It's a crib tent. If you were unlucky enough to hear me lament about Dylan's sleep issues, you know that since he turned two Dylan had been climbing out of his crib. We would keep taking him back to bed which sometimes went on for 2 hours before naps and one hour at bedtime. We struggled through that but once he continued this pattern after Lydia was born we knew we had to take some more drastic measures. Thus, the crib tent. Yes, I paid $70 (got it from Amazon) to cage my child and I think it was worth every penny. Dylan, as you can see, actually likes it, most of the time. There have been a few times where he has screamed about it but generally, as you can see above, he likes it. We talked it up - "oh wow, you get to sleep in a tent, Dylan!" which helped, I think. He calls for us when he's up from his nap and ready to "GET OUT" as he says. Interestingly, it's the Crib Tent II. Apparently, 2 year olds outsmarted the manufactures the first time and escaped from the Crib Tent I, hence the need for Crib Tent II.
The plan is to keep Dylan in the crib until we move this spring so he might only get 3 months use out of the crib tent but it was still worth it. We'll see what happens when he's in a twin mattress on the floor. I guess we'll put a gate at the door but if that doesn't work, I'm not beyond locking him in the room. As long as Justin doesn't call the authorties.
