I'm breathing fire.
About 6 months ago, we lowered Cole's crib to the lowest setting but as he's grown taller, in the back of my mind I've been wondering if it could go any lower. Last week, he was so close to climbing out, I began taking surveys from friends about when to switch to a toddler bed or convert his current bed. Still thinking he should be in the crib for a while... Marc reassured me that the crib was on the lowest "setting" possible.
Tonight, he had a difficult time going to bed. He's cutting 4 teeth on the bottom (I'm sure there's a few on the top, too). After a 3rd attempt of rocking, reading books and snuggling, I put him in the crib and decided we were going to let him cry for about 10 minutes. Until, I heard a loud slam, ran into his room,found him laying on the floor, by the door, screaming hysterically like I've never heard. I let him play for a while, to make sure he was moving appropriately~ ruling out any hurts.
I began to think more about the crib, got online, to find out our particular crib was recalled in Feb. Here's the disclaimer on the site:
Hazard: The cribs fail to meet the federal safety standards for cribs. The four support brackets on the mattress support spring are too long. The brackets prevent the spring from lowering to the full 26 inch minimum height in its lowest position, allowing children inside to crawl over the railing, posing a fall hazard. Just a note for you to check your furniture! We decided to buy this crib because of the reputation of the company. I'm looking forward to talking to them tomorrow and letting them know I"m not happy that my child is now sleeping in a pack-n-play in his room. I wonder how long it would have taken for me to find out about this! I thought the store would have contacted us because they keep record of who purchased what, right? Guess not.
I am thankful he's
OK.
Love the surfer look.. thanks to my GAS (great aunt sally) I now have something neat to wear out in the sun.
It has been absolutely amazing weather here the past few days- which is a great excuse to spend time outside! We've been doing that a whole lot..
A week ago, we went to eat Mexican with some of our friends. I warned them when we arrived that Cole had not been cooperative in eating out situations lately. I gave him many choices about where to sit, what he was going to eat, and he was just not going to have any of it! The unfortunate thing: we hadn't even received our water when Cole started screaming "No, NO, NO" and a not-so-nice elderly couple was sitting next to us, giving the evil eye. After a few minutes of being patient, many tries at the table, and opportunities to run outside, I decided to take him to the car for "time out" (I was far from calm). On my way to the car, I heard someone say "Elise, over here" it was like an angel whispering from the sky! A dear friend of mine was on her way to the grocery store and offered to take Cole with her! What amazing timing! So, Marc and I had a nice dinner with our friends, and Cole had a great time at the grocery store. When he came back, he had a bag of lollipops, one of which he proceeded to use as a fork to eat his dinner. This was a battle I didn't pick! He ate all of his rice, beans and quesadillia, and sat quietly in his seat. Guess what's stashed in my car? Yep-the new utensil of choice.
He's really starting to say a lot of thing and Marc and I can tell he's picking up things we say~ Everything he says ends in "Mommy or Daddy" as if he's asking a question, here's an example: " Getting up in there, Mommy". He loves saying, "up in there" or "over in there"... can you tell he's busy?
