Don't let this picture fool you I am only writing this post today because last night we had a little break through and I finally feel ok to talk about it. To describe how our family feels this past week could easily be described as TIRED! It was time for Boston to finally make the move out of his crib. Not only because little brother is coming, but also because he is WAY too big for a crib. He never climbed out of it, which is actually pretty funny considering he would only have a 3-4 inch drop after swinging his legs over. He has pretty much always been a great sleeper and for sure a great napper. I was very worried that naps were going to go out the window once we made the switch, which is why we have waited so long. Well to our surprise naps have been the best part of this whole transition. Both at naps and bedtime he goes down so easily after we do books and songs. Naps he stays asleep for 2-3 hours and well bedtime he wakes up every 2-3 hours! He comes into our room and wishes us a good morning every time. We threatened locking the door, which absolutely scares the tar out of him and it has helped him at lest stay in his room. Yesterday we went and got a night light and he slept until 6 this morning. I am crossing my fingers that it was because of the night light, but am not really betting that it will last. 6 is still way early for Boston, but I will definitely take it over being up every couple hours. I am hoping that with time he will get back to his usual sleep patterns and that we will be able to survive the time it will take. One thing for sure is that our little guy can be a complete monster when he is under slept. Yikes!! If you have any suggestions please let me know. I guess I should mention that I am a pretty big wuss when it comes to the crying it out thing. It doesn't really work for Boston. He just gets mad and wakes up even more. He does love his big boy bed and is sure to show it to everyone that enters our house. I guess since getting rid of the bottle, the binky, switching from 2 naps to 1, sleeping through the night, potty training, and all those things have been pretty easy for us it was about time something wasn't. Patience. Patience. Patience. That is what I tell myself all day long.
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when we moved Rian to a big bed, she'd always crawl out & come sleep by the door. we put a baby-proof thing around the doorknob so she can't get out (we can lock hers too but she freaks out if it's locked as well...get that). moving her from her the floor to her bed has gone down drastically & we hardly have to do it now. we took practically everything out so she can't really make messes but we left some stuffed animals & books. when she wakes up, she knows that we'll come get her & she'll just talk or read or jump on her bed until we do. i loooove having her in a big girl bed. the first few weeks were horrible for us & i seriously debated putting her back in her crib but it did get better! i'm sure with Boston, it will all work itself out...over time :) good luck with it! at least he loves it, right?
this post scared the tar out of me!! ellery is getting a big girl bed for christmas because cossette needs the crib. they're already sleeping in the nursery together & both sleep awesome but i am TERRIFIED that ellers will NOT stay in a bed she can get out of. hope it gets better! for your sake & for mine. :/
I think we will have some good stories to share with each other at Christmas time. At that point Boston will be the Pro and have to teach Ryan to stay in bed when we make the switch. Love you and good luck!
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