tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836819.post9051195136111035892..comments2023-10-17T03:48:45.095-07:00Comments on finding cohen: jumping fences to see what's on the other sidethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17526634872181869258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836819.post-26128413784751952182008-02-05T23:50:00.000-08:002008-02-05T23:50:00.000-08:00We'll be moving D into a big kid bed in the next c...We'll be moving D into a big kid bed in the next couple months and I'm thinking he's ready for it. (We're not co-sleepers because of our personal sleep habits so the new baby will need the crib). Friends of ours moved their daughter at 18 months without a problem too - but she's a bit less active than D, and probably Cohen. <BR/><BR/>We're planning on just putting him to bed and putting a baby gate in front of his door so he can't get out of the room and wander all over the house at night. If he wants to get up and play in the wee hours, that's fine with me. He already has toys in his crib and we do hear him playing with them sometimes...<BR/><BR/>(did you know that toys in bed can stop nightmares? My boss gave me that advice (father to three, grandfather to more) and he's been totally proved right).Trish @ spiritofplace.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17119890087339740758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836819.post-8836140021002427602008-02-04T08:46:00.000-08:002008-02-04T08:46:00.000-08:00Cohen looks like such a big guy in the photos, I'm...Cohen looks like such a big guy in the photos, I'm not surprised he's decided it's time to jump the crib! I have no advice as to your dilemma, as you're the one I look to for guidance on these matters, so I'll wait & see what you figure out!<BR/><BR/>Stories I've heard from others - the crib tent solution & also, the hold the bedroom door closed & wait while toddler pulls on the knob, wailing & crying until toddler falls asleep out of exhaustion in front of the door solution. Later, push toddler aside when opening door & place toddler in toddler bed. Apparently it only took a week of that before toddler decided falling asleep in bed was the better option, but I don't know if I'd have the stamina for that!<BR/><BR/>Love Cohen's Baka-knit toque & his little hiking boots!<BR/><BR/>xollaishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02666564874138417173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836819.post-54563415314694565252008-02-04T06:10:00.000-08:002008-02-04T06:10:00.000-08:00oh, see now you just totally made my day! I just ...oh, see now you just totally made my day! I just did a complete happy dance to see you return. And I was all sluggish cause I woke up with a headache, and my baby is do up any minute. <BR/><BR/>The climbing out of the crib thing, you've got several choices there. You can do the big kid bed, assuming that him getting out of crib means he's ready for one. I tried that with Dylan and Alex when they mastered climbing out of their cribs and it was a total disaster. Bedtime became and extended version of playtime. I was taking them back to bed every 3seconds, it drove me insane. So Alex slept in his crib until he was three. Dylan was 6 months old then and needing it, and I made a big huge fuss over, wow Alley your such a big boy, and big boys stay in big boy beds, yada yada, yeah he fell for it. <BR/><BR/>Dylan started climbing out of his crib at an alarming 16 months old. He'd take his toes, no quackers and jam them into the bars and hoilst himself over that way, then land on his head. So, I immediately bought a crib tent. I know that seems so wrong and everything but it was for his safty, and my sanity. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://store.babycenter.com/product/code/1444.do" REL="nofollow">Crib Tent</A><BR/><BR/>Wow space is really limited, I think in that situation I'd get the tent. You'll probably sleep with the babe like you did Cohen right? Cohen can comfortably sleep in the crib for a very long time, at least until the new baby needs a place to go. Anyway, you'll figure out what's right for your family.<BR/><BR/>Again it's great to hear from you.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02198905897967169674noreply@blogger.com