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The Crib


The crib has been a nightmare since the day Audrey came home, she HATES it. For the sake of my own sanity I gave into having her sleep with us for the first little. This lasted 6 months, a lot longer than we had anticipated. Throughout this 6 months we tried everything we could think of. We even put an extra bed in her room for me to sleep on with her so she could get used to her room. Finally we had to just let her cry it out, which is so painful for me. It ended up being a smaller battle than I was prepared for and she got to the point where she would just whimper for maybe 5 min and fall back asleep.
Well we now have been experiencing a major relapse, possibly because she is teething. Since Pete and I have experience the sweetness of having our evenings alone again we have been less sympathetic about her crying it out. It's still heartbreaking but we rationalize that she has to learn how to sleep on her own. We were extremely alarmed when recently Audrey figured out a way to crawl out of her crib! It scared the dickens out of us, as you could imagine. We have moved the crib mattress down hoping to solve all our worries. Don't be fooled because the other day, the stinker did it again. Luckily I was nearby and caught her as she was free falling head first down to the ground. 

She has figured out that the traction from her bare feet give her leverage on the crib bars. Her pj's have footies on the bottom which prevent the traction from occurring but I am paranoid that my little smarty pants will figure out how to get out. So we are back to square one, with me sleeping with her in her bedroom. My poor, patient, loving husband will get his wife back in our bed hopefully soon.


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Hel said…
Look on the bright side... at least with you in the other room, there isn't ANY chance of another little stinker gracing your presence for a little while!! (wink, wink)
October 15, 2008 at 7:18 PM
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