So, we haven't bought Madeline a bed yet. She was sleeping in her crib until the day that it was packed up by the movers, two weeks shy of her third birthday. She's never climbed out, though she had recently started climbing in.
Since leaving Calgary, we've been splitting our time between her nana's house in Sherwood Park and her grandparents' house in Edmonton, and as Madeline's outgrown the Pack n Play, she's been sleeping in regular beds. She popped out a few times on the first night of sleeping in a bed, but since then, she'd taken bedtime in stride, kept to her usual routine, and hasn't fallen out once, despite being a master of nocturnal acrobatics.
Madeline's crib is set-up and waiting for her in Bangkok. I wonder how she'll react? I haven't been talking up the concept of sleeping in a bed just yet, so I am hoping that she and her crib (with the battery-sucking-but-beloved Fisher Price Aquarium) will have a happy reunion, if only until our sea container arrives in August. We have a bed there for her, if she wants it. I know that she's ready, if she wants to make the big leap ...
Jack just recently made the transition also. We had tried so many times and failed miserably, but this time he was ready I guess.
Posted by: Sarah | July 07, 2007 at 09:05 AM
Hayley was in her crib until 3 weeks after her 3rd birthday. She too never climbed out of her crib, but she was good at climbing in. She's adjusted well to her bed and the only time she's fallen out was actually during the day when she was sitting on her bed reading.
Posted by: Terri | August 10, 2007 at 09:07 AM