We fought the good fight. We tried so hard to keep him in his crib for as long as possible. J – 1. Mom/Dad – 0.
Sometime in November, this kid started jumping out of his crib and waking us up – all.night.long. It was terribly exhausting. We wanted to keep him in his crib until we had the jumping under control because we worried the freedom of a toddler bed would encourage him to get out of bed even more than he already was. He remained undeterred by all of our threats and all of the various consequences we imposed on him. Even though we stacked a mattress and some huge pillows on the floor outside his crib so he at least had a soft landing, we didn’t want to push our luck any further with the jumping. Strange things happen and with a kid who is tired and flinging himself over his crib railing without abandon, he could dislocate a shoulder or sprain a wrist or what have you. So we gave in and converted his bed to a toddler bed. And much to our relief, he still averages about the same number of jumps per night. But this time the “jump” is about two inches off the ground.
And honestly, who can stay mad when you have a kid this cute and this excited about his big boy bed?!? (and yes, he is wearing his Christmas “jom joms” yet again; he loves them!) (sorry about the bad quality – iPhone pic)
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