Climbing out of the crib is mildly dangerous, since it’s farther down on the outside than the inside. So it’s good practice to switch a way from a crib (or adjust the crib to be taller) once they get to where they’ll be able to do that soon.
Even if they can do it safely, though, a crib they can get in and out of on their own defeats the purpose of a crib—at that point you should just move to something optimized for being easy to get in and out of, like a bed.
at that point you should just move to something optimized for being easy to get in and out of, like a bed
yes, yes. Exactly. Isn’t it much more practical to put her in a bet/mattress on the floor? That’s what we do. Just using the mattress from the crib, for example.
The reason I want to stick with a crib over a bed or floor mattress (and I assume the reason most people use cribs) is that it keeps them in their bed during the time they’re supposed to be sleeping.
In our case I’m not worried about when they wake up in the morning, but about going to sleep, especially at naptime. A crib is boring and conducive to sleep, but there are a lot of interesting things to play with around the room.
Why must she not be able to climb out(/in) of the crib for napping there?
Climbing out of the crib is mildly dangerous, since it’s farther down on the outside than the inside. So it’s good practice to switch a way from a crib (or adjust the crib to be taller) once they get to where they’ll be able to do that soon.
Even if they can do it safely, though, a crib they can get in and out of on their own defeats the purpose of a crib—at that point you should just move to something optimized for being easy to get in and out of, like a bed.
yes, yes. Exactly. Isn’t it much more practical to put her in a bet/mattress on the floor? That’s what we do. Just using the mattress from the crib, for example.
The reason I want to stick with a crib over a bed or floor mattress (and I assume the reason most people use cribs) is that it keeps them in their bed during the time they’re supposed to be sleeping.
ok. We take our son anyway out of the bet as soon as he wakes up. He sleeps long enough already by himself.
In our case I’m not worried about when they wake up in the morning, but about going to sleep, especially at naptime. A crib is boring and conducive to sleep, but there are a lot of interesting things to play with around the room.