Last night, during the usual screaming freakout when I leave the room (when he doesn't fall asleep, I go get Dada to bring him a cup of milk and say goodnight, but inevitably he screams bloody murder when I leave even though we do this frequently), Beck was apparently more upset than usual. When Wes came in and turned to get him a book off the shelf, Beck flung himself over the side of the crib and landed with a really amazing and sickening thud on the ground on his back. I was downstairs and I KNEW what had hit the floor.
We have had very little warning that he might start climbing, let alone flinging, over the side of the rail. And so, we carefully put him to bed asleep last night and then swore to turn the crib into its toddler day bed version as soon as we woke up.
Honestly, this was enough of a freakout for me. I had lived in deep denial that we would ever face a non-crib existence, one where he could roam freely and not be forced to stay in his crib singing himself to sleep on nights when he didn't fall asleep nursing. This all signifies BIG KID to me and I am highly unprepared for this next big parenting phase, independence.
But then, Wes started poking around this morning and discovered that:
A) one needs a conversion kit to turn the crib into a day bed
B) the company went out of business in February
C) the store where we bought the crib (a family-owned store in Chelsea) is closed this week for vacation
Um.... Shit.
We'll be poking around the Internet and every store in the tristate area today, but what if we don't find one for a couple of days? I guess we will be spending long, long, long hours ensuring that he is put in his crib totally asleep. And hoping for the best. And kicking ourselves for not looking into this when we bought the crib in the first place. Shit again.
ETA: CRIB TENT! Thank you, liza.Thanks to Jennifer of Arcane Matters who gave this to us before he was born. It was just about to be sold, as we had wanted it to keep cats out of crib and they never really tried to jump in when he was in there. But after much wrestling with rods and velcro, Beck is excited about his tent. This should hold us until we can track down a conversion kit somwhere in North America. Anyone in Quebec with an in into the now defunct Morigeau Lepine?
