We have officially reached a huge milestone that is undoubtedly going to cause us some trouble over the next few days. Kaia escaped her crib for the first time last night. We knew this day was inevitable, but we expected it to be closer to her 2-year mark than today.
Hooray for her mental capacity to problem solve, her emotional capacity to take new risks. Hooray for her physical capacity to pull herself up and over a railing over 3/4 her height, and yae for her sense of humor to pop her little head around the corner exclaiming “there she is!” when she surprised us with her new accomplishment.
But damn if it doesn’t present a new set of training challenges when it comes to putting a girl on the go down for the night. I swear she never walks a step anywhere; she is ALWAYS running! We have been working hard on getting her trained to obey our verbal commands, but it is a hit and miss when she is passionate about things. Bed time just happens to be something she is passionate about.
She is definitely suffering from I-don’t-wanna-miss-anything syndrome and going to be while it is still light outside is just more than she can handle. Unfortunately, the sun will not go down until sometime late August, and she can’t stay up that late. Last night was rough with 3 escapes and a screaming fit. Naptime today was a little better, only one escape and minimal fussing. We shall see what happens tonight. Wish us luck!
2 comments:
That is so hard with the sun up all night thing! We have to put pieces of Foamcore behind our blinds to block out the light in the summer, but it eventually does get completely dark by midnight at least! I never really had to deal with the escape thing much because every time she did it, she got hurt, so she stopped! Good luck with everything!
Two of mine were escape artists. I can remember doing dishes and see my son walk out of his room like it was no big deal. They are amazing little people, aren't they?
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