https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 06:15:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802686 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:09:21 +0000 Dahlia 2802686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think he'll settle and get used to it. DD has been in her toddler bed for about a month now. Getting her to go to sleep is still difficult, but she sleeps all night long now. Is he playing in the dark? If it's light in there, trying to make it darker might help - hard to play if you can't see anything :) </p> <p>We also don't insist that she sleeps in her bed. She likes to fall asleep on the floor a lot (weirdo) and then sometime during the night she either climbs into bed or the glider and sleeps there the rest of the night. I figure as long as she's sleeping, I don't care where she does it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802678 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:23:32 +0000 MrsADS 2802678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. microscope I could totally see us having to do that. He just can't resist getting into everything! I don't have toys in there (he would NEVER sleep, lol) but he does have books and stuff like clothes, etc. I hate to do it, but I want him to sleep. I am hoping as the novelty wears off, he will sleep a little more.</p> <p>@sweetiepie that's a good point. I have been trying to do that (just put him back in bed, hug and kiss, you have to stay in bed, lay down, etc.) then leave but probably could do better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802629 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:03:27 +0000 SweetiePie 2802629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: I really think if you are firm/consistent and really talk to him about staying in bed until mom or dad comes to get him, the novelty will wear off. Don’t interact or react much when you go in. Sort of like going back to the newborn days when you’re not supposed to talk or make eye contact. You want to be super boring so that he doesn’t make it a game. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802627 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 09:48:33 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2802627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't have personal experience yet, but a friend had to remove EVERYTHING from the room. They even just put his mattress on the floor since he started climbing the toddler bed/crib frame after they removed all toys/books/rocker. The room was empty except the mattress on the floor. He still rolled around on the floor and played, and half the time fell asleep in front of the door (he tries to escape, but they had the handle protector to stop him. Took about 8-10 months until he just went to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802622 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 09:27:33 +0000 MrsADS 2802622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi yeah, I am hoping in a few days or so the novelty will wear off and he will sleep a little more. Otherwise we're going to lose our minds... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802606 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 07:30:35 +0000 gotkimchi 2802606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: yah i know, but sometimes threats like that just work with my kids even though they could just get out. But either way I think (hope) things should settle down for you guys soon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802605 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 07:22:52 +0000 MrsADS 2802605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi the issue is if he doesn't want to be in the crib, he just climbs out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802604 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 07:21:34 +0000 gotkimchi 2802604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: we left up the crib because we also had a bed in the room and if my lo was being crazy I’d be like great you can sleep in the crib and plop her in there for a few minutes. Can you bring the side of the crib back out and be like if you don’t listen it’s gokng right back up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802602 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 07:15:36 +0000 MrsADS 2802602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took a lot longer to settle him down last night, I had to go in 4x and put him back in bed. This morning, I woke up at 5:30 amd saw him playing in his closet on the baby monitor, so who knows how long he had been awake by then. </p> <p>He is exhausted, crying, and falling apart this morning. Ugggh. I don't know what to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802592 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 01:00:09 +0000 gingerbebe 2802592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our kid just moved to a bed and he dicks around and goes to bed later (we have to go in there and yell at him a few times to shut it down) and he gets up earlier, but he’s been pretty good for the most part and he’s napping better at school so silver lining I guess?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802458 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:22:40 +0000 SweetiePie 2802458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: I do think it’s probably the novelty and will wear off. As long as you are consistent.<br /> Also, rewards help! “If you stay in bed allll night long you’ll get 5 m&amp;ms when you wake up”. Something like that. Eventually they stop asking and you stop offering the reward. It just becomes normal. We did that with the clock (if you stay in bed till light turns green) but I think it could have worked without too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802454 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:18:34 +0000 MrsADS 2802454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. turtle that's my gut feeling too. I think he would understand it, but still doesn't have the impulse control/self control to actually stay in bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802453 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:17:37 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2802453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: I'll be interested to hear if you try the OK to wake clock. We tried for a few days with our 27 mo old because of very very early wake ups (4:47am) but it made zero difference. I think she understands in theory, but at 4:47 when she is awake and full of adrenaline, she just comes right out of her room without even looking at the clock. We put it away and will try it again in 6 months or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802441 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:00:54 +0000 MrsADS 2802441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sweetiepie yeah, once he was asleep he was fine. My concern is that it took him a while to fall asleep and he was up earlier than normal so I think he is going to be tired. I am hoping that as time goes on, that will lose its novelty and he'll go to sleep. I have thought about one of those ok to wake clocks, but I am not sure he would understand (or care), lol. I am hoping transitioning to the converted crib means that in a few months we can transition to a real bed a bit easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802438 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 13:56:17 +0000 SweetiePie 2802438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: just read your update. Overall the transition to us was pretty painless. Sounds similar to yours so far. He did wake earlier for a few weeks and didn’t put himself back to sleep. Enter stoplight “ok to wake” clock! Got us back to a normal 7am wakeup (vs 6am for a couple weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802403 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:27:47 +0000 MrsADS 2802403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs d he has to sleep on a cot at daycare but it doesn't seem to deter him at home! We do sort of need the crib (baby 2 coming in May) but I figured we would try this first and see how he does, then maybe in a few months transition to a twin or a regular bed if he's doing okay so baby can have the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802402 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:24:07 +0000 Mrs D 2802402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love the door monkey. I was personally a fan of it more than a baby gate bc in a bind if I told DD to pull as hard as she could she couldve ripped it open. We put her in her toddler bed, in her big girl room, at about 28 months, we have a bad staircase with no way to gate the top - so for us it was more safety.</p> <p>She never tried to break out. Frankly at that age she never really even got off her bed - bc those are the rules at daycare so she transitions them to home also. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802391 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:59:28 +0000 MrsADS 2802391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If anyone cares, we ended up converting his crib to a toddler bed (took off one of the rails and put up one of those little mesh bedrails). We did put a door guard on the doorknob so he can't get out of his room. We also went through his room and make sure everything was babyproofed and he couldn't pull anything over on himself.</p> <p>He was excited about the bed. We did our regular bedtime routine, put him in bed, I told him he needs to stay in bed and lay down on the pillow and go to sleep. We shut the door and watched on the video monitor. He immediately jumped out of bed and was just checking out his room, tried to open the door, then climbed up in the glider and just sat there for about 15 minutes! Then I went in and put him back in bed, told him he needs to stay in bed and lay down. Well, he stayed in bed and went to sleep!</p> <p>He slept all night in the bed - woohoo! But he woke up earlier than usual and instead of staying in bed/dozing back off (what he would normally do), he climbed out of bed, got some books off his bookshelf, took them to the glider, then turned on the lamp to look at books while he sat in the glider :silly: Too funny. We will see how tonight goes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802151 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:40:52 +0000 MrsADS 2802151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chicalgobee thanks :)</p> <p>@maddyz glad to hear it wasn't the end of nap for you. The problem we have is he won't go to sleep if we are in the room. Mommy and daddy = party time, apparently. Like he is usually yelling "I DON'T WANT TO REST! I DON'T WANT TO NAP!" Then we close the door and 5 minutes later, he's laying down and sleeping. But I'm afraid w/ the toddler bed, he's just going to be jumping around his room not sleeping. If he happens to get a book or something in his crib, he will flip the pages and look at the book for an hour instead of going to sleep. </p> <p>He is a kid who just doesn't cope well when he doesn't get his sleep so life is going to be miserable if he won't nap. After not napping yesterday, he slept almost 13 hours last night and was STILL crabby this morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802098 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:10:41 +0000 maddyz 2802098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we converted to the toddler bed it didn't mean no more nap. It just meant that i had to pat his back so he would stay in bed until he fell asleep. This kinda sucks and is really hard when LO2 isn't also asleep. No more plopping in the crib and closing the door.... If i locked him in his room he just screams at the door. I know for some kids that works.</p> <p>He also wonders around the house at night getting himself snacks mostly. So there has been an extra layer of "baby proofing" we have had to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802076 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:34:12 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2802076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: Leaving a message on your wall about this :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802047 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:26:52 +0000 Becky 2802047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: Does he climb out every time at nap time now? If he’s sleeping well in there at night I don’t know if I’d mess with that unless you have hardwood floors and he could really hurt himself if he fell (which is why we switched to a bed when DD1 climbed out). DD2 can climb out but if I tell her to stay in she does. She has only tried to climb out when it seems like her sister is doing something exciting she might be missing out on. If he’s not consistently trying to escape at nap time I would try to keep him in there. </p> <p>While we close DD2’s door until we are upstairs with the gate at the stairs closed for good at night, we never used a gate on their doors or kept either kids door closed all night. I closed DD1s door once or twice when she first switched to a bed and kept escaping st bed time, but quickly learned it made her sad and didn’t help her sleep. The only reason we close DD2s door right when we put her to bed and then open it later is because of noise. </p> <p>We don’t have dangerous things around so I’m not sure what they couldn’t get into in the middle of the night before I woke up and realized they were awake. The only thing I can think of is the stairs and we have a gate. I’m also a light sleeper (didn’t use baby monitors in our room at all with DD2 because I could hear her down the hall with our doors closed over but not shut). DD1 only ever wanted to come into our room when she woke up at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802046 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:26:49 +0000 MrsBucky 2802046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: it didn’t mean the end of naps for us, fwiw. They have gotten later, and sometimes we have to work for it a bit more, but he consistently naps at home still, even in a big bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802044 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:24:09 +0000 MrsADS 2802044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@foodnerd81 I hope it isn't the end of naps. We can't do anything in the afternoon if he doesn't nap. It's so awful and he's miserable and cries all afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802043 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:20:15 +0000 Foodnerd81 2802043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally I would try dropping the mattress down if you can- or I have a friend who was able to turn her crib upside down over the mattress to give her a few more inches/ months. But her kid climbed out at 18 months. I have hear end of the crib often means end of naps but I hope not for you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802039 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:10:15 +0000 MrsADS 2802039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all. I think we're going to convert his crib to a toddler bed (drop a rail) and put a door handle cover on the door to his room (he can open the door) to keep him in there. I don't *love* it, but it's not forever. I don't feel comfortable with him potentially roaming at night - not safe. We looked at dropping the bottom out of the crib but I don't think it's going to work with our crib. </p> <p>Interestingly, he has only ever tried to get out of his crib at naptime. At bedtime, never - he lays down and goes to sleep. I am actually less worried about middle of the night roaming (once he's down, he's usually down) than early morning or naptime roaming, but you never know. </p> <p>@ms. rv yeah, he naps on a cot at daycare - well, I should say he lays down (I think peer pressure!) but usually will only nap 10-15 min (even though he needs more). They put his cot in the book section of his classroom so that once he wakes up, he can look at books and be less disruptive. He's by far the worst napper in his class. He has major fear of missing out (this is why we have to put him in his crib, leave, and close the door to get him to sleep! He won't sleep if we're in the room.)</p> <p>I do think that toddler bed will equal no more nap at home once he realizes he can get out of bed :crying: Maybe eventually it will lose its appeal. He VERY MUCH still needs an afternoon nap and usually sleeps a lot on the weekends to make up for minimal daycare naps during the week - I see a very cranky toddler in our future. Ugggh. Today he didn't nap (got out of the crib) and he was literally crying and having a tantrum every 30 seconds all afternoon, it was awful. We put him to bed at 6pm and he was instantly asleep. Looooong day for us all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802036 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:51:07 +0000 macintosh 2802036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My thought is you have to get him out of the crib eventually so might as well get it over with. DS is 2.5 and slept in a converted crib from 20 months til he got his big big bed at Christmas. He can’t open his door yet and that ok with me. I have a camera and his room is close to ours. It took some work to get him to stay in bed, though, which was frustrating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802026 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:27:18 +0000 Shantuck 2802026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a baby gate at the door. I was concerned about the safety aspect, too, but it was only a short time. It is also unsafe for him to be able to roam freely while you are asleep and unaware that he is awake. For us, the concern of a toddler roaming freely was scarier than the risk of him not being able to get out in case of a fire. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2802025 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:21:55 +0000 Ms. RV 2802025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does he go daycare? Where does he nap there? I am wondering if there is less of an appeal to get out of a toddler bed since you can just get right out. Not as much fun as climbing out of a crib. </p> <p>I think dropping the bottom of the crib will maybe buy you a week. If he can get his foot into the bottom of the rail, he will be able to climb out soon.</p> <p>FWIW, DD would fight sleep hard when we put her in a crib but when we put her in a toddler bed she would just go to sleep. And she has only ever gotten up three times in like four months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/25-yo-getting-out-of-the-crib#post-2801995 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:08:01 +0000 MrsBucky 2801995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a door monkey for our not quite three year old. I feel much safer with him contained in a baby proofed room than I would letting him roam free at night. I know we will have to change that once he is night trained, but I’m hoping that by the time that happens I will feel better about letting him roam free. </p>