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My daughter literally started this last and was making me so frustrated. I have a extra bed in our house so currently daughter and I are sleeping in that bed. It’s the only way I can get some sleep because I’m pregnant also and need my sleep. My husband and I are thinking about either getting her a toddler rail for her crib or getting her a twin bed and just making sure her room and the rest of the house is policed good so there is nothing for her to get into. We’re pretty early risers so we would probably be up before she gets up. Have you thought about putting a mattress on the floor for him?
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So, my 16 month old just recently started HATING going to bed at night. He also just figured out how to climb up the side of the crib onto the changing table two days ago. My husband and I are struggling. The crib is set at the lowest level, so we don’t know what to do from here. We truly don’t believe he’s ready to convert to the toddler bed yet. He would just destroy his room. But keeping him in his crib when he doesn’t want to be in it, is now impossible. I don’t know what sparked this sudden change. He used to sleep really good. He has one afternoon nap (about 2 hours) and he was good to go. Now, just last night he was up until 1am because he fought us so hard on going to bed. Any opinions, suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Ra
That’s exactly where we’re at. A mattress on the floor is something we’re contemplating, especially because my little guy is a peanut and can’t open doors yet, so he would be stuck in his bedroom. We would just have to baby proof his room. I don’t know. It’s just exhausting and frustrating. These kids should come with a manual!
There’s a sleep regression around this period, so that’s probably it.If you think he’s not ready for a toddler bed maybe you can try making him sleep in a pack an play/travel crib? Those are impossible to climb out. Once they can climb out of their cribs you shouldn’t use them anymore, as he can fall from the changing table for example and injure himself.Good luck!! 🍀
Lu
You’re welcome!! I’m dreading that moment, I have twins hahaha. I hope they can use the crib till they are 10 yo 😂
Ra
And thank you!
Ra
We just converted him to the toddler bed today because we were out of options and so far so good, but I’m exhausted. The night time battles are unreal. I hope this phase passes soon
I’m having the same problem! Just started last week and coincided with molars coming out so I figured it was teething. But now I’m thinking it’s a regression. He didn’t take a nap at all today. Still had trouble going down at night. Not sure what to do ...
Ra
Ugh! Yeah, I’m so frustrated. My son literally screams when I try to put him in his crib or even take him in his room before “he’s ready”. He stayed up until 1AM again because he refused to sleep. I don’t know what to do either. If you find a magical solution, please share!
I know it’s bad, but we rock my so to sleep every night and as soon as we wakes up in the am, we get him from the crib. Thankfully he just doesn’t have the time to practice climbing out of his crib. Could you put something distracting in the crib, that he also will not choke on? There have been a few nights lately where he just won’t go to sleep and we just took him to bed with us. Our bedroom is on another floor of our house, so him climbing out of his crib and getting out of his room would be a major problem! Not sure how we will handle this once the time comes!
Have you dropped the mattress to be actually on the floor? That gets most people an extra year!
Ra
My husband is good at “engineering” and he lowered the crib mattress as close to the floor as it can be without actually being on the floor. Today was a better day, so we’ll see. He also had to build a board to put on as a divider to the changing table because he STILL wanted to climb on the table even though he wasn’t caged into the crib anymore.
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