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1 year old climbing out of his cot?

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Doodledumdums · 21/01/2014 22:38

My just turned 1 year old has somehow discovered how to climb out of his cot...I didn't even know that it was possible at 1! I thought we had a good year before having to think about converting his cot into a bed Sad

I am not really sure what the next step is? Obviously he can't stay in his cot as it is dangerous for him, but a cotbed isn't safe at 1 either is it? He wriggles around in his sleep so much that I think he will just keep falling out of bed. I've put a stairgate across his bedroom door so that he can't escape in the night and fall down the stairs or anything, but for tonight he is in his cot (I'm home alone this evening and haven't been able to convert the cot or anything), but tomorrow I think we need to decide what we're doing going forward.

Has anyone got any experience of a 12 month old climbing out of their cot? what did you do?

What a little monkey! This isn't good for my blood pressure! Smile

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AnyaKnowIt · 21/01/2014 22:40

Change to cot bed and pillows on floor

Alanna1 · 21/01/2014 22:43

You could try "no", but otherwise a mattress on the floor and a stairgate on the room.

mamapants · 21/01/2014 22:47

I went for mattress on the floor and stairgate on door when DS was 8mths after he made moves to cloimb out. He was much happier out of cot.
He's been in a bed since 16mths when we moved house.

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morethanpotatoprints · 21/01/2014 22:51

Hello OP, my ds 2 did this and it was a huge worry.
We put him straight into a toddler bed, make sure the base is pretty low down and put cushions on the floor.
Think about stair gate as well if he is able to access the stairs from his room.
Sorry but this is the shape of things to come.
Not my ds but a friend whose ds was like yours and mine found hers aged 3 near the top of a lamp post Shock they had fire engines to get him down.

lilyaldrin · 21/01/2014 22:53

How is he climbing out? Pushing quilts/pillows/toys into a corner? Is he in a sleeping bag?

DS was in a single bed from 18 months, initially with a bed guard on the side, and a gate on his door.

mousmous · 21/01/2014 22:56

both dc were in a toddler bed (veyr low down) from around 15 months. the night I first observed dc1 climbing over we took te matress out and left him sleeping on the floor until we had the new bed sorted. it's just too dangerous.

McPheezingMyButtOff · 21/01/2014 22:59

Chicken wire Wink

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Doodledumdums · 21/01/2014 23:22

Oh my god, fire engines to get him down?! I hope that isn't a sign of things to come for me!

He hasn't got anything in his cot at all other than a blanket, so he can't be pushing things into a corner. I haven't seen him do it yet, but DH witnessed it earlier. Unfortunately he refuses to sleep in a grobag, he has never liked it, and because he's not a good sleeper anyway, I never forced it as I didn't want any reasons for his sleep to be worse than necessary! Though I guess that would stop him climbing out for now.

I think what I'm going to do tomorrow is convert the cot bed, line the floor with pillows and see how he gets on. It may be revolutionary for him, he's never really liked the cot anyway and isn't a good sleeper, so this may (fingers crossed!) help his sleeping?!

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golemmings · 21/01/2014 23:33

We used a travel cot for a bit because the sides were higher. Once ds was out of that he was into a toddler bed.

Starballbunny · 21/01/2014 23:47

Dad was nearer 18 m. We lowered the cot side and cable tied it very firmly so it didn't rattle, couldn't trap fingers and made a good bed guard.

Then we cable tied a plastic step to the cot leg and she happily climbed in and out until she got a midi bunk bed when she was 3.

Starballbunny · 21/01/2014 23:47

DD1 (not dad)

CouthyMow · 22/01/2014 00:47

DS3 ended up in a toddler bed at 11mo for this reason. I put the cot mattress on the floor next to the bed, so if he did fall, he had a soft landing!

No would have been pointless with DS3 at that age - he has speech delay and GDD, and didn't understand "NO" until he was 2 1/2.

CouthyMow · 22/01/2014 00:49

Do t count on the grobag helping either - DS3 first of all just used his arms to pull himself up (he can do chin ups on the bars in the park at 3yo...) and then just unzipped it!

Crossph · 28/11/2016 20:16

What did you do in the end?! My lad turned 1 last week and climbed out twice today. Not sure what to do!

abeandhalo · 28/11/2016 20:19

My brother was like this so they had to put him in a bed and he was OK. You can put pool noodles under the sheet to make bumpers so it's much harder to roll out?

TheLobsterRollPlease · 28/11/2016 20:21

My DS used to do the same when he was one, the only way we could prevent it is by putting him in bed with us.

Muddlingalongalone · 28/11/2016 20:29

Dd2 did this at 14-15 months. I just put her in cotbed intending to put a bed guard on, but failing miserably at building it. Put a stairgate on the stairs, pillows on the floor and it worked fine. She's still not a great sleeper and now at 2 climbs in with me every night but she only fell out about 3 times which was loads better than her older sister!!!

Crossph · 28/11/2016 20:49

I'll have a look for those cheers. He's such a good sleeper just scared of rocking the boat. Thanks guys.

P1nkP0ppy · 28/11/2016 20:54

DS did this at 9 months; he went into a cot bed and that was that!
He never fell out of it and it was no trouble at all.

liquidrevolution · 29/11/2016 22:17

DD did this at 17 months when she was screaming blue murder at the ignomity of being put to bed when tired. We took the side off her cot bed and added a bedguard. Tooks 2 nights of screaming and now nearly one year on she sleeps like a baby. Or rather like she should have done as a baby Hmm

I notice she sleeps against the guard still so we have to keep that on the bad for now but at my parents we use a pool noodle and she is fine there.

Crossph · 30/11/2016 12:52

Managed to find a cot that will lower more than the one he had. Thank god! Cheers

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