Bedtime Fun

Our latest challenge has been Wyatt at bedtime. He can get out of his crib and is constantly escaping from his room. Last week I got to the point where I would sit outside of his room for 1 1/2 hours putting him back in bed over and over and over again! On Monday we started gating him in his bedroom. At first we put up 1 gate, but then we had to put another gate on top so that he wouldn't climb over. It works beautifully! He still stands at the gate and tries to engage us in conversation and convince us to let him come out, but getting him to bed is much less of a nightmare. Tonight he was whispering (loudly) "Mommy? Mommy? MOMMY?" and when I said "what?" he would either say "I love you" or "night night"! My plan is for the gating to be temporary and used later as a threat as in "If you keep leaving your room, then we will have to gate you in", but we will see how things go!