Cot to Bed

This morning while I was opening the curtains in The Toddler's room to start the day, I watched her lean over the edge of the cot and almost land on her head on the floor - luckily for all involved, I finally had one of those parent moments where you lunge toward the child rather than recoil in horror for what's about to happen, and I caught her.

So today, instead of being able to catch up with my friend for a wander around the shops, I had to rush out and buy a safety rail for her bed, remove one side of the cot, fit the rail and work out how to screw the bookshelves to the wall. In a way it was lucky that The Bubby was on another two-hourly feeding frenzy day, because her timing meant I couldn't make it out to the shops afterall, which ended up giving me just enough time to get everything done.

One of my sisters-in-law had forwarded an article months ago about a young girl that had climbed a chest of drawers in her room and pulled it down on herself. Because it landed on her, it didn't make a thud as it hit the ground and her parents had no idea. The first they found of it was when they went in to her room and saw it crushed her (one of the rungs crushed her windpipe so she didn't even call out).

So it was vital that I get the bookshelves in The Toddlers room secured before we let her in a position where her curiosity could encourage her to climb. I'd asked The Husband to do this earlier, but it never happened, so there are a few spare holes in the wall (now hidden by a sticker, the shelves and some frames) while I worked out how to do it.

Putting her to bed to bed was no issue - she saw she had a 'big bed' but didn't play on it, so I was able to put her to bed and she stayed there.

It's going to be a very interesting couple of days/weeks/months, I think.