I wish someone had told me this sooner..
This morning, I was just starting to wake up when I heard a loud boom come from the nursery, followed by screaming. I jumped out of bed and ran into the Little Monkey's room, only to see him laying flat on the floor with his head up against the leg of the crib. He had fallen out of his crib!! Which, is on the lowest level possible I might add. I immediately grabbed him and started looking him over, to see how badly he had been hurt. He has a small bruise on his forehead and a two knots on the top of his head. I am thanking God that a bruise and a couple of bumps is all that happened to him. I know how bad this situation could have been :( Anyway, I started wondering how he managed to pull this off and the only thing we can figure is he used the bumper pads in his crib as a step and then fell over the side. I had noticed him stepping on them the other day, but it never entered my mind that he was strong enough to pull himself up and over. Obviously, I felt like a horrible mother afterwards (still do). I wanted to share this story with all the mothers who read my blog and for those who will eventually have children. Bumper pads are great for up to about 9 months. Then, once you notice them starting to pull up in their crib, I would strongly advise removing them. I wish I had stopped and thought the very first time I noticed him stepping on them. Would have saved him from a 3 foot fall at 7:00 in the morning. Terrible way to start the day. So, with the events that happened this morning, I started looking for something to keep him from escaping. I found a forum that had several stories similar to mine and some moms claimed that removing the bumper didn't keep their son from climbing out. So, they recommended this little contraption.
I found it on
onestepahead.com. It's a crib tent that is suppose to keep babies from climbing out. You might think I'm crazy for even considering buying a mesh tent to put on my son's crib, but I don't care :) After what I experienced this morning, I'm going to start taking the necessary precautions needed for his safety and in this case, it involves trapping him in his crib :) I know boys will be boys and I'm ok with him getting bruises and such, but not this way.
Take a lesson from my Mommy book and remove those bumper pads. Don't risk it :)
