An escape artist...

For the last, oh, couple weeks now, Blake has mastered climbing out of his crib. It was becoming a few times a night thing. We'd lay him down and the next thing we knew he was opening his door asking for water or at nap time he'd climb out and play with the toys in his bedroom.

Then the other night we hooked up one of these...

A video monitor. 

And he hasn't climbed out since we plugged it in! He has seen how it works and knows that Mommy can see him on it, so he's resisted the temptation to climb out. I will have to admit, this has provided some pretty good entertainment for Russ and I. Last night he stood up in his crib and roared at the door like he was a tiger (he loves tigers right now). I was shocked when it took him almost 45 minutes to fall asleep! We will transition him to a "big boy bed" soon. But now that he's not climbing out 4 times a night I'm not as motivated to transition him, just yet. We'll see how long the "fear" of the video monitor lasts. I'm guessing not long.