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August 19th 06 04:04 AM

Baby Edmund Hillary!!

Hi

We have an 18 month who has worked out that she can climb out of her
cot. We thought that it might happen soon, and even lowered the base
below the manufacturer's lowest position.

However this evening we heard an almightly bump as she fell onto the
floor. Thankfully she seems to be fine, though shocked. I simply have
no idea how she managed to get over. Perhaps we have a budding Edmund
Hillary in the making :-)

It seems far too early for us to convert the cot into a bed. She simply
will not go to bed if we do. I would value any thoughts an ideas that
you have?

Thanks

James

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August 20th 06 05:14 AM

Baby Edmund Hillary!!

wrote:
Hi

We have an 18 month who has worked out that she can climb out of her
cot. We thought that it might happen soon, and even lowered the base
below the manufacturer's lowest position.

However this evening we heard an almightly bump as she fell onto the
floor. Thankfully she seems to be fine, though shocked. I simply have
no idea how she managed to get over. Perhaps we have a budding Edmund
Hillary in the making :-)

It seems far too early for us to convert the cot into a bed. She simply
will not go to bed if we do. I would value any thoughts an ideas that
you have?

Frankly, I don't think you have much choice. Your daughter is no
longer safe in her crib. There are some things that you can try,
including a "cat tent" (meant to keep cats out, but might keep a
toddler in) or at least surrounding the crib with mattresses in case
she falls out again. But if it were my child, I'd bite the bullet and
switch her to a toddler bed, or even a mattress on the floor. Yes, it
is harder to get your child to stay in bed, but the crib doesn't
accomplish that now either, and she could get seriously injured
climbing out the next time.

Good luck! It will take some time, but you can teach her that she has
to stay in bed at bedtime, and she'll be much safer!

--Robyn

Rosalie B.

August 20th 06 05:49 AM

Baby Edmund Hillary!!

wrote:

Hi

We have an 18 month who has worked out that she can climb out of her
cot. We thought that it might happen soon, and even lowered the base
below the manufacturer's lowest position.

However this evening we heard an almightly bump as she fell onto the
floor. Thankfully she seems to be fine, though shocked. I simply have
no idea how she managed to get over. Perhaps we have a budding Edmund
Hillary in the making :-)

It seems far too early for us to convert the cot into a bed. She simply
will not go to bed if we do. I would value any thoughts an ideas that
you have?

My oldest climbed out once when I was going to the hospital to deliver
#2. She was 25 months at the time. She didn't do it again for some
months.

My mom had a youth bed which was like a crib, except that it had a
door in the bars which could be opened so that a parent could sit on
the edge, or the child could get out by themselves. The other bars
would keep them from falling out by accident anywhere except where the
gate was.

If you don't have such an option it seems you have two choices.

Pad the area around the crib and leave her in it. None of mine ever
really hurt themselves falling out of bed. I won't tell you to ignore
the possibility that they would, but that's what I would do.

or

Move her to a mattress on the floor or a regular bed. You will have
to train her to stay in the bed in that case.

Penny Gaines

August 20th 06 02:16 PM

Baby Edmund Hillary!!

wrote:
Hi

We have an 18 month who has worked out that she can climb out of her
cot. We thought that it might happen soon, and even lowered the base
below the manufacturer's lowest position.

However this evening we heard an almightly bump as she fell onto the
floor. Thankfully she seems to be fine, though shocked. I simply have
no idea how she managed to get over. Perhaps we have a budding Edmund
Hillary in the making :-)

It seems far too early for us to convert the cot into a bed. She simply
will not go to bed if we do. I would value any thoughts an ideas that
you have?

My three were all in a bed by the time they were 18 months.

The first moved, because we needed the cot for the next baby: but they
didn't seem to realise they could get out on their own in the night.

The second went through a phase of wanting someone to be right next
to them when they went to sleep: for the adult to be comfortable, it
meant re-arranging the room, so we swopped the cot for a bed at the same
time.

With the third, we were changing which kid slept with which sibling, and
it made sense to change the bed at the same time.

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

Paula

September 10th 06 01:04 PM

Baby Edmund Hillary!!

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:04:21 EDT, wrote:

It seems far too early for us to convert the cot into a bed. She simply
will not go to bed if we do. I would value any thoughts an ideas that
you have?

You can't have her falling out and getting hurt. Go for the toddler
bed and add some fun bedtime rituals to get her to stay there. You
are probably going to have to do that any time you move her out of the
crib, so might as well do it now. I would read stories in the rocker
with the child on my lap and only dim lighting. Then she would get
into bed while I stayed in the rocker and sang some songs to her. Then
I would kiss her gently and tell her goodnight and she would stay in
bed. She'd had lots of quiet relaxing time to get very sleepy by
then. Sometimes she would even fall asleep before the singing was
over. I haven't had to bug them to go to sleep from then on and they
are now 8 and 11. No fights at bed time.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

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