Climbing out of cot

[Chickadee]

Chloe has just figured out that she can climb out of her cot. Luckily its only a portacot so she didn't hurt herself. 3 times in a row in the last 3 minutes. It's obviously a novelty.

I've just been waiting downstairs, and as soon as I hear her on the steps I go put her back to bed without talking, comfort, nothing. Is that right? I'm hesitant to wait outside the door because I suspect that will make it more of a game.

Aggggh. Here she is again, whimpering this time. She's soooo tired :(

[razzle]

Cheeky little thing! Eloise *tries* to climb out of her big cot but can't (so far). I'm dreading Christmastime when she'll be in her portacot at the PILs. :rolleyes: I hope she can't climb out!

Maybe she's feeling a little out of sorts with being an an unfamiliar place Martha. You're still in the apartment aren't you? I'd continue doing what you're doing and see how it goes....

[poshBecks]

Just keep on with your tequnique....
If you give her no attention other than puting her back, then she'll get sick of it quicker

[draught]

Unfortunately short of drugging them there is nothing more that you can do that I am aware of. I sometimes wish that there was a magic sleep button that you could push when they are resisting!

Good luck!

[Supermum]

Ahh Martha - Joyous time isn't it?

My son was moved to a bed when he got to the same stage which worked.

I believe it's because we took the wind out of his sails because he no longer had anything to escape from.

And yes, you just put them back to bed ... that is if you subscribe to the Ferber method. They soon get sick of it and bored with trying, especially when you are neutral about the situation and not giving the behaviour attention - good or otherwise!

Best of luck.

[Chickadee]

And yes, you just put them back to bed ... that is if you subscribe to the Ferber method.

Is there another method?

Usually she's so good about going down for naps and bedtime. Most nights DH looks at me and asks what's wrong with her that she's so easy! So this is really new for me. At least I'm lucky that she didn't figure it out earlier - she's old enough to understand what I mean when I tell her to stay in bed. Last time I put her back I told her that firmly. Lower lip started trembling, whimpers, and soon after I left the room big wails and crying starts, of... "dummy!". Oops. Silly mum forgot it, lol. Hopefully that has fixed it.

Yes, we're still in the apartment but she'd seemed to have adjusted to it already. I guess it was just time and she'd have figured it out wherever we were. I don't want to move her into a big bed here yet tho. I'll wait till we're in our own place again and I can safety-proof her room better so not worry so much about her getting up. If I'd known I wouldn't have bothered packing her cot!

[Supermum]

Is there another method?

Well not for me there's not but there are other alternatives out there ... JanetF probably the best tree to bark up for this one.

In relation to the 'containment' issue. We just put a barrier up at his door and to be honest we didn't have any trouble with him relating to 'trashing' his room. I think he was more singularly focussed on fighting sleep to be bothered with anything else. Although at the time I recall worrying about him getting into everything.

I'm lucky (HA!) in that neither of my children have been particularly easy so I eased my way into different techniques which worked for each of them. I didn't just wake up one day to find a child reticent to go to bed or sleep - it just always was that way.

Cheers,