I think we may be on the road to solving it. I went in there every 5
minutes
then 10 minutes, until he went to sleep. Last time we did this was when he
was learning to calm himself at 4 months....a bit of effor tfor us, but it
worked....tonight....
L.
"LSU Grad of '89" <engrmom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:RkyBa.64490$%e.2959161@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> My 2 yo became a wild man last night. Both DH and I had to work late, so
Dh
> dropped DS off at my sisters.He had a great time playing with his
cousins
(7
> & 8 yo)
>
> The night started by him being wound up when he got home. Then at 8:30
we
> put him in his crib and he climbed out twice, hurting himself both
times.
We
> dissassembeld the crib and put the mattress on teh floor, then he would
not
> stay in the bed either, we tried closing the door, but I was worried he
> would try to climb the book case or otherwise hurt himself...we tried
> reading books to him, letting him play with flashlight, etc. to no
avail.
> Fianlyy we gave up at 10 30 and shut him in again with a toy and went to
bed
> ourselves. He fell asleep shortly thereafter - it was 11 pm
>
> Then at 4 am he mustve rolled over on his popping piano and it work him
up -
> it plays songs and does lights and has loud popping noises. I wen tin
and
> calmed him down. At 4:30 am I got to bed myself. At 5 30 the dog started
> whining. I got up and let him out. At 6 30 the other dogs started
whining,
I
> let him ou t of his crate....
>
> By then it was a lost cause. Now I have this to look forward to all over
> again ?
>
> What do we do to keep our son safe and on a schedule ? We both MUST work
at
> this point. I was runnign on sheer coffee and diet coke all day....
>
> Any ideas would be great. I hate to have to baby proof every stinking
> possibility, but we may need to remove the slider rocker (pinched
fingers?)
> and the book case (falls over on a climbing child) same for the dresser,
put
> a lock on his closet door, and remove his hobby horse (steel tube
stand).
>
> L.
> K.C., 5-25-01
>
>
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