Crib, sleep sack, 3 security blankets, Elmo, big bird, many, many monkey stuffed animals, noise machine... And another vote for that situation until he moves into the dorms.
Haha I didn't even read this response before I replied. I'm glad we aren't the only ones with more crap than kid in the crib.
Right now, B has 2 novelty pillows, his rotary phone, a musical dog, 2 blankets, and a book in his crib. The stuff in his crib is always changing, but there's always random stuff in there. He's not attached to anything.
Still in a crib. She's started climbing into the crib at night, but hasn't climbed out yet. She needs someone behind to use as leverage to climb in. It's probably time to switch out the crib side for the toddler rail - maybe we'll do it this weekend...I'm just worried that she won't stay in bed when we put the toddler rail on.
Heres my issue... We used some wd-40 on a few of our doors and now i cant keep them cracked open bc they slowly swing all the way open. I usually crack Js door about 2" at night. Im afraid if i oil it it will swing! Im rarely sneaking into his room so i dont know if its worth the risk. : /
Get a door stop. Or use a flip flop to wedge the door open where you want it.
Thats a possibility. I just hope i dont forget its there if i have to go in in the middle of the night. My luck i will walk into the door!
Crib4Lyfe here. She has made no attempts to climb out and goes down for a nap and bedtime super easy. Why mess with a good thing? H wants to move her into her bed though. I'm fighting as long as I can for the crib.
We transitioned to a twin bed while we were between houses. My parents and ILs both had a crib and twin bed in their nurseries. G was the one who wanted to start sleeping in the twin bed at 19 months.
When we moved into our new house we bought him a twin bed but didn't want a big, ugly rail on the side. I did some internet searching and we settled on putting a big pool noodle along the edge of his bed under the mattress pad. It works perfectly without being an eye sore and only cost $5. G actually snuggles with it at night.
B still sleeps with me all night and DH usually sleeps in the other room. It's not what we had planned, but it works for us so I'm not in a rush to change. B moves a lot in his sleep but I still get a better nights rest than sleeping with my DH who snores and wakes up over an hour before I do in the mornings. B is also not a great sleeper still and looks for me if he wakes in the middle of the night. If I'm next to him he goes right back to sleep, but if not he gets himself all worked up and we're all up for a long time.
I heard of the pool noodle thing before, but I'm not sure it would work for us. B has rolled over a pretty fluffy pillow before and off the bed so we have to use the rail.
I cannot upload a picture of G's bed since I'm posting from the browser. Here's a picture from Pinterest.
We keep the noodle about 2" from the edge of his bed and put the stretchy mattress pad and fitted sheet overtop. We considered duct taping the noodle in place but it hasn't moved much.
If may not be the best option for just beginning to transition to a big bed. G had the big white mesh rails at both grandparents' houses during the transition so he was already used to being contained.
I think one key tip is not letting your child know there is a noodle under their sheets. He would probably want to play with it like he did when we bought it. I always have to have him out of the room when I'm changing sheets.
I cannot upload a picture of G's bed since I'm posting from the browser. Here's a picture from Pinterest.
We keep the noodle about 2" from the edge of his bed and put the stretchy mattress pad and fitted sheet overtop. We considered duct taping the noodle in place but it hasn't moved much.
If may not be the best option for just beginning to transition to a big bed. G had the big white mesh rails at both grandparents' houses during the transition so he was already used to being contained.
I think one key tip is not letting your child know there is a noodle under their sheets. He would probably want to play with it like he did when we bought it. I always have to have him out of the room when I'm changing sheets.
I love this idea! I definitely think J would roll over them now but in the future it could be good to help him realize hes at the edge. Thanks for posting!
Twin mattress on the floor...with four special blankets, two toy cats, two teddy bears, and usually a board book or two. Sometimes she stays up for over an hour singing to herself and carrying around the aforementioned cats, but it doesn't seem to have occurred to her to leave the room-- as long as that stays true, I don't really care what she does in there.
Post by huckleberry08 on Jul 1, 2015 9:14:35 GMT -5
Crib. He likes to kick at the sideboards to soothe himself back to sleep. We need to convert to the toddler bed but he's such an active kid that I'm going to have to lock him in at night (using the top sliding locks that we've installed). We'll also need to take his rocking chair out of his room because he likes to climb up there and try to get on his changing table, but I hate to do that because rocking is part of our bedtime routine. We just need to bite the bullet and do it, though. I think I'd feel a lot more comfortable with it if we had a video monitor.
Post by subliminalrabbit on Jul 1, 2015 13:16:22 GMT -5
Crib at the moment, but planning to use the move to NY at the end of the month (!!) to transition him to his toddler bed. We're just converting his crib with the toddler rail. I plan to put zero furniture in his room so there's nothing to climb on -- just his bed, some floor pillows, and a bunch of books.
(E also sleeps with a stupid amount of stuff. He was using his five stuffed animals and a pile of board books as a pillow so we finally got him a toddler pillow yesterday. Now he just piles all of his stuff all around the pillow. Drives me batty -- I can't help still having the infant "IS HE STILL BREATHING" anxiety about it!)
I cannot upload a picture of G's bed since I'm posting from the browser. Here's a picture from Pinterest.
We keep the noodle about 2" from the edge of his bed and put the stretchy mattress pad and fitted sheet overtop. We considered duct taping the noodle in place but it hasn't moved much.
If may not be the best option for just beginning to transition to a big bed. G had the big white mesh rails at both grandparents' houses during the transition so he was already used to being contained.
I think one key tip is not letting your child know there is a noodle under their sheets. He would probably want to play with it like he did when we bought it. I always have to have him out of the room when I'm changing sheets.
Thanks! Once I decide when to move her I will keep this in mind!
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