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fell out of cot
hi my little boy of 19months fell out his cot this morning when oh goes to work he brings michael in with me for little while well he wasnt going back to sleep this morning so at 8.15am i needed the loo so i always put him back in cot and leave his door and toilet door open so i can see him well in mist of doing business in loo i heard him crying looked up and he was hanging on cot rail by tummy so i ran 7mnths preg jammie bottoms at ankles and just as i got to his door he fell forward completely out of cot onto his back and head i got such a bloody fright i took him back to loo with me to finish up ( i know what a sight i looked) anyway he calmed down i phoned mum and oh who said to keep eye on him so he didnt sleep i phoned doctor as was frightened hes been checked and hes now fine my oh and mum says maybe time to put him into his cotbed but im wary as he moves from top to bottom in his cot as it is so christ knows what hed be like in bed am i just being paraniod im terrified at thot of big bed
thanks for reading and prob gave some of you a laugh at sight of me running bump and trousers ans all
tracey x
thanks for reading and prob gave some of you a laugh at sight of me running bump and trousers ans all
tracey x
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as a matter of interest what sort of age should they go into a big bed??? like yours mine is never still in bed and i always find her at the end upside down or something.
my lo is 19 months and about 2/3months ago we changed his cotbed to the bed purely cos he was going to share his room with the new baby so i wanted him used to the bed then and not when baby comes cos i will have enough to do. he has been ok really he has a guard on the side and he does run up and down sometimes but they will learn that they will hurt themselves by doing it!!!
my lo is a nightmare cos he thinks hes the same age as his 3 yr old brother so he climbs and jumps off everything it's so scary!
michelle xx
Glad to hear your LO is ok, that must have been a shock 4 u- still im sure it will be one of those funny stories to tell all his mates when he is about 16!!
Can u not lower the cot so its more like a bed? mine is really high up at the mo but when my LO gets to that age where they decide that climbing is a fun option we can lower it so she cannot reach the top? dont know if im making any sense at all?? I dont have much more advice soz- thats one of many things i have yet to experience!!!
Take care
Hannah
p.s- i did have a funny image of u running to the cot with ur big bump and trousers round your ankles - reminds me of the old Saturday nights out....lol!!
hehe i was some sight ill tell you its funny now coz hes ok but at time i was frantic reminded me of my teenage years with trousers hehe xxx
michelle
i know my oh says hes a typical boy christ climbing everywhere think he thinks hes in the bloody circus xxx
susie
i dont really know what age there supposed to be to go into big bed eitherxxx
hannah
sorry his cot is at the lowest level so think maybe putting it into cotbed as his cot is a cotbed xxx
We had to put our lo in a bed at about 18 month as she was a master at escaping from the cot we thought the safest thing to do was to put her in a bed as we had not bought a cot bed (have done this time)we bought a toddler bed moved stuff she could touch and put a safety gate at the bedroom door no more escaping charlotte she just used to bang her cup against the safety gate real little prisoner...
good luck...
I saw this post and had to join as it really tickled me.
My monster was still sleeping in our room at 10 months and thank goodnes he was because I woke up, blurry-eyed one morning to watch him stand up in his cot, reach over the top, take hold of the bars on the outside and haul himself over!!
Luckily, he was right next to the bed so just slithered onto the end and crept up for a cuddle.
What I wanted to do was pass on the invaluable advice my mum gave me later that day when I couldn't think what to do (the cot was already at it's lowest level)...
...Get a travel cot. There are no bars and so nothing to grip on and they are really high at the sides but you can still see inside OK.
Mine is coming up to 13 months and hasn't fathomed that one out yet, even though he can move the dining room chairs about to help him climb on the table!
Thank you all for making me smile!