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I used to think poorly of parents who kept their 3 year olds in cribs. What's the point, I would think, they can climb in and out. Why not just get them a bed and be done with it! Are you afraid they'll fall out of bed or something?

I now repent. Luke, who will be 4 in February, is still sleeping in a crib. It has more to do with inertia than anything else. When his sisters were 3, there was another baby who needed the crib, so they were in beds, no problem. I'm not opposed to putting Luke in a bed, but to do that we'd need to figure out the whole bed situation which seemed extremely complicated...

We finally decided to get two low loft beds for the girls. We did not get the castle curtains that are supposed to go around them (hmmm, Christmas presents?). Then we'll give Luke the bed we got for him when he was born---a bookshelf bed with a trundle that matches the dresser in his room, which Ella has been using until we decided what kind of bed to get for her. The "day bed" with rails on 3 sides that Amanda has been using (Ella's first bed) will be sent on to the next child. And we'll be set until someone moves out and wants to take their bed with them.

Unfortunately, the beds don't arrive until just before Christmas. Luke already has Ideas about how to fix his crib: "We need to get a saw and cut the sides off my crib!" He then goes over to the crib and shows exactly where he thinks he should saw. Fortunately, the saw is kept far far away from the crib. I'm thinking we should put a lock on the toolbox until he actually gets a bed, though.
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C. L. Hanson said…
I know how the whole inertia thing goes. We finally replaced our kids' broken trundle-bed with bunk-beds, but one piece was broken -- now we're in the endless procedure of getting a replacement part. Meanwhile the kids are sleeping on mattresses on the floor...
November 27, 2010 at 10:57 AM
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