18 month old first night in big girl bed!

[dans4420]

My little girl who we call stewie i know this is bad but she does many things that would remind you of stewie off the family guy. we had to get her a toddler bed because she was about to front flip out of her crib(she is crazy who needs a boy!) shes like a little spider man so its her first night in her big girl bed wish me luck!! we just put her down.

 

[Bennettjh]

Good luck. Remember, Stewie has a secret bunker of goodies in his room. Something to keep in mind.

 

[dans4420]

status update
well stewie is now out of the bed and playing with toys, shes well on her way to staying up till 5am(this kid doesnt ever just fall asleep)

i love her so much but sometimes i wonder what i did in a previous life!!

 

[Bunnykid68]

I foresee a night of Dan not getting much rest

 

[dans4420]

yes funny enough i always find toys hidden in her diaper lol

 

[RedneckReject]

When my 3 year old had just turned 2 I knew the falling out of the crib thing was coming soon. One morning I heard a huge thud from her bedroom and expected to immediately hear screaming. Instead I heard "Whoops. Uh oh. I's ok." Needless to say her bed was converted to a toddler bed about 10 minutes later.

 

[dans4420]

yes she is a big climber has been for a couple months actually yes i figured i would get no sleep for a few days so i took vacation this week from work that way my wife didnt have to take the brunt of it lol

 

[RedneckReject]

yes she is a big climber has been for a couple months actually yes i figured i would get no sleep for a few days so i took vacation this week from work that way my wife didnt have to take the brunt of it lol

Smart thinking. Mine was super easy. She was so excited to have a big girl bed that she didn't get out of it. Problem now is that she wakes up super early in the morning and then wakes her 1 year old sister up by reaching through the bars of the little one's crib. Then she takes little sister's jammies off. If you have kids you know what comes off immediately after the jammies. Gross....

 

[dans4420]

luckily my other one is 7 so shes got her own room well shes now ramming the door hmmmm this ought to be interesting.

 

[RedneckReject]

luckily my other one is 7 so shes got her own room well shes now ramming the door hmmmm this ought to be interesting.

Yep...we do the door thing here too

 

[LANShark42]

A "big girl bed" is a huge milestone. Good luck tonight (and EVERY night!)

 

[dans4420]

silence well shes either sleeping or she went out the window so i guess ill play some call of duty and see if she stays sleeping.

 

[RedneckReject]

silence well shes either sleeping or she went out the window so i guess ill play some call of duty and see if she stays sleeping.

Sounds like what happens here once the little one goes to sleep....well once she possibly goes to sleep. Good luck!

 

[public servant]

Same general principle...

 

[Birds Away]

yes funny enough i always find toys hidden in her diaper lol

Ah, a CCer.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

My daughter is 22 months old...

A few months ago, one evening, we heard a HUGE thump and immediate massive wailing. Yep. She'd climbed / flipped out of her crib. No injuries thankfully.

We resisted the temptation to convert her bed. Glad we didn't. That we know of, she hasn't even attempted to climb out again. We DO know that she hasn't accomplished the task. She must somehow remember the fall / landing / pain...

We're gonna keep her in the crib as long as we can!

And as soon as there's a toddler bed in there - I'll probably put a hook/loop latch on the exterior of her door to keep her in.

 

[chef larry]

My daughter is 22 months old...

A few months ago, one evening, we heard a HUGE thump and immediate massive wailing. Yep. She'd climbed / flipped out of her crib. No injuries thankfully.

We resisted the temptation to convert her bed. Glad we didn't. That we know of, she hasn't even attempted to climb out again. We DO know that she hasn't accomplished the task. She must somehow remember the fall / landing / pain...

We're gonna keep her in the crib as long as we can!

And as soon as there's a toddler bed in there - I'll probably put a hook/loop latch on the exterior of her door to keep her in.

Just remember the terrible two's go well into their teens and beyond.

 

[eldirector]

For a moment, I thought we were WAY behind. Our soon-to-be 3 year old is still in her crib. Never tries to get out, either. She and I have started talking about the "big girl bed" that is already in her room (a little day-bed). We'll try it out in the next few weeks.

Definitely putting one of the child gates at her door for a bit, though!

 

[dans4420]

well after beating on the door for 15 minutes she got in the bed and went to sleep shes still confused on where the head and the feet go but ill take it she slept all night in it whew

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Just remember the terrible two's go well into their teens and beyond.

Those started 5-6 months ago...and are gaining steam.

And then she'll cock her head to the side, ask a question in her toddler gibberish, and look at us with those huge blue eyes...

Aww crap, sweetie, I'll do whatever you want.