Caroline has been caught trying to pull a flying-squirrel out of her crib for the past week or so. The little monkey climbs her way up the crib slats and can get one of her legs over the side. Scares the crap out of me and our nanny. We've resorted to taking off all the couch cushions in our living room and surrounding the floors around both their cribs in case one or both girls do a nose-dive. We cannot continue to strip the couches every time they go to sleep!
So we have two options here: I can either convert their cribs into toddler beds and let them have free reign over their room at bedtime; or I can invest in a couple of crib tents, which keep the monkeys caged in and look like this:
I'm really not sure if they're quite ready for toddler beds just yet. I know this would be tough because they are sure to get out of bed multiple times throughout the night and it doesn't help that they already have each other as partners in crime! God only knows the mischief these two would get into when that bedroom door closes! But I certainly can't keep stressing that they will fall out of their cribs and hurt themselves. Hmmm... what's a mom to do?
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That is exactly where we were about two weeks ago. We took the plunge and converted their cribs into toddler beds. So far, so good. We're being very "Nanny 911" about it- just lay them back in their bed (over & over & over), no interacting, no extra attention, and it's working. We have been at it only six days and already it only takes 20 to 30 minutes for them to fall asleep for bedtime. We've had a few midnight wake ups, but they can't reach their light switch, so I just go in and lay them down again.
Whatever you decide: good luck!!!
I have a friend with 2 year old twin girls who started crawling out of their bed around 18 months. She decided to buy the crib tents and she says it well worth the money. She like you said she didn't think they were ready for toddler beds. Good luck!
Thank you all for your insights! And how scary about the crib tents! Yah, Rob already veto'd that option anyways. "They're not caged animales!"
Hi! I have 23 month identical girls. I don't know how I came across your blog, but we don't know each other! Anyways, I saw this post and we are in the exact same situation and are going to take the rails off the cribs this weekend [yikes!]. Our girls have slept in sleep sacks since birth and those have kept them from climbing. I'm not sure if it would be comfortable where you live to do sleep sacks through the summer [or if they would even tolerate them] but it works. Aden & Anaise makes super lightweight ones out of muslin, which we considered but felt like our girls are at the point of needing to make the transition and learn, though, I don't know if they would've been ready two months ago. Good luck! ~ Kim
p.s. feel free to email me if you would like to read our family blog. kimmariewilliams at gmail :-)
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