Houdini
posted in General |Gramma K came over yesterday afternoon, and as I was chatting with her, Baby K (of course there’s a relation!) came pattering out of the bedroom. We had put her down for a nap roughly two hours previously, in her crib. And nobody had let her out. Apparently she figured out how to get out of the crib!
We are in so much trouble.
I tried putting her back into the crib for bedtime last night, and then stayed near the door and secretly watched her escape. She was going to the corner, lifing herself up, hooking one set of toes over the crib wall and then scissoring her legs together and rolling over, then dropping soundlessly to the floor. I tell ya, if the whole President of the US thing doesn’t work out, she’ll be able to fall back on her career as a cat burgler. I picked her up, told her it was bedtime, and tucked her back into the crib. Four times. Then I figured I’d rock her to sleep. No, that wasn’t going to happen while she was awake. Eventually she got so tired that she fought me even holding her and snuggling on the couch. And on the bed. Then I tried putting her in the playpen, which I think has higher walls and less places for her toes to grip. But this was to no avail– she was out of that in moments.
Finally, I took her downstairs and put her in the baby corral. It’s a plastic playpen with segments and a door- it’s pretty big. I put a blanket in with her and turned out the light. A few minutes later she was back in my lap.
Finally, I put her in the crib and told her it was bedtime. At two in the morning. She was tired enough to just cry, but I watched her until she laydown and then fell asleep.
I have no idea what to do tonight.
