https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 03:10:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550512 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:52:53 +0000 Mamaof2 2550512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS climbed out at 18 months and everyone told me to ditch the crib - no way!</p> <p>He never climbed out again until age 3 and then we made the switch.</p> <p>However, at 2.5 I would go ahead and switch now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550508 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:52:08 +0000 twodoghouse 2550508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. My son was about 21 months when he did it the first time. He just did it the second time this past weekend (he's 24 months now). Now that he's done it twice I think we're going to get serious about finding a solution (dropping the mattress all the way to the floor?) But the first time he did it we thought we'd just wait and see if he was going to try it again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550506 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:49:31 +0000 smocks 2550506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD climbed out once, I thought it was a fluke. Then she did it twice the next night. We went to Ikea for a toddler bed the next day. My friend's daughter who is the same age had just broken her arm from the same thing, so we weren't going to mess with it. This was around 23 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550477 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:33:48 +0000 PurplePeony 2550477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She only climbed out once, during a tantrum, just around her second birthday. We tried converting the crib right away but it was a miserable failure so we went back to the crib. We tried again a couple months later because she would threaten to climb out if she was mad (look straight at us and throw her leg up on the rail) but she never actually did it again. Unfortunately, it still didn't go well. Then, right around when she turned 2.5, she told us she was ready for us to open it and make it a big girl bed. We did, and knock on wood, she's been happy with it so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550456 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:20:58 +0000 looch 2550456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Same. All it took was my son jumping out of the crib one time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550449 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:15:09 +0000 catomd00 2550449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hell no! DD dumped herself out at 18 months and scared her enough she didn't try for a while! We talked to her a lot about calling for us instead of climbing, which has mostly worked. The only time she attempts it is when she's resisting nap. We just watch the monitor on those days and intercept before she gets too far. She's 2y3m now and still in the crib. Definitely not messing with it until after #2 arrives and we deal with that transition! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550415 Tue, 17 May 2016 12:00:18 +0000 erinbaderin 2550415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. We took the supports out and put the mattress right on the floor. He wasn't even 2 and definitely not ready for a toddler bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550414 Tue, 17 May 2016 11:59:53 +0000 Maysprout 2550414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine climbed out super young before she had any sort of sense of her own safety. I was too on edge bc I neverknew when she'd try. I gave it a couple days then moved her to a floor bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550410 Tue, 17 May 2016 11:57:46 +0000 edelweiss 2550410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the night after he climbed out we converted the bed to a toddler bed (around 20 months). we were in the middle of a sleep regression and everything was shit anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550409 Tue, 17 May 2016 11:57:46 +0000 Foodnerd81 2550409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's possible she scared herself enough to not try it again right away. Can the mattress go lower? I know people who dropped it all the way to the floor to buy time. </p> <p>We were back and forth with the big bed in her room and the crib anyway, so one day she figured out that she could climb out of the crib into the bed and back. After that we stopped putting her In the crib but she still climbs back and forth for fun sometimes. The big bed transition was actually pretty easy for her. We did get the ok to wake clock which has been awesome, but potty training is throwing that off completely. She is in a diaper for sleeping but when she wakes up before it lights up she calls that she wants to go potty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550397 Tue, 17 May 2016 11:51:58 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2550397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. She kept climbing out and we'd find her in her day bed.<br /> I'm a believer in following their lead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550393 Tue, 17 May 2016 11:50:10 +0000 Adira 2550393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>NOPE.</p> <p>Xander's only done it once (maybe twice), and now doesn't show any interested in climbing out. He's still in a crib at 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ifwhen-your-lo-climbed-out-of-the-crib#post-2550387 Tue, 17 May 2016 11:45:47 +0000 catlady 2550387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...did you immediately switch to a big kid bed?</p> <p>Just curious because our 2.5 year old, who has never once shown interest in climbing out of her crib, decided that this morning was the day to try it. She managed to get out before we noticed, and she banged her head in the process. We are literally on day 4 of potty training so big kid bed transition was definitely not in my plans for this week! I'm wondering if we can somehow convince her to stay in the crib longer. But I also don't want her to get hurt by keeping her in there if she's just going to climb out again. </p>