I realize this may be an oxymoron, but does anyone follow the Montessori philosophies, yet also use a crib? Have you found success with the method regardless?
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DS has been going to a Montessori preschool since he turned 2 and he is now 3 months shy of 3. We only just transitioned him out of his crib to a bed this weekend (he never once tried to climb out). It's not a floor bed, but it is very low and we don't have a rail on it.
By success, what do you mean, exactly?
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I don't think you have to apply every single principle in a particular methodology. We never did a floor bed but we do plenty of Montessori style activities in our home.
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We are hardcore Montessori, but used a crib with our second child. I don't think a floor bed from birth is an absolute necessity and wasn't practical in our last house... We figure we're still doing pretty well anyway!
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We follow many Montessori principles but do not use a floor bed.
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We used a crib until 19 months then switched to a floor bed. Before that it was just not practical for us.
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We follow Montessori & have a floor bed for her but at 5.5m she's in a small crib in our room. We were going to put her bed on the floor in our room but the dogs would go snuggle with her at night, lol.
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We're huge montessori people, and we used a crib for a while. My daughter just hated it, otherwise I'd have used it for longer. She slept in a bassinet until 6 months, then a crib until 8, then a floorbed since then. But only because it worked well for her - I wouldn't have pushed it just to be really hard core about my montessori stuff.
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