Firecracker will be 3 in March and currently he is still sleeping in his crib. I know that seems ridiculous to some, but he has never tried to climb out. I'm happy that he's contained, because he will wake up at 3 or 4 every morning and lay in there talking for a bit before he goes back to sleep.
I fear that when he gets into that big boy bed he will not stay in the bed. Especially when he wakes up at 3. Will he decide to get into the pantry and paint my walls with peanut butter? Will he decide to come out and play with the dvd player and destroy it? Will he climb on a stool onto our kitchen counter and get to the knives?
I can't tell what is normal fear and what is brought on by the post partum. Some of these fears are normal right?
On the other side, he's out grown the pack and play. So when we travel he's all smushed up and uncomfortable. I'm not about to let him sleep uncontained when we're gone when he's never done that at home....
What to do, what to do? If it were your child what would you do?
Ms. T
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Since you are not contemplating a trip right now and he hasn't tried to climb out of the crib yet...maybe you should wait a little longer. There really is no right or wrong here, and yes, some of those fears are normal!
ReplyDeleteStraight jacket and hand cuffs. Too much?
ReplyDeleteOk, just turn the lock on his bedroom door around to the outside. It will take him a few more years to figure out how to get out of that!