Help! DD just climbed out of cot in her Grobag!

[dinny]

Argh! We'd left her for 10 mins to settle as she's been protesting a lot lately about going to bed. Then suddenly THUD. Went to her room and she was walking towards door in her bloomin' Grobag. Thought they couldn't climb out of cots if in a bag?!
Don't know what to do. Really don't want to put her in a bed as A. Have a baby due soon and B. Are probably moving house within next month.
Is it dangerous for her to stay in her cot now? Dinny

ps - she's two years, one month and has always been quite an OK sleeper.

ds1 was in a bed before his 1st birthday because he was a climber and the next door neighbours baby broke his arm in three places climbing out of his cot and had to have his arm pinned.

Well, maybe give her one more chance. It may be just a one off which she doesn't repeat. But if it is a regular thing then I think a bed would be the safer option. We put DD in a toddler bed at 18 months and it was very successful. She is now 2y 2m and loves her bed.

I would either take off the grobag (at least climbing's a bit safer that way) or move her to a bed if she does it again. The bed is the safer option in my opinion. We moved dd1 into a bed at 2 years because dd2 need the cot, and she was fine with it, also loves her bed and is quite attached to it.

I'd put her in a bed. Especially after reading Flip's story!

I moved DS to a bed and out of a growbag when we moved house because we were moving abroad and didn't want to take the cot with us. I let DS choose some bedding (Bob the Builder) and the switch over from cot/grobag to bed/duvet was a huge success although we had the grobag on hand just in case. He was 2 1/2. Can you lower the side of the cot (or even take it off) so she doesn't actually fall a distance if she gets out?

Terrified now that she will hurt herself. Can't take off side of cot (we`had to permanently have it in the "up" position as it broke ages ago). Can't really buy bed right now as we may be moving before the end July. Though maybe I'll have to. My mum reckons she won't do it again as she now knows it's dangerous, hmmmmm

Could you put some cushions around the cot just in case she does try it again? Or will that tempt her to trampolining?

Yikes Dinny, I'll bet you were gobsmacked!! I couldn't help but laugh as I had this vision of your dd lokking like a little E.T. shuffling towards the door!!!

dinny put a big fat quilt-cushions down once she's asleep! She'll be o.k++

LOL at E.T

Thanks, guys. I keep laughing to myself that no obstacle to getting out of her cot could stop her - so determined to hang out with Mummy and Daddy instead of going to bed.

Went in and put cushions, duvet and pillows roudn cot when she was asleep. She woke in the night but didn't try and get out. Then this morning she said, "Taba fall. Dangerous". So maybe she got the message...

btw, have seen fab bed I will get for her when/if we ever bloody get moced to new house. It's this cabin bed thing from Ikea that has 3 positions - the top being really high for when they are older. Quite excited about it now! Thanks for all the advice - any more advice about how to a. cope with dislike of being put to bed and b. night waking much appreciated! D x

dinny, we have taken the side off our cot (was a drop side so did not affect the stability of the cot too much) so if yours was originally a dropside cot then perhaps you could do the same. dd has slept like this since Christmas and rarely had any problem with rolling out and even then it is not far. Your dd probably won't do it again anyway now that she knows she can and she'll fall.

Why don't they make cots that reach nearly the ceiling to keep the little blighters in!

how about putting the mattress on the floor and the cot upside down over the top like a cage?

BTW, glad my 2y,6mo dd doesn't read Mumsnet, as it hasn't yet occurred to her that climbing out is an option!

I think this may help your little problem

But seriously, I have started worrying about this too. Think I will have to start bed hunting

My very first memory is of climbing out of my cot ridiculously early one morning and wondering what to do with myself upon realising I couldn't get back in. My parents were gobsmacked to suddenly find me in their room! I was moved to a bed sharpish...

Tissy, CD and Aelita!
Put dd to bed earlier, left, she cried - after 5 mins she was shouting so went in and she started lifting leg to climb out. I said "Don't you dare climb out of you cot again" and she lay down soooo fast. Asleep soon after. Maybe she won't attempt it again (please God!). I really want to get a nice cabin bed thing and can't just yet (due to poxy house sale).

How old is your potenttial Houdini, CD?

21 months, a little monkey she is

I can't possibly describe in detail what my sil did with her dd under these circumstances, as it would make her instantly identifiable to anyone who knows her. It was a variant of the hobble -- like camel traders use in the desert, tying a strip of cloth around the ankles in a figure-of-eight.

I think in the 'olden days' they were made of sterner stuff -- I've inherited some 1970s French grobags which have odd little tabs at the waist and bottom. My mum assures me these are for fixing onto some kind of harness attached to the cot.

Clearly there is a captive audience out there waiting for mners to develop and market a baby straitjacket.