Big Boy Bed
After sleeping in a big boy bed at the beach house, Holden got a taste of what it felt like. We returned home on Monday night, and I was torn about putting him back in his crib because he had done so well in the twin bed at the beach house. But we did. He did fine back in his crib, and wasn't fazed in the least, or so we thought. He lasted almost a whole week of great sleeping in the crib. On the following Sunday, Holden was napping while Trey worked in the garage and I went to get a pedicure before my first day of school. Trey said he was working away, and all of sudden Holden was standing at the door saying, "What choo doing, Dad?!?" He crawled out of his crib and came downstairs all by himself. He's been climbing out of his crib for 6 months or more, but only when we were in the room with him. He never had climbed out when he was by himself. We still didn't jump on changing his sleeping arrangement, but from that day on, Holden climbed out of his crib whenever he woke up.
We decided it wasn't just a faze, he was ready to be in a big boy bed, so we finally converted his crib to a toddler bed a week later on Sunday, August 31st. The first night I was a mess, and didn't sleep well at all. I kept waking up wondering if he was ok in there. At about 5 in the morning, I heard a big thump. I knew he had just fallen out of bed and I waited for the cry, but I didn't hear anything except him rustling and shifting in bed. When he came into our room an hour later, I asked him if he fell out of bed. In his happy and matter of fact manner he said, "Yeah, I fall out of bed. I get up. I get back in bed." Ok, super! We were all set with the big boy bed. Ever since, he has been going to sleep wonderfully in bed at night; the hard part has been him coming out as soon as he's awake. He's been waking up super early, like 6:00 am everyday. He loves the freedom of waking up and coming out of his room. His dad and I, on the other hand, miss the 30 minutes he would lay awake and play in his crib.
To top it all off, the white noise machine that Holden has slept with since he was two months old broke this week. He did fine without it the first night. The second night Trey decided to pull out the Pack and Play sound maker to use. The problem with that was that it only stayed on for about 30 minutes before shutting off. Holden woke up every time it went off. We had three or four appearances of Holden that night by our bedside, holding the sound machine saying, "It's off, Mom!" or another time, "I got in on by myself, Mom." He was hard to get back to sleep each time. The next night, I refused to turn that thing back on. In fact, I hid it. Nap time this weekend without the white noise was nothing short of hell. Right now, we have our clock radio set to static in there until we can buy another white noise machine. We just can't change everything at once. Baby steps, right?
Dad sets to work. Goodbye, Crib!
Holden wanted to help!
Trying out his new big boy bed. He was so excited!
He brought the big teddy bear in to try it out too.
We decided it wasn't just a faze, he was ready to be in a big boy bed, so we finally converted his crib to a toddler bed a week later on Sunday, August 31st. The first night I was a mess, and didn't sleep well at all. I kept waking up wondering if he was ok in there. At about 5 in the morning, I heard a big thump. I knew he had just fallen out of bed and I waited for the cry, but I didn't hear anything except him rustling and shifting in bed. When he came into our room an hour later, I asked him if he fell out of bed. In his happy and matter of fact manner he said, "Yeah, I fall out of bed. I get up. I get back in bed." Ok, super! We were all set with the big boy bed. Ever since, he has been going to sleep wonderfully in bed at night; the hard part has been him coming out as soon as he's awake. He's been waking up super early, like 6:00 am everyday. He loves the freedom of waking up and coming out of his room. His dad and I, on the other hand, miss the 30 minutes he would lay awake and play in his crib.
To top it all off, the white noise machine that Holden has slept with since he was two months old broke this week. He did fine without it the first night. The second night Trey decided to pull out the Pack and Play sound maker to use. The problem with that was that it only stayed on for about 30 minutes before shutting off. Holden woke up every time it went off. We had three or four appearances of Holden that night by our bedside, holding the sound machine saying, "It's off, Mom!" or another time, "I got in on by myself, Mom." He was hard to get back to sleep each time. The next night, I refused to turn that thing back on. In fact, I hid it. Nap time this weekend without the white noise was nothing short of hell. Right now, we have our clock radio set to static in there until we can buy another white noise machine. We just can't change everything at once. Baby steps, right?
Dad sets to work. Goodbye, Crib!
Holden wanted to help!
Trying out his new big boy bed. He was so excited!
He brought the big teddy bear in to try it out too.
posted by Jenn at 7:22 PM
1 Comments:
What a big boy! You are so brave. When Waylon crawled out we tented him in the crib. I think I'll be ready to give him the freedom to cruise around the house when he's about 10.
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