New Accomplishments!

Yesterday afternoon, Lena learned something new! When she woke up from her nap, I heard her talking to her animals in her bed. I was about to go get her when I heard a thud, and then Lena crying. I ran into her room only to find her not in her bed, but on the floor! Yes, Lena figured out how to climb out of her crib. She was just fine and only cried for a short bit. She has been trying to create nearly every piece of furniture into a jungle gym, and the day before learned how to climb in and out of the bathtub, so I should have known that climbing out of the crib would come soon, but I was surprised and not ready for it. I did hear that when your child gets to be 35 in. you should move them out of the crib. Lena was 33 in. a month ago at her 18 mo. checkup. We are still trying to decide between teaching her to stay in her crib, and going ahead and moving her to a big bed. Right now, I'm leaning towards moving her to a big bed. We saw a neat expandable bed at IKEA that can start out as a toddler bed and then transfer into a twin bed. I don't know what we'll end up doing, but I guess we better make up our minds soon.