I Need Mom Advice

Recently Bridget has started to act as though she’s going to vault herself out of her crib. She lifts one leg up, rests it on the side of her crib, and if she just pushed a little harder with her arms, would be over the side and on the ground pretty quickly. Thankfully she hasn’t quite realized that she could if she chose to.

So here’s where I need help. I always thought that we’d keep her in the crib until she could get out of it. I just never thought that she’d be this close to getting out of it. So do I just wait to see how long it takes her to get out? But I don’t want to find out she can get out of her crib by her landing on her head. On the other hand, I can’t imagine her in a toddler bed yet either. She would not stay in it. She’d get up the minute the door closed and end up falling asleep on the floor somewhere. But I don’t like the idea of a crib tent. We bought one a while back but I don’t think it would have attached to our crib so we got rid of it.

What would you do about this? Do I just wait to see how long it takes her? I mean, it could conceivably be months and months before she goes over. I kind of think that even if she does go over, she most likely will not be seriously hurt - how many kids have climbed out of their cribs over the years and lived to tell about it? And it might scare her enough to make her not do it again for a long time. Or not. I don’t know. I live in a constant state of fear over this. Every time I hear her cry in the middle of the night, I’m convinced that she’s on the floor of her room trying to get out.

Help!

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