[blparent] no more crib?

[Pipi]

Savannah was around 20 months when I moved her to the toddler bed. We had 
moved into a new house and while it wasn't suggested, I decided to just not 
bring the crib along to the new house.
For us the transition went okay. We have co slept off and on since Savannah 
was a few months old. I've never done well getting up in the middle of the 
night, so when she woke, I would bring her to bed with me. Because of this, 
when Savannah moved to the toddler bed, if she woke up in the middle of the 
night, she would come climb in my bed. It sounds horrible, but some mornings 
she would be there and I didn't even remember her crawling into my bed.
I never used the bed rails. The toddler bed sits low enough to the ground 
and our floors are carpeted in the bedrooms. She has fallen out of my bed a 
couple of times with no injuries and it sits much higher than her toddler 
bed.
Every child is different. We did go through a phase where she didn't want to 
even start out in her bed. That was a bit difficult and took a couple of 
weeks of me continuing to put her back in bed and I actually got used to and 
enjoyed the half hour of sitting in her room reading or sewing while she 
went to sleep.
I'm rambling here, but that is how the transition went in our home.
Pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 5:37 PM
Subject: [blparent] no more crib?


> Hi,
>
> At what age, did you all take your children out of cribs?
>
> Erik sleeps in a crib but in the morning he screams and whines and
> cries, because, at least I think, he is bored being stuck in his crib.
> I think if he could get out of bed and play with his toys then he
> would let mama and dada sleep 30 or 45 minutes later during the
> weekend. (I know, how dare I want to sleep past 6:30 on a saturday!)
>
> We've put books in his crib and that actually helps him go to bed. He
> likes to read his books while lying back in his crib. But, when
> morning rolls around he screams, cries and whines.
>
> We have a toddler rail for him that we purchased back in the womb
> days. But, the rail is half the length of the crib rail and about one
> inch higher then the surface hof his matress. He moves a lot in his
> sleep and I'm afraid he'll roll right over the toddler rail.
>
> I was hoping to learn what others have done and at what age.
>
> Thanks,
> LM
>
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