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Goose Egg

I was reading stories to Eli, Andrew, and Celia on Friday, when a crash from Sylvia’s room sent me flying out of my chair.  [She’s fine.]  While quietly browsing books in her crib, my young girl decided to attempt to climb out.

It didn’t go well.

Since I didn’t see her plummet to the (hardwood) floor, I wasn’t sure where she was hurt.  And it wasn’t until several hours later, when Bryan was home, that we noticed that she had a huge purple goose egg on her forehead.

So that means she fell out of her crib onto her head.

It also means that I didn’t notice a golf ball sized goose egg for several hours.  My girl’s bangs are getting thick.

Ahh, parenting.  It’s going to give me gray hairs.

Now, do I hope that this fall taught her not to attempt another climb and therefore keep her in her crib, or do I assume that by falling and not getting seriously hurt that she has used up her chance and I should pull out a big girl bed?  I am NOT looking forward to the second option by the way as I assume that it is going to make naps and bedtime much more difficult to enforce because she’ll be able to get out of bed.

Any insights will be appreciated.

18 Replies to “Goose Egg”

  1. Jessica – that security tent might be a good plan. Thanks for the tip.Sarah – Sylvie already has a crush on our cute neighbor. He's 16. My little girl does like to flirt with the cute guys:)

  2. She might do better than you think if she is in a big-girl bed. I'll bet if you approach it from the standpoint that she's getting to be such a big girl you think she's ready, she might do great. The climbing out is pretty scarey…just like the highchair decision you made. I just pulled a grey hair out of my head yesterday…so maybe being a true blond you'll escape the grey!! 🙂 Love you…and all of yours.

  3. Surround the crib with pillows? Don't harness in her though, my parents did that to my sister and apparently she almost hanged herself (I doubt they sell those anymore anyways).

  6. Myron did the same thing, only he was 14 months(really not ready for big kid bed!!!) we ended up getting a security tent that you can get to keep out pets. It secures under the matress and tents to about 3 feet over the matress to give enough room and zips on the sliding side of the crib. It has been great and we have used it with all the kiddos!

  7. You mean you weren't expecting Sylvie to be an early escaper? Lock the doors, honey, put away the car keys, and keep her brother at the ready to keep the high school boys away! 😉 Love ya!

  8. Jessica – that security tent might be a good plan. Thanks for the tip.Sarah – Sylvie already has a crush on our cute neighbor. He's 16. My little girl does like to flirt with the cute guys:)

  9. She might do better than you think if she is in a big-girl bed. I'll bet if you approach it from the standpoint that she's getting to be such a big girl you think she's ready, she might do great. The climbing out is pretty scarey…just like the highchair decision you made. I just pulled a grey hair out of my head yesterday…so maybe being a true blond you'll escape the grey!! 🙂 Love you…and all of yours.

  10. Thanks for the tip about the security tent, Jessica. I did not know such a device existed. I think Sylvie might be ready to take a big girl step, too. True, there might be some struggles in the beginning (I suspect this will be true whether you upgrade her bed now or in six months). It probably helps that she has a big brother who she likes to imitate– he might be a good role model for what you're supposed to do when you have a "big boy/girl" bed.

  11. I got nuthin’ on this one.  My kids, bless their wonderful selves, would never get out of bed until I said it was ok — and NOT because I trained them that way, they just did it of their own accord.  They’d wake up and lie in their little beds and call “mooommmm…” and I’d either say “OK, you can get up” or “more sleep time” and on we would proceed.
     

    1. That’s exactly what Andrew would do.  It took him a long time (months and months) before he considered getting out of his bed on his own.  My children, they are different.  But you never know, maybe Sylvia will surprise me.  It happens all the time!

  13. When we stayed at my Mom and Dad's house over Christmas she did an unbelievable job at taking naps on the inflatable mattress on the floor, mostly because she thought it was cool because that's where big brother slept at night. I have a feeling that, given the proper attitude about it, she could do very well in a big girl bed.

  14. oh, how fun, Bryan! Then it might be time to take a trip to IKEA to try out some toddler beds! That's Evie's favorite part of IKEA, trying out all the beds:) Too bad we have a crib that converts to a bed so she won't get to pick one out:)

  15. I'm all for the big girl bed, especially if you let her know it's a big privilege to sleep in one and therefore comes with big girl rules: No getting up! Good luck there! I know it's a huge step!

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