How old was your child when they first climbed out of the crib?
How did it relate to other developmental milestones like pulling up and, standing, and walking?
If your child is on the taller side, did they climb out earlier than their same age peers?
59 votes
pineapple / 12566 posts
Neither of mine ever climbed out. DS was in his crib until a few months before 3 and DD until just before 2.5.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
She was just about 2.5. I am sure she could have earlier and she is a big time climber but it's like it never occurred to her before that.
persimmon / 1322 posts
I'm following. My 11 month old is tall, and is a climber. She's been trying for a month or so, but hasn't been successful yet. I know it's coming.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
It's odd, DS1 is 23 months and like 90th percentile for height and is super active and climbs everything but he's never tried to climb out of the crib! We've had his crib at the lowest setting since he was 8 months old because he was pulling up and so tall. I hope he stays in his crib forever!
coconut / 8079 posts
LO is over two and has not tried to climb out yet. He's also always in the upper 90% for height.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
Babies are 11 months and are pulling themselves up in the crib, cruising (on furniture) and DS is using his push walker. I don't see him climbing out soon. They are not walking yet.
I am worried about this and it's on my mind because of the story that went viral about a mom finding on of her twins stuck between the two cribs. It terrifies me but at 11 months, I don't see them trying to climb out of their crib. I'll see how they do in a month from now. Hopefully we'll be moving soon so I can space their cribs apart more in our new place.
Oh, babies are small in the 25-35 percentile range for height.
pomegranate / 3113 posts
I don't remember exactly, but it was between 18 and 24 months -- I think closer to the 2 year mark. She was having a massive, out of control tantrum and I put her into the crib to calm down, and she was so mad she climbed out. She never did it again, though she would threaten to if she didn't want to go to bed (would glare at me and put her foot up on the rail). We tried to convert the bed around her second birthday because I was afraid she would climb out again, and it was a disaster. Tried again a couple months later and it didn't work either. When she was about 28 months, she told me she was ready for a big girl bed, we converted it, and that was that. She's right around the 50th percentile for both height and weight.
nectarine / 2951 posts
DS is turning 3 in 2 weeks and is still in his crib! He hasn't climbed out yet (knock on wood).
watermelon / 14467 posts
She never did! I know she could, she hooked a leg over to show me once. She still doesn't climb out of the bed (she's in a twin).
pineapple / 12793 posts
18 months for my first and 14 months for my second.
They're both tall and both hit gross motor milestones very early.
cherry / 235 posts
DS1 never climbed out. We moved him out of his crib around 26 months - for reasons I don't really remember anymore!
DS2 is 28 months and hasn't attempted (100th % for height). He can climb out of the pack n play when we travel, which he does, but hasn't tried his crib at home yet. I'm planning on keeping him in the crib as long as possible, so hopefully he doesn't try anytime soon!
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
She's 28 months and she fell it once, and occasionally gets her leg stuck up, but hasn't really successfully climbed out yet. She tries to climb in more often than out
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
My son didn't climb, it was more like he vaulted himself out. All of a sudden, he just wasn't okay with being confined to the crib and we transitioned him to a futon mattress.
coconut / 8472 posts
He never did, but we transitioned to a toddler bed at 20m. He did awesome with it and I'll totally do it early again.
grapefruit / 4800 posts
Sometime in her 11th month. She was small for her age but always hit physical milestones early. My second LO was in the 90% for height but hit her physical milestones a bit later than lo1 and didn't ever try but we took the crib down before she was a year and a half just because she was happier on a floor bed.
honeydew / 7230 posts
It was around 18 months for DS. He did it twice and hasn't done it since (knock on wood). He is pretty tall (much taller than his twin sister who has never climbed out), but I think it comes down to personality differences. He is my thrill seeking, wild child, whereas DD is a bit more cautious. She'd stand in her crib all day and scream for me before trying to climb out. They were both early for gross motor skills, but DD hit the major ones even earlier than DS.
pomegranate / 3973 posts
DS started crawling out at 18 months when he went through a couple weeks of separation anxiety. He went from being a great sleeper (lay him down and leave the room, no tears) to throwing a huge fit at bedtime. We ended up converting to a toddler bed and 2 months later still have to stay in the room till he falls asleep (usually 10 minutes).
pear / 1648 posts
DD turns 2 in just over a week and has never tried this. She stuck her foot up on the edge once a few months ago but I think it was more of a protest towards me with no intention of actually doing anything about it. She likes to climb up on chairs and be independent but she's generally pretty careful about things - hopefully we're fine for the remaining year or so she's in a crib!
grapefruit / 4988 posts
Mine fell out once by accident (she was trying to reach the doorknob) at age 2.5 and it scared her so badly she hasn't tried again since. She'll be 3 in a couple months and she's still in the crib.
pomelo / 5220 posts
MY DS is super tall but we still have him sleeping in a zipadeezip so he doesn't have good grip and has never climbed out. He did get super excited once and flip himself over when we were coming in to get him but surprisingly, he isn't a climber when it comes to his crib. He's 2 now and I don't plan to take him out of his crib any time soon!
grapefruit / 4584 posts
DD1 is 4, and strongly believes she can't get out (she never has) of her sister's crib. At 2 DD2 will throw one leg on the rail, threatening to climb out, but hasn't done it. I think she figured if her big sister can't, she can't eitherx
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
DS is very tall and strong, and could have easily climbed out, but he never did. We did convert his crib to a toddler bed a little after he turned 2, though. We had like a week where he would wake up screaming constantly...like 6x a night, and it was a last ditch desperate effort. The first night he was in it he was back to STTN!
DD is 7.5 months and has started pulling herself up on the crib, but that's it.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
DS1 (3.5) was super active and a climber but he never climbed out of his crib when he was alone in there. He's been in a bed for a year and he hardly gets out of that either. Just yells for us!
DS2 (7 months) has started pulling up and trying to climb the rails so we had to drop the mattress. We'll see if he's going to try to get out as he gets older...
persimmon / 1273 posts
My situation is a lot like @twodoghouse: but with one. 
My son is on the taller side and hit his gross motor milestones early but he never climbed out. He hiked his leg over the rail a few times but never went beyond that. It's personality for him - he was a daredevil baby but has become much more cautious and timid as a two year old.
pomegranate / 3438 posts
DS never tried to climb out (even though he was a climber on everything else!). We did move him to a bed around 25 months just because he was a terrible sleeper and we thought it would help.
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