Dh and I had been really pleased that ds - 2 and 7 months - had shown no inclination to climb out of his cot. This meant that, as ds is good at playing by himself, and has a cot filled with toys, we were able to get lie ins on Saturday and Sunday mornings, as it would ds a while to get bored and throw all his toys out of his cot.
Anyway, on Saturday, ds did NOT want to go down for his afternoon nap. We use the travel cot for his weekend naps, and we heard a door closing elsewhere in the house, with the two of us in the same room and ds supposedly in his cot in our room. You've guessed it, he had climbed out of the cot. We then tried putting him down in his "normal" cot in his own room - same result.
Never mind, we thought. He'll not be able to climb out at night, because he sleeps in a sleeping bag.
He wasn't actually a 100% on Saturday - not helped by refusing to have his nap, so he eventually fell asleep on the couch and we put him to bed early.
Anyway, Sunday morning, around 8, I am taking ds's beaker of milk through to our room, prior to going and getting him up (our normal routine) when the door to his room opens and I hear "Mu-u-ummmm!" as he waddles through the door in his sleeping bag, clutching his head, which presumably he'd hit as he clambered out, hampered by the sleeping bag!
I went back into his room and all the toys were on the floor, so he must have woken early (according to dh, before 7) and had had plenty of time to get bored, throw the toys out and then decide to escape!
So, we now need to think of a bed for him! Nightmare, as we have in the past experimented (at his request) with putting him down in the "big" bed (ie ours) and he just won't settle - up and down all the time, coming back through to the living room.
Any advice on how we persuade him to stay put? We've never had stair gates (taught him stairs at an early age), but do we need to get him one for his room? Or do we resort to the "rope trick" from Toddler Taming?