Crib Monster

Kaden became quite the crib monster. He started climbing out of his crib earlier this year. I gave hime one day of this crib dance and thought to myself. "He falls onto the wood floors there will be injury. He is 2 1/2 we can convert into a toddler bed." We did that.

It failed.

He opened the door. He woke up a lot. We gave it a few days.

We put a safety handle on the inside door knob to lock him in, but it gave us access (great tip, Mom!).

It failed.

He realized if he hit the lock (with toddler force) it fell off into the two parts. We gave it a few days. The nights got longer.

We allowed this for two nights. Since I am an Amazon junkie I logged on at 10pm at night. We ordered this...

Yes, the photo shows a cat climbing over the tent. Don't loose focus over this minor detail! It keeps cats out and monsters in! This mesh tent covers the entire inside of the crib. There is one way in and one way out, which is with the help of mommy or daddy.

He liked it at first, but soon the novelty wore off. The first few nights grew difficult as he screamed, begged and pleaded to be 'done'. He stayed put, so the objective was met.

All monsters should be caged. Our crib monster hasn't escaped one single time. I have to say this tent is my best mommy purchase to date. We all have rest filled nights. As for Kade, he doesn't mind the monsterkeeper netting around it. He now asks for it to be closed. He knows it isn't left open... it isn't an option. Toddlers like a sense of safety. This is definely the golden purchase in our home.