Monday, April 1, 2013

The weirdest thing ever

Today we got back in town from our Easter vacation. Upon arriving home, chaos ensued, as usual. I was trying to get all the stuff out of the car and get the kids bed stuff set up for afternoon nap, my husband called and said the HVAC guy was coming, I have a kid I get off the bus everyday, etc. It was cray. So, I got their monitors all set up, got them down, the technician came, and I directed him to the AC units. I told him I had to get a kid off the bus and I would be back in 3 minutes. I got the kiddo and we walked into the house to find the technician HOLDING MY SON.

I'll let that sink in. He was HOLDING MY SON. WTF doesn't even begin to cover it. I was flabbergasted. I said, "Ummmmm." He was mortified, and told me that he came down from the attic and walked out of my room to see Harrison standing there. Harrison saw him and started crying. The guy knew I was getting my neighbor, so he picked Harrison up and brought him downstairs. Where I found him standing awkwardly holding and bouncing my child.

So basically, my child ESCAPED HIS CRIB, opened his door, and roamed the upstairs. I am just in shock. This weekend at my sister's house, he tried (unsuccessfully) to escape the pack and play a few times. I thought it was just because it was so low.

So now, I have to decide what to do. I'm really not ready to go into a full blown bed yet, even though his crib converts. I'm also not into toddler beds because if you're gonna go, go big. He also has some furniture in the room that I'm concerned about him being around without supervision. Like a desk with a separate hutch on top. That could fall down and smash him. So, my options seem to be get a crib tent or take the mattress support out and put his crib mattress on the floor in his crib.

Anyone have some ideas here? I know I'm not the only one who has gone through this, but damn! That joker just grew up right quick!

Anyone else ever have a worker randomly holding their child? Lol, I'm guessing NOT!

And ps, you know you're a blogger when your first thought after something happens is, "I've GOT to blog this!!"


So please, check out this re-enactment of the great escape.


Someone hold me and send either Bud Lite or wine.

5 comments:

  1. Don't worry.............I have a case of Bud Light on the way!! In the meantime, you better secure the door or put the mattress on the floor!!

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  2. HOUDINI HARRISON! Yikes. I am not to that stage yet. I don't know what to do either!!

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  3. I just saw on fb where someone suggested to turn the crib around so that the high part is facing out and the shorter side is facing the wall. I thought it was brilliant and definitely banked that one in my brain for later. Hope you have a crib like that...good luck!!

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  4. I just saw on fb where someone suggested to turn the crib around so that the high part is facing out and the shorter side is facing the wall. I thought it was brilliant and definitely banked that one in my brain for later. Hope you have a crib like that...good luck!!

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  5. Booo! James started escaping when he was 18 months and I put a video monitor in his room so I could watch him fall asleep and tell him "No!" over the intercom. It worked for about 2 months and then suddenly he acted like his crib was eating him alive. I put him in a twin bed after that. I'm hoping our second boy will last a little longer but he's already trying to scale the walls of our pack 'n play when we use it, too. Little monkeys!

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