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Re: Crib Tents: Cruel or Practical?

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:28:43 -0000

Worked like a charm for the first time last night. It is only buying time - but we need it.

Re: Crib Tents: Cruel or Practical?

QSMama — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:26:24 -0000

it\'s good to hear that crib tents work for some parents, but I think that, as with so many other things, you have to consider the kid.

At about 21 months, Baby A started telling me there was an elevator in her crib (as well as kangaroos, but that\'s a different post). She\'d swing a leg over the side, shout to me in the next room, \"I in deee elevator, Mommy!,\" and jump down. Her landing was usually followed by many tears, hers and mine.

We considered the tent option, but besides the publicized safety concerns, we knew Baby A was a little Houdini. She\'d get so busy figuring out the velcro and the zipper that she\'d (a) never go to sleep and (b) possibly get into even more danger than she did jumping out.

So several weeks ago, at the urging of her pediatrician, we finally converted her crib into the daybed function. That has brought a whole other slew of problems...but it\'s getting better.

We\'re fortunate in that we live in a small bungalow with no stairs. And because she still nurses a little first thing in the morning, she runs to get in bed with me.

All of these questions and worries are just part of the bigger picutre--our kids are going to keep stretching their abilities, doing stuff that scares us...and we just have to do our best to anticipate and mitigate the consequences.

None of which is very reassuring. :)

- L

Re: Crib Tents: Cruel or Practical?

harry — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:21:48 -0000

I totally agree that at first glance the thing appears quite cruel and a tad cage like, but it\'s simply brilliant! Our daughter loved it thankfully. We were about a month away from moving to a new house when she catapulted herself out of the crib. We knew the crib tent was a great way of prolonging the inevitable transition to a big kid bed, which seemed overwhelming to deal with during a big move as well. We\'ve since passed it on to our 17 month old son who was showing obvious signs of successful propulsion from his crib. He was able to walk his legs halfway up the inside of the crib and have a large portion of his torso over the top edge---not a pleasant site to witness......okay, so maybe I WAS a tad proud of his physical accomplisnment, but the fear of him cracking his head open quickly squashed that little moment. The crib tent was installed that evening.