Toddler Transition - The Bed Part 2
Yesterday after his nap, Forest climbed out of his crib while wearing his sleep sac. This scared me so I completely dismantled their cribs and put the mattresses on the floor surrounded by pillows, stuffed animals and blankets. I had hoped that we’d have a temporary solution until at least the weekend when while I would be out of town, Brad would have time to head up to Ikea.
It took about two hours for the crazy kids to go to sleep. They were just too excited to have the new giant bed space, otherwise known as a bedroom. Forest fell asleep in front of the door and Logan on the giant stuffed bunny next to his bed (it’s bigger then he is). I went to sleep hard after a day of not feeling well and Brad dealt with Forest crying out a couple times during the night. Once because Logan had crawled into his bed and on top of Forest, while mostly asleep.
This morning at about 5 AM when Forest started his usual morning whimpering I went in to check on them. Forest was laying in the middle of the room and Logan was perpendicular to his bed along the wall. I brought Forest to our bed to help him sleep better in the early morning hours. And when Logan started having early morning issues, I went in and laid down beside him. It was cramped but I got a bit more sleep.
This morning Brad and I both agreed that bed containment was more important then risk of falling. Because they really are good at climbing in and out and probably will only do it when awake. So we put the cribs back together again but are leaving the side down and going to stop using the sleep sacs. We fully expect to still have to deal with the crazy running around but at least once they calm down from that, they will be contained and comfortable in the cribs. The mattress on the floor thing might work but it’ll need to be a much bigger mattress then the crib size.
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