How to prevent toddlers from climbing up the cribs

In the house where a toddler is living, Relaxing and chilling cannot coexist. Every parent whose baby is between 0-3 must have already learned it. Beware 24hrs. Even if you are shutting down your eyes, make sure your senses are working properly. Because taking care of a toddler is not much different from working as a CBI agent. A little indifference and some unthinkable danger might be waiting for you.

Jokes apart, one of the primary problems parents face after the toddlers learn to stand up is trying to climb out from the crib. While most toddlers do this after 18 months, some toddlers learn to climb from 12 months. The crib which used to be the safest corner of the world for the baby, is no longer safe, which for their parents is a headache. Here we have some tips for the parents to help them with this very real problem.

1) Mattress of the crib

If the crib’s mattress becomes low, toddlers won’t find it easy to climb out. Even standing, they won’t be able to step out of the crib. So lower the mattress of the crib to the ground. It will be very difficult for the baby to hoist to the crib railing.

But while doing this, one has to be careful because lowering the mattress to the ground can open a gap between the crib railing and the mattress where some babies can easily get stuck. In that case, you can use play mattresses or side pillows while being sure that they do not pose a risk of suffocation and are firmly fixed, and there’s no loose clothing.

2) Sleep Sacks

Sleep Sacks are helpful even if your kid is three. You can get sleep sacks of larger size.

If your toddler’s legs are tucked in the sleep sack, they won’t get horsey and can’t try to experience horse riding by riding on the crib railing. Well, this one didn’t really work for me but for some.

3) Position of the crib

Where you are placing the crib is very important. If you put it in the middle of the room, the toddler can climb up and down on all four sides.

But if you trickily put the crib in a corner, two sides of the crib will be covered by the wall. So you can make the other two sides a little higher than the others. In this way, the baby cannot climb up the walls or the higher railing.

4) Removing the objects from the baby’s reach

Make sure you don’t have any heavy objects near the crib. Toddlers often feel the urge to hold something first then raise it. If they don’t get any support, it will not be easy for them to climb up.

5) Putting soft toys in the crib

If you put a soft toy inside the crib, your baby can play with it. It can distract the toddler from the crib. If the baby wakes up in the middle of the night, it can play with it. But this is only suitable for toddlers and it should not be tried with infants. Infants should not be put to sleep with a stuffed toy or any loose bedding.

Transferring the baby to toddler bed

It is not a tip to prevent the toddler from climbing up the crib. But this is also an important point. Many parents put the baby in the crib even when they are old enough to be sleeping in toddler beds. This may cause difficulties for the baby which can lead to attempts of stepping out of the crib on its own. Doctors have suggested that developing the habit of sleeping on a bed can be started by sleeping on a toddler’s bed. So if your baby is old enough, you can try out Toddler beds instead of cribs.

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