In other news, Sawyer climbed out of his crib this afternoon. He's been getting close for a few weeks now. He hoists himself up in the corner, gets to a certain point when he realizes he might tip over, and then backs off.
But when Steve put him down for his nap this afternoon, he had no interest in sleeping. He walked around the crib for a while, complained for a while, and then Steve thought it was finally quite. But then just as Steve was starting to fall asleep for his own snoozer (as we call them), he heard a pitter-patter, pitter-patter. Uh-oh. And apparently, he was having nothing to do with getting back into his crib. So he was awake for the rest of the afternoon, first playing with Steve, then with me, then with the neighborhood kids. Remarkably agreeable for someone with so little sleep, especially since he took a really short nap yesterday too (it's typically not unususal for him to sleep 2-3 hours in the afternoon on the weekends).
We weren't sure what to think about tonight but decided we'd put the mattress on the floor and see what happened. I gave him a pillow for the first time and told him a story about "a little Squirmmel who couldn't fall asleep and then like a monkey, went climbing, climbing, climbing, pitter-patter, tip-toe. But this Squirrmel was very sleepy and when he went to his bed, he discovered a pillow, a new pillow that was all his. This was a very special pillow - Squirmmel could lay his head there all night long and tell it stories and the pillow would listen carefully." Then I took him upstairs and made a big deal about the new special setup and read him a story in bed (not a usual routine). And then crossed my fingers.
I should say that the lack of crib is made more difficult by the lack of doors in our house (that's a post for another time - a "benefit" of being married to a cabinetmaker). I suppose he could probably open the door but it feels more complicated. For now, I put two blue bins in front the curtain that serves as the door. It won't stop him but perhaps it will slow him down.
Probably it was more sheer exhaustion (and confusion about the time change) but we haven't heard a peep from him. We'll see how tomorrow morning goes.
Any tips on making the transition out of the crib more smoothly?
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We transitioned my daughter out of her crib by just putting a mattress on the ground. It worked really well for us. And it took both of mine awhile before they realized that they could get up whenever they wanted.
I am so glad you stopped by my blog and commented! I'm thrilled to find another blogger living in cohousing! My husband's mother's boyfriend (follow that?) has a house on an island not too far from you. They are outside of Bremen. We were up there in Aug for the first time - it was amazing! We hope to make it an annual trip.
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