Do I lock her in at night!?
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@Sandy oh interesting! I didn’t even think of something like that! Thank you I’m going to look into that!
You’re welcome! Hope it helps 😅
My son climbed out of the crib and I was also spooked. What I learned worked, turning his crib around since we have a taller side and pushing it into the corner so there really was only 1 short side showing. After that, for the first few nights through the monitor anytime he tried to climb, I would say a firm monotone “no”/“no climbing” into the monitor and he would settle down. If he did get out I would immediately take him back into the crib, still with a non-excited/non-playful voice tell him it’s bedtime and it’s time to go to sleep. After one painfully long night of doing that and maybe a week or two later, he stopped climbing out all together.
They say not to lock the door in case of emergency but I think if you are comfortable with it that’s fine but depending on your child’s age, they really don’t have the self control to have free reign of their room haha so making sure they know it’s bedtime and not playtime and no climbing out!
We have this issue at my MIL when she watches my kiddo. I put a toddler proof door knob on the inside of the door so my MIL could get to her in case of emergency but so that she couldn't mess with the door. We also went a step further and added a high metal baby gate to the outside of the door as well in case she did figure out how to open it. Amazon sells amazing metal baby gates that are pretty tall and they are a lifesaver in this scenario.
My toddler has a floor bed. It was great until he figured out how to open his door. We ended up putting a safety latch on the door so now he can't open it. I don't see it as locking the door but just limiting his ranging space. If he wakes up early, he'll play with his toys for a bit. If he really wants to get out of the room, he just calls my name over and over until I go get him (we have a camera).
There's a ton of safety features out there that allow you to keep the door secure without actually having to lock the door.
We took the side off my toddler's crib to stop the climbing out. Then we put a child proof door knob on the inside of her door and a tall baby gate on the outside of her door. Sometimes she can past the door knob things so the baby gate helps in those situations. The baby gate we got locks on the slide and also has a flip lock on the bottom. As for her room I only put toys in it that can be considered quiet time toys. A set of squishy blocks, some softer books, a puzzle and a sensory bin. This way she can play in the morning or during her nap/quiet time without getting amped up. She will usually play for 10-20 mins and then go curl up in her bed and go to sleep. If she really wants or needs something she will call for one of us. We still use the monitor.
I feel I would be so distressed by being locked in. I prefer to just have everything baby proofed, lock the stair gate, nursery and our doors are open and communicate with my son that he can come to mama and dada if he wakes. I also took the bar off and changed to a rail the first time he tried to climb, to avoid falls.
Our guy is a wild child and I definitely am not ready for him to have free range of the house or his room at night. So we got a sleep tent thing for his crib. It’s mesh and we can still see him with the baby monitor. We call it his night night tent and it has been a lifesaver for nap time and bed time. Got it off Amazon.