Our Little "Monkey"

The pictures you are about to see will speak for themselves. However, let me tell you a quick story just to give you some background as to how this came about.

First, we were at a friend's house one Tuesday night to watch a show with them. This night, he was having multiple meltdowns and we decided to put him to bed in their office in their pack-n-play. Well, about five minutes of screaming and yelling later, their office door opened and out walked my son. Our friend Johna said, "You need to find a toddler bed because it won't be long before he's climbing out of his crib. Nope...I had myself convinced that it was just the mesh sides that helped him to crawl out...that and the fact that he was so mad when he did it.

That was a Tuesday and the rest of the week was fine...I still told myself Johna was wrong and this was an isolated incident. Well, the following Saturday, I was getting into the shower and Tyler wanted to go with me. I told him no, which ignited an angry, screaming temper trantrum of sorts. John came in the room and decided he needed a little quiet time to himself. He put him in his crib and about 20 seconds later, we heard a loud thump, John opened Tyler's bedroom door to find him standing there. I could hear him saying, "What are you doing?" Tyler didn't say anything to his dad, but went right between his legs and into my room to find me.

Still, we were convinced that the two incidents were only because he was angry when he was put into bed.

Well, the very next day after the angry "fall" out of his crib...and there is no doubt that it was a fall, I put Tyler down for his nap. I thought about telling him not to climb out of the crib, but didn't want to put any ideas in his head if he wasn't already thinking it. Well, that was a mistake because he called for me about 5 minutes later, and this is what I found when I walked into the room...


I immediately yelled for John to come see, and we grabbed a camera. All Tyler's blankets, stuffed animals and pillows were on the floor. We decided that was for a softer landing. But then he got to this point and realized that it was way too far and he wasn't going anywhere...thus calling for me to come help him.

Needless to say, we haven't had any more issues with Tyler trying to climb out of his crib. I tell him quite often at bedtime not to climb out and that if he needs anything to call for mommy or daddy. We're still planning on switching to a toddler bed soon though...just incase!!!