As I am typing this right now, Mr. CalBoy is sleeping away at nap time in his BIG BOY BED! I kind of can't believe it! He has been talking about his big boy bed for a while, but he loves his crib so much, so we didn't push it at all. Truth be told, I was totally not ready for him to move to the bed yet. He is so happy in his crib; he is CONFINED in his crib... why rush him out of there?!?! Not to mention, everyone who knows Cal can't believe he has never attempted to crawl out of the crib. He is my wild dare devil and he is perfectly content to not escape, for whatever reason!
Well, today at nap time, he was put in his crib and started crying like crazy. I went back in and asked him what was wrong and he said he wanted to sleep in the big boy bed. Sometimes, if he wakes up from his nap a little early, I will let him get in his big boy bed with the iPad to rest a while longer. Today, I told him he needed to stay in his crib to nap. I walked out of the room and he started screaming "BIG BOY BED! I WANT BIG BOY BED!" Okayyyyyy, fine.
As soon as I put him in his big boy bed, he asked for the iPad. I explained to him that if he was going to be in his big boy bed at nap time, he needed to go to sleep. I walked out and checked on him 5 minutes later and he was sound asleep!
Several weeks ago, I bought the side rails that go on the bed to keep a kid from falling out. They have been in the box, leaning on the wall outside Cal's door every since (ahem. don't get me started). So today, when he napped, I took the box apart and assembled the rails-- now I just have to attach them when he wakes up! He also needed some kind of a blanket to go in between the sheet and comforter. If he throws up or has one of the episodes like we did a few weeks ago where I was changing ALL bedding every morning, I would be SOL because I can't wash the comforter. So, I headed out while the boys slept and bought him a new blanket! When he wakes up, I am going to transform his bed and make it super cozy so he will want to continue sleeping there.
If tonight goes well with sleeping, we will take the crib down tomorrow....! CRAZY!
It is such a mix of emotions for me... how can my little man be old enough to be in a big boy bed??
Remembering some fun time in the crib with some throwbacks:
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| who can forget this one? |
PS- Cal took a 3 hour nap in the bed and woke up drenched in sweat-- the comforter is too hot for him. Glad I got the other blanket for tonight! Will update tomorrow!
