Emerson out of the crib
I have a long list of updates, especially regarding the last 2+ weeks where we went to the Cape, drove to DC, saw my family in Virginia, went to my sister’s wedding, drove to my in-laws place in NY, went to NYC with Emily, and had an overall great two weeks. But before I post that, we reached a child development milestone this past weekend and I thought I’d share.
For anyone who doesn’t have children, or it’s been a while since they had small kids, sleeping platforms generally progress as such…
1. Bassinet. Baby is born, and when brought home, usually sleep in a basinet since the baby is about the size of a football. A basinet is basically a box that you keep next to the bed. Some parents let the newborns sleep in bed with them. Sleeps in basinet until anywhere from 2 to 4 months old.
2. Crib. Next stage, which will last anywhere from 3 months to 3 years. A crib is a small prison cell with no top, but since the kid can’t climb out, no top is needed. When the child starts to climb out, time to move on.
3. Child bed. For some people, the child moves from a crib to a child bed, or to an adult size bed, depending on many factors such as budget, space, need for adult sleeping platform for visitors, etc.
4. Normal bed. At some point, the kid will become a teenager or young adult and want an adult bed.
So for us, about 7 years ago, Patti’s father build a really nice crib for Emily. She is now 6, and when she was 18 months old, she started climbing out of it, at which point we put her in a single size bed. The single bed is for children and has removable rails to keep kids from sliding out and crashing on to the floor.
When Ethan was a baby, he used the crib as well. He is now 4, and around 18 months he started climbing out, so we put him in the same style bed that Emily used, they were a bunk bed set so we had two, although they slept in separate rooms.
Then in 2006 Emerson was born, and he went in to the crib. He is our third child, and most likely our last. He is a nice boy, and really sweet, but has developed in almost every way, such as walking, talking, sleeping through the night, later than the other two. Well, this past weekend, at 2 years 5 months, he started climbing out the crib.
We’ve been away pretty much for the past 15 days. Over the last couple of days, he started climbing out of the portable crib. We thought the big crib in his room at home was bigger, so he would not climb out. Well, Saturday night, that changed.
So on Sunday I took apart the beautiful crib that Jim made for the kids, and will carefully pack it away for use by my own daughter some day when she has her own kids. We put both child beds in the boy’s room and have a temporary bed for Emily until we buy her a bedroom set.
So our youngest child has met a major milestone, the sleeping platform for children. He is now in the other single size bed and in the same room as Ethan, sot he boys are together. We no longer have a crib up in our house, and now look forward to the more pleasant milestones, like getting out of his diapers.
Just thought I’d share.