The first picture of Cora climbing out of the crib was cute. It is not so cute any more. The last few days have been quite stressful and chaotic. We believe Cora is the one who climbs out first most times and encourages Will to climb out as well. Unfortunately, Will is not as nimble as Cora and usually ends up falling pretty hard to the ground. He does not seem to mind, but it sounds bad. At first this was okay, they would climb out, we would go in and speak in a stern voice to get back in bed, put them there and they would sleep. This is not the case the last few days.
In stead of getting out of the crib once or twice, it is more like five or six times and they can open the door now so they open the door and come running down the hall. Two nights ago we resorted to the baby gate. We put it up and they can get out of the crib but they cannot get out of the room. The gate is a good plan, but when left alone in their room they get bored. We have come in to find all clothes and diapers all over the place and chaos. They also cannot get back into their cribs so they fall asleep in crazy places.
Today when we were all suppose to be relaxing, Cora and Will were obviously not ready to sleep and they were being crazy, but we were trying to ignore it. Until Cora started screaming because she decided to try to sit in the toy food stroller and it fell over and she got stuck and Will started to scream a few minutes later, still not sure why.
So….we decided to take a half step forward. Not a full bed but we did take the crib side piece off so they can get out and in without any trouble. We put them in their room tonight, with the gate, and once had to yell get back in bed but about a half hour later all was quiet and every one was in their beds. Could it be a new beginning or were they just so tired they did not want to fight it (because of no nap from today). No idea – we will see how tomorrow goes. One step at a time.