Last night was night #2 in the big boy bed, and this morning it left us wondering- did we make this jump a little prematurely? While Matthew fell asleep like an angel, sound asleep by 7:30, his constant night wakings, and refusals to get back in bed have us wondering- maybe he is not as ready as we thought? By midnight last night, Matthew was indeed in bed with us for the remainder of the evening, he was not having any more of that big boy bed. He cried and begged for his crib, and when he realized he couldn't have it, he cried and begged for mommy and daddy's bed; and since we can't stand to see him so upset, we gave in. Thus it was another night of three people (one who sleeps horizontally) in the King size bed. Today we are asking ourselves- do we put the crib back together and put it back in his room? Or is it gone, its out of his room now and it has to stay that way? It really is a tough question. We want him to be happy, and to sleep well (so that we can sleep well) but we know he can't be in his crib until high school. What to do, what to do. I have a feeling we will end up putting the crib back in his room and letting him choose where he wants to sleep, hopefully he will choose the big boy bed, but the crib does offer him that security that he craves.
Nap time yesterday in the big boy bed lasted a little over an hour, so I was pleased. Today he fell asleep immediately, so we'll see how long he sleeps for. Once he wakes up and realizes that one of us is no longer in the room with him, that is when he becomes upset, but really, we can't stay in his room all night long can we?
Exciting day at the park this morning! While at our normal first Friday of the month playgroup, a fire truck was doing patrol through the park. Of course the 15 or so little boys about freaked out, so one Mom took it upon herself to ask (beg) the firemen to let the kids see the truck. The super friendly firemen agreed, pulled the truck over- and let the kids climb on board- sitting in the seats, trying on the helmets, pushing the buttons... its was a really awesome time had by all! Of course- I did not have my camera with me (because if I had my camera with me, there would have been no firetruck) but some of the other moms were able to get some good shots, so hopefully I'll have some to post soon. And since Matthew thinks that Fire Trucks are about the greatest things that have been put on this planet- you know he was over the moon with excitement!
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Hey Liz! :) Normally I don't comment but thought I would chime in on this one. When we got the "big girl" bed for Ava she was 28 mths old. We had been doing rennovations on our house so we all had to move downstairs for a few nights. When we got the all clear to move back upstairs we went ahead and put the bed up w/the crib still being in the room. We really talked up the bed and she loved it- never looked back. But, the crib was still up in her room waiting on her baby sister so maybe having the crib in the room helped a little?
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