Toddler bed

I think I was under the assumption that we would move Caroline out of her crib when WE (as in Keith and I) were ready, not when Caroline was ready. Well, last Tuesday we had our small group over from church and unfortunately C was having a hard time going to sleep with all the excitement going on. After several attempts of putting her to bed (still in the crib) I finally decided she's just going to have to cry for a little bit and hopefully go to sleep. About 10min later I hear her at the top of the stairs, fortunately the gate was closed, crying. She had climbed out and it all goes down hill from here! The next night I thought okay, maybe she's forgotten that she knows how to climb out...of course not! I watched her get out and instead of climbing down the railing of the crib she just gets that leg over and lets herself fall to the floor! At this point we decided we really have no choice but to go ahead and convert the crib to a toddler bed. I never realized what a transition this was for kids...at least for mine. Naptime and bedtime at night has not been easy the past couple of nights with the not staying in bed. I think the crib made her feel so safe and now she is having to re-adjust. This is just one more little toddler trial we are facing, but I'm confident we'll get through this...just think potty training is next! :)