We took the front off of Charlotte's crib this past weekend and she has done amazingly well. I'm not saying one way of doing things is better than another, but this just demonstrates how different Charlotte's personality is from Jack's. When we moved Jack into a toddler bed, he took the opportunity to get out of bed on his own and come and "visit" us about 20 times in the evenings before he fell asleep, and then several times during the night. Although I love spending time with my precious son, I got very tired of waking up many, many times at night just to walk him back to bed. Not to mention Charlotte was a nursing infant at the time (who got up at least three times per night to eat). This only recently ended, and he is 4.5 years old.
Charlotte, on the other hand, hasn't even noticed that she's IN a toddler bed that she COULD get out of! She has never, not even one time, tried to get out of the bed! Every morning when she wakes up, she calls my name and I come in and get her out of bed! Amazing! I was so nervous about transitioning her into a bed after the crazy time we had with Jack. This has gone better than I could have ever imagined! One day as I was putting her to bed, she said "Mommy, I want to get out." And I replied, "not until morning." Her response: "ok."
