Ethan has been released from his safe-T-strap. He has used this for the past 6 months while his crib mattress was on a pretty steep incline because of his acid reflux. It helped a ton! But, he has shown us recently that he is VERY done with it. It velcros around the waist and has a strap that comes up through his legs, so it's much like the shape of a diaper that goes over his pajamas. He has been picking at the velcro for a few weeks now and has even pulled it apart a few times, but a few days ago he actually crawled his way out of it completely - all velcro still in tact and I found him crying at the bottom end of his bed, unsure of what to do with himself and not wanting to get back in the strap. Since then we removed the strap completely and lowered his mattress to a gradual incline only and he has done wonderfully! I heard him in there last night making noises as though he was stretching out and saying "ahhhhhh, the freedom!". We have had many successful sleeps since then (even with the current cold he has) and are delighted to put the strap away finally!
But without the strap he has been having tons of fun figuring out what he can do in his crib and this morning he was fully standing and using the crib rail for a teether (thankfully we have plastic covering all sides for this purpose so he doesn't eat paint.) But it was so funny going in there and seeing him standing up like that in the crib and alternating between biting his crib and chatting with Mason. Mason has not yet stood up in his crib (that we have seen!) but it won't be long! Good thing we lowered the cribs before all of this started!
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