I need help from parents!

[RangerClay]

Howdy All,

Pictured below is the crib my 18 month old son sleeps in. Lately he has mastered the art of climbing out of his crib in the middle of the night. What can I do to keep him the crib? If you can help me I will PERSONALLY send you a prize!



Thanks, a very sleepless
Ranger

[Ohiobucks]

Have you lowered the mattress spring board holder thing to it's lowest setting? Ours had 3 or 4 different levels of height adjustment. Just a thought.

[BowtechTurkeyHunter]

Yes you lower the mattress springs to the lowest level also what is the age for that crib some cribs have ages on them ..... Ohiobucks has it though ...

[RangerClay]

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Have you lowered the mattress spring board holder thing to it's lowest setting? Ours had 3 or 4 different levels of height adjustment. Just a thought.

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Yes! We have it on it's lowest setting! He still manages to climb out!!!

Ranger

[Ruff]

You can try these! you can get them with a nice pad for sleeping,

[buckee]

Maybe you could build a free standing frame to recieve the matress and lower the matress down on that.

[johnf]

We had the same problem. There is a very easy fix. Buy a twin size bed.

[huntinsonovagun]

I would get a shock-collar. You'll have to stay up and give him a buzz the first couple of nights, but he'll learn quick.

[Storm25m]

My son never crawled out of his crib, but we did put him in a toddler bed before he COULD crawl out of it. I think he was about a year old. After we put him in the toddler bed, he would wake up several times a night and come into our room. Every time he did it, I picked him up, carried him back to his bed, and went back to my bed. Never saying a word to him. After a two weeks of that, he rarely ever comes into our room at night(almost 3 years later now). When he does, I put him back in bed without saying a word, and he stays there. I hope it works out just as good for my 5 month old.

If you've already got into the habit of letting him into your bed, it's going to take A LOT longer to get him out of the habit.

[okbowman]

Just be consistent, and get that kid a toddler bed! If you can't keep him in his crib on the lowest setting, you aren't going to be able to keep him in anything outside of a cage(don' t do that). Get him a toddler or twin bed and be consistent with making him sleep in it and he will do fine!

[MadHuntinPastor]

Time to get him a toddler or real bed so he doesn't hurt himself climbing out of the crib. Sounds like good training dvice from Storm25m. Same thing they tell you to do on Super Nanny and Nanny 911

Good luck

[HuntingInMaine]

I agree, it's time for a big boy bed! If you are worried he's going to get out of his room and into something he shouldn't, put a baby gate in the bedroom door to keep him in his room.

[Tominator]

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We had the same problem. There is a very easy fix. Buy a twin size bed.

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Ditto.

Seems to me, we moved all of our kids out of the crib right around 18months. Twice by necessity to make room for a sibling, once because it just seemed to be the right time.

[LifeNRA]

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Have you lowered the mattress spring board holder thing to it's lowest setting? Ours had 3 or 4 different levels of height adjustment. Just a thought.

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DING! DING! DING!!!
Thats about the only thing you can do!

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I agree, it's time for a big boy bed! If you are worried he's going to get out of his room and into something he shouldn't, put a baby gate in the bedroom door to keep him in his room.

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Until I read the rest of this thread! LOL!

[dogdoc]

yep--i agree time for a toddler bed. We let our girls pick out their own bed and make a real big deal about it. I had a friend order a crib tent when his child started climbing out the crib: