The Greatest Invention EVER

Life has been going pretty great lately, at least in the nap and bed time department. Robby has been down to one nap per day for about four months or so, but always takes at least a 2-3 hour nap and then still goes down for bed early and will sleep until 7:30-8am in the morning. Madison is pretty well adjusted to sleeping in her twin bed and for the most part will still take a nap during the day and then go to bed at a reasonable hour at night. There's still the days when she comes out of her room a million times announcing that there are snakes in her bed, she needs to go potty, or she wants another hug and kiss; but for the most part we have felt like it has been smooth sailing.

On Thursday I was thrown a new twist in our lives. That morning Robby, my 18 month old, climbed out of his crib. I thought maybe it was just a fluke and kind of blew it off. After all, he looked half out of it when I found him on the floor in his room. Later that day I was prepping the kids for going down for our daily naps. I layed Robby down like normal and then proceeded to continue the daily routine of nap preparation for Maddie. We were in the middle of her new favorite book, "Fancy Nancy" when all of a sudden I heard a loud thud. I quickly excused myself from her room and found Robby running down the hall away from his room with a look of excitement on his face. He was so proud of himself for being able to escape the dreaded nap.

Needless to say, I picked him back up and plopped him in his crib AGAIN. I had enough time to run back into Maddie's room, kiss her and tell her to stay in her room before I heard another "thud" informing me that Robby had once again escaped the confines of his crib. Running back down the hall, I caught him opening his door and once again placed him in the crib. This time I was a little smarter and sat right outside his door in the hall and continued telling him "no no" over and over again for the next 45 minutes. He threw everything out of his crib on several occasions and screamed and cried until he finally fell asleep.

At this point I was thoroughly exhausted, thinking that I might go crazy if this is how life is going to be. Maddie just moved from her crib in April and was so good for SOOO long at always staying in her crib. With this thought in mind, I hopped on the computer and was amazed to find something that has now saved my sanity. I called up Jesse and announced to him that I was making a new purchase due to our child's climbing escapades. It is called a "crib tent." It has to be one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. It attaches to the top of the crib and goes underneath the mattress, stopping a child from climbing out of their crib. We put it up on Saturday and I am happy to say that Robby is successfully detained in the crib for the next little while. I have also promised Jesse that I won't make Robby stay in this "jail" for the rest of his life!