So my daughter never tried to climb out of her crib. In fact, we switched her to a toddler bed at about 2.5 and to a bunk bed around 3, and even then for a while she wouldn't get out of bed until we came to get her.
Son turned 2 at the end of August and he decided this weekend was his time to make a break for it (and I was out of town Friday night til Sunday evening):
Text from husband Saturday: “So [son] didn’t nap today. Instead he threw all his things out of the crib, unzipped the sheet, then CLIMBED OUT OF BED, OPENED HIS DOOR, and came down the stairs saying ‘I done sleeping’ three times before I gave up.”
Text from Sunday: “[Son] slept in to 6 then climbed out of bed after I told him the alarm clock wasn’t green yet.”
Sunday night: Despite putting him down with a normal bedtime routine around 7pm, it is now 8:45pm and he has gotten out of bed no fewer than 8 times. And in the latest incident he stripped off his footie jammies before breaking out. When we went in he told us he wanted to pick out new ones.
I guess we’ll be converting the crib to a toddler bed tomorrow
Current view (9pm - two hours after bedtime AND the day after the time change...so it should feel like 10pm)
9:20 update - He had pooped. He had the arms of a pair of footie pajamas on his legs. And he was holding a container of bubbles and said “mommy open please.”
10pm update - his mattress is on the floor and we turned the light off from the pull chain so he can’t turn it on with the switch anymore. Also flipped the mattress over so the zipper side is down (since he unzipped the sheet all the way about 30 min ago). I’m tired and going to bed. He’s singing Old McDonald in the dark.
Morning update: Up rolling around before 6:30. Went in to get him up at 6:45 and his pajama pants were on inside out and backwards. Doesn’t seem tired after at least 3 fewer hours of sleep than normal!
