The twins have been climbing out of their cribs a lot. Especially Isaac. He'll climb out of his crib and stand in the doorway for a while, making little sounds to let me know he's up.
At first it was a battle: I'd put him back into his crib 10, 15, 20 times per hour for two hours. Then I decided to use a bit of parenting judo (I have to credit my mom for pointing out a relevant episode of that nanny show). I'd just wait until he came out of his room, and silently put him back into his crib with a short hug or back rub.
I figured this would be a good time to start the crib-to-bed transition, since it's something that messes up the sleep routine and Isaac's is pretty messed up anyway. So over the weekend, I took one side rail off each boy's crib. Isaac's crib is made to convert into a toddler bed, so I guess that's what it is now. Aaron's crib is not, so I had to lash a horizontal support underneath the crib to keep the thing from falling apart. I thought it would be kind of sketchy, but it's sturdy! It passed the double "no more monkeys jumping on the bed" test this evening.
Tonight was the first night with their pseudo toddler beds. I don't want to jinx anything, but so far so good. Aaron only got out of bed once, and Isaac only a handful of times. Now it sounds pretty quiet from their room, so I guess the first small phase of Operation "Big Boy Bed" is a success.
Now I'm just praying I don't hear that "thud......waaaaaaaah" sound in the middle of the night.
Posted by joe at March 7, 2006 09:38 PM