Lowering the crib mattress...

jojo1207 · #1 July 20th, 2011, 12:32 AM

So, Ayla's crib mattress is almost down to the lowest level it can go. The side slats are up to her shoulders and when she wails in there when she doesn't want to go to sleep she hangs her head over the top to look out the bedroom door. Well, I don't know what the heck she did or even how it was possible but I was downstairs tending to the dishes while she was upstairs trying to fall asleep - she usually cries (not a real cry, more like a complaining session) for a bit then rolls around and goes to bed. So I'm loading the dishwasher listening to her as normal and out of the blue I hear this thump and then silence - OMG. To me that sounded exactly like her falling out of her crib. !!!!!!! So of course I run upstairs thinking the worst and when I get to her room there she is, out of her crib, on the floor. Not hurt. Not crying. Just chillin' there. Now, my 3yr old shares the room with her and she was there sitting with her on the floor. I asked her if Ayla fell out or if she "helped" her out - she said she fell out. Ayla had a slight red mark on her head where it is possible she went down head first but I really have no clue. I can't imagine she could get out on her own considering how high her slats are now but with that head of hers and how far she hangs it... I guess it's possible. I have never had a baby able to escape their crib until well down the road - closer to 2. Needless to say, I'm lowering the mattress down as far as it can go, or we might have to go to the playpen.. anyone else's baby trying to climb out this early??

AlexasMommy · #2 July 20th, 2011, 11:34 AM

Shes not trying to escape just yet, but we have lowered her crib and getting ready to go ahead and drop it completely.

benandali · #3 July 20th, 2011, 12:20 PM

wow. Maybe I'm just lucky but even my older two have never ever tried to escape. I would freak!

#4 July 20th, 2011, 12:23 PM

No escaping here - he won't even sit up on his own yet. Lazy kid.

We've got ours to the second position. I think we have one more for when he starts pulling up. Maybe two. I don't know...
Sounds scary - glad to hear she's okay!

jojo1207 · #5 July 20th, 2011, 07:29 PM

I can't decide if Sophia busted her out or not - either way, we're on the bottom rung now. If she can get out of that, she's houdini.

MamaAbie · #6 July 20th, 2011, 08:19 PM

Wow, thats scary!

Ours only has two settings so we put it to the low position a few weeks ago. No signs or trying to escape yet. Katie just sits up and whines and I swear she looks up at the camera like she knows we are on the other end...

Nicandab · #7 July 22nd, 2011, 08:12 AM

Not yet for Wyatt but Brianna climbed out at 7 1/2 months. She screamed like a banshee when she fell though.

Ava Black · #8 July 22nd, 2011, 01:23 PM

Jace screams when he wakes up and hasn't realized he could sit up in there yet. LOL! I usually get him out immediately.

My middle Xander climbed out before a year but wasn't walking til like 15 months. he would pitch himself over the side and hang then drop. Never got hurt either the little bugger! (My oldest climbed out once fell cut his leg on the lamp and cried, then forever would point to the spot and say 'fall down get booboo' ~ he NEVER climbed out again lol)

ashleykathleen · #9 July 22nd, 2011, 01:45 PM

Kiefer is waaaay to short to do that yet lol.

I got very lucky with Jaleigh because she never tried to climb out of hers (but she was much less adventurous than Kiefer is).