Wow....sorry, no experience with that here! I think your idea of turning the crib around is a good first step. That'll probably fix it.....otherwise, maybe he'll be ready for a twin sized bed soon. Good luck!

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I bought a crib shield off amazon.com. It is 4 separate mesh pieces that connect from top to bottom and side to side around the crib. I originally got it when I would find Asher burying his face in his bumper pad and I got really scared of the suffocation risk. It cost just a little more than the breathable crib bumpers, and it is also supposed to prevent climbing. It has worked so far. I also like it because I can still drop-down the sides.

As for climbing, just yesterday Asher started climbing over his baby gates. It really scares me because once he gets to the top he just falls over the other side. Agghhhh! I really hope his crib shield continues to work, or I don't know what I will do. Good luck, and let us know what works for you!

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Married since 2-8-97
Me - Rachel 32
DH 34
ASHER born 2-23-07
Angel Baby lost 4-10-08
Next Baby due 5-30-09!!!

Not yet. Thank goodness.


My son never did... he moved to a twin bed around 21 months. Out of necessity, I needed the crib for Caitlin.


Forr me, when they start climbing, they go to a bed. I don't like the idea of the tents, although I have a lot of friends who have used them with great success.

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Melissa Wife to Neil SAHM to Dillon (4-15-05) and Caitlin (3-23-07)

My nephew is a crib climber and the crib tent is holding him in perfectly. He actually seems to like it..like it's a fort or something.

Night before last I put the crib tent on Chase's crib...I bought it on craigslist for $20....and put him in it while it was still light. He didn't even seem to notice it. But when it was bedtime, holy screaming! He was climbing the sides, dying to get out. I tried 3x to soothe him, but ended up taking the tent off. I hadn't even zipped up the side when he was screaming!

So for now, we are not climbing and have no tent. But I will try again if I think he might hurt himself trying to get out!

Good luck with turning the crib around. Maybe that will do the trick. I am so not ready to move him to a bed!

BTW, I forgot to mention that I let Chase play with the tent before putting it on his bed and he LOVED it. Don't know why he hated it so bad when it was actually over his mattress!

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