I wrote here about how C had learned to escape the pack n play and his crib.
He had not done it since that night we came home and he was totally exhausted, so I thought maybe I had dodged that one for awhile longer.
Thursday I heard the kids talking after their naps. I normally don't go get them up until I hear at least 2 of them, or maybe all 3. They are happy talking and playing, and I am happy with them in there. So Thursday I finally walked in, and I walked in to L straddling the crib rail, and C lying flat across the crib rail. In my sternest voice I say "No, no! That is dangerous! We do NOT crawl out of our cribs!". C was unphased but got down, but my sensitive little L looked at me and burst into tears. I hoped maybe that had done the trick.
Friday morning, I heard the kids talking again, and finally got out of bed to go get their milk. All of a sudden I hear footsteps, and I am just hoping it is Z...but no. C is just grinning up at me. So I go back to their room, and see N still in his crib, but no L. "N, where is L?". N just pointed under the changing table, where I see L grinning and hoarding pacifiers.
Friday at naptime, I was worried. I tucked them in, then shut the door to peek in. I watched L get out (his is the only bed I can see from the door), then walked back in and find C had escaped too. I grabbed each of them, gave them a firm swat on the bottom, and said NO! Well that sent all three of them into screaming fits. Over the course of the next 40 minutes they probably got out 4-5 more times, and the screaming didn't stop. Finally I just sat in there with them, not looking at them, but watching them. When L tried to get out I would tell him no firmly again. They all settled down eventually with me sitting in there. L fell asleep, and C and N were calmed down about 30 minutes after I went in there (an hour and 10 minutes after naptime "started"). I got up to leave and C and N cried for a minute, but then went to sleep.
Since then no one has tried to escape again (and now we have had 7 opportunities). Hoping that put a bit of fear into them, and that maybe they won't try again for awhile longer? We'll just have to wait and see....
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