We are spending the weekend up in Charlotte visiting the family, and this afternoon we had a bit of a rude awakening. The twins went down for their afternoon nap around the usual time. Devin was a bit early, having told me that he was "ready to to nighttime". I obliged, and Maya followed slightly thereafter.
There was a bit of an emergency around 2pm, went Devin awoke upset, likely because he decided to fill up his diaper with breakfast and lunch. Since we are visiting away from home, the twins share a room with two pack-n-play cribs. Maya was awakened by Devin's poo-fueled cryfest, and then there was a cacophony of whining until they were soothed back into nap time.
We passed the time playing Scrabble, rebuilding the dams in the creek, and bocce ball. We knew they were probably somewhat awake, because we could hear occasional chattering, but they were quiet and so we decided to let them remain in quiet time. Well, I'm hear to tell you we paid for that decision.
I opened the door to find Maya and Devin standing in the same pack-n-play. Maya's pack-n-play, devoid of Maya, was filled up with wipes she decided to unload from the package she swiped from the dresser. Devin's pack-n-play was full of Devin and Maya and a package of diapers they decided to unload from the package they swiped from the bed.
I called Stephanie and the family in to witness the life changing event that just transpired - Maya will no longer be confined if she wishes. We did the diaper change and we placed Maya back in her pack-n-play and told her to climb out, so we could see how she managed to pull it off. As we figured, she flipped her arabesque leg up over the side of the pack-n-play, and hoisted herself onto the nearby bed, then crawled down into Devin's pack-n-play.
I remedied the situation by moving the bed against the wall and moving a sweater chest next to the bed. The pack-n-plays are now end to end with a healthy 3' carpet moat between the side of the cribs and anything else. I figure if they want to play together, placing them end to end will allow that. We also noticed that one of the pack-n-plays has higher sides, so we moved Maya's bed accoutrements into that unit.
We'll see how tonight pan outs.
UPDATE:
Yeah, well the new configuration worked overnight, however the midday naptime Gods definitely favor the ingenuity of the child over the proactivity of the parent as Andy caught Maya straddling the pack 'n play with reckless abandon and without the safety of an adjacent bed. How will this translate to our cribs at home? I truly fear the answer...
So it was with bemused relief that I grokked your new development. Go Maya! Good luck parents!
Devon may yet surprise you -- showing no signs of restless crib syndrome until he glide kips over the bar of his pack-n-play like Jet Li.