pillows for toddlers? It was the only way I could get DS to go to sleep last night. I put a spare pillow under his bed so that if he rolled out he'd land on that rather than the hard wood floor. He saw it and HAD to have it. I let him go to sleep on it figuring I'd just move it to the floor after he fell asleep. I did this...but he was wrapped around that pillow like I wrap myself around my body pillow. I got it out from under him and put it on the floor, but at some point in the middle of the night he got out of bed and laid on top of the pillow on the floor and went to sleep. Should I let him sleep with a pillow? Should I get a smaller/toddler sized pillow for him...is there such a thing?
I'm thinking we may want to get a gate for his door...the heating is too goofed up in our house to leave his door closed all night...he'll get too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter if we do that...but I don't want him wandering in the middle of the night.
So many things I thought I'd have a little more time to figure out. Any other suggestions from those of you who've BTDT?
The only ray of hope...for now, is that this morning I heard him in his room (we close the door when DH and I are getting ready so we don't wake him) and he was sitting in his bed nicely...he hadn't gotten out, but I don't think it will be long before the pull of the toys in his room will lure him out of bed in the morning.
(BTW, I don't think I've slept as poorly as I did last night since he was an infant!)