Re: Keeping them in BED!!!

[Guest guest]

Cordel would eat stickers I think that I am going to look into

getting a hospital bed/crib for him. Not that your suggests weren't

all great, they would just not work for our family(he shares a room

with his brother, he still doesn't understand a lot of words mainly

actions). I think that he will last a little while longer in his

crib, at least long enough to see what I can do.

Tina

> Tina.

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> Would he respond at all to a sticker reward system?

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> Penny

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> Keeping them in BED!!!

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> How do I keep a 3 year old escape artist in his bed? I still have

> him in his crib, but he is almost 50 lbs and he really doesn't have

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> lot of room in it. He will not escape from the crib, 2 nasty falls

> cured that for him. I don't know if they make bigger cribs, or if

> you all can give me some advice to keep him in a twin bed. Thanks!

>

> Tina

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[Guest guest]

>>Cori,

Keep in mind that it won't take much to push out or tear a screen :c(

Sue<<

Oh, very true, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks. I think I will stick with

my gate idea then.

Cori

[Guest guest]

> >>Cori,

> Keep in mind that it won't take much to push out or tear a screen :c(

> Sue<<

>

> Oh, very true, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks. I think I will stick

with

> my gate idea then.

>

Cori - Keep in mind that given a little time, it doesn't take much for these

kids to push down a DOOR, never mind a screen, never mind a ... hee hee,

GATE! ;o)

Grace

[Guest guest]

Re: Keeping them in BED!!!

>

> > >>Cori,

> > Keep in mind that it won't take much to push out or tear a screen :c(

> > Sue<<

> >

> > Oh, very true, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks. I think I will stick

> with

> > my gate idea then.

> >

>

> Cori - Keep in mind that given a little time, it doesn't take much for

these

> kids to push down a DOOR, never mind a screen, never mind a ... hee hee,

> GATE! ;o)

>

> Grace

Grace,

For me, the idea is that if he pushes down the gate, I'd at least know

was up and wandering the house! If she needed to, she could always screw it

into the door molding and use a hook and eye latch on the outside so she

could open it, but he couldn't.

Sue

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[Guest guest]

>>Cori - Keep in mind that given a little time, it doesn't take much for

these

kids to push down a DOOR, never mind a screen, never mind a ... hee hee,

GATE! ;o)

Grace<<

LOL Grace, I know, I know. I am getting the ones that you use at the top of

stairs, the ones that you screw into the door frame. I am putting them one

on top of the other so they can't climb over.

Cori

[Guest guest]

> LOL Grace, I know, I know. I am getting the ones that you use at

the top of

> stairs, the ones that you screw into the door frame. I am putting

them one

> on top of the other so they can't climb over.

>

We did that, but ripped them out of the wall. Then we used

four inch long wood screws and mounted 1x4s to the studs in the

wall, and then bought much sturdier hardware and mounted the gate to

that hardware attaced to the 1x4s. That lasted a little longer, but

left larger holes in the wall.

I wish you luck, but do not be surprised.

[Guest guest]

Wow! Maybe I will just turn the handle around and lock the door from the

outside. Maybe I can just keep them in their cribs forever. LOL

Cori

>>We did that, but ripped them out of the wall. Then we used

four inch long wood screws and mounted 1x4s to the studs in the

wall, and then bought much sturdier hardware and mounted the gate to

that hardware attaced to the 1x4s. That lasted a little longer, but

left larger holes in the wall.

I wish you luck, but do not be surprised.

<<

[Guest guest]

> Wow! Maybe I will just turn the handle around and lock the door from the

> outside. Maybe I can just keep them in their cribs forever. LOL

>

> Cori

Cori,

Well of course.

That is exactly what I did. I do not bother with gates anymore, and I am

not even about to put a screen door inside my house LOL.

That said, I bought an easy to open lock <the kind you can even open from

the inside with a quarter, or if an emergency, even with a fingernail> and

flipped it inside out.

I don't even lock it anymore though. Once they figured out that it was

locked - they stopped trying. So now, it's open - - they just don't know

it. ;O)

Grace

[Guest guest]

>>Grace,

For me, the idea is that if he pushes down the gate, I'd at least know

was up and wandering the house! If she needed to, she could always screw it

into the door molding and use a hook and eye latch on the outside so she

could open it, but he couldn't.

Sue<<

Good point Sue, definitely good to have a warning. The only bad thing I can

see about that is that my husband is one of those people who wakes up

totally disoriented and that would scare the piss out of him, hearing the

gate fall. I know because I accidentally knocked one down in the middle of

the night once. Boy was he pissed at me. He told me that I almost gave him

a heart attack. I know dear, that was my intention; I'll try harder next

time. LOL I think I won't worry about it for now because I am sure they

can stay in their cribs for at least another six months to a year. By then

they will be all better. Right?

Cori