The Bed Transition

Well we've done it, another big transition in the life of our Toddler.  Crib to Bed. In the last 6 months we have made some seriously big transitions, all of which I stressed and anticipated, and all of which went very smoothly. Why I thought the bed transition would be any different I have no clue. Probably because in my increasingly hormonal, exhausted and growing belly state I was anxious about the thought of losing any sleep! Anyway with the boys ages falling just 20 months apart (or there abouts) I went back and forth over the idea of keeping Al in his crib or progressing him to his day bed. Back and forth, back and forth. He wasn't showing signs of outgrowing the crib, but did I want to be doing this transition with a newborn. Would he stay in bed or would I lose those precious hours of sleep that I so badly need right now? Well needless to say after our 18-month check up with the Doc we decided to go for it. He basically said now is the time, and when I responded that I didn't think I was ready, he asked me: "So you want to do this when you have two kids?". Touché Doc, touché! So on Friday night we took the front panel of the crib off and put up the day bed railing.

And here it is, he did just fine. Night #1 he went to sleep without getting out of bed and slept the entire night. In fact he slept so well we had to wake him up for swimming lessons on Saturday morning.  He did just the same with his first nap on Saturday afternoon. Night #2 was a success as well. For nap #2 on Sunday afternoon he attempted to get out of bed twice but thanks to my video monitor (seriously one of our best baby purchases EVER) I was able to spot the little weasel and used the talk back feature on the monitor to give him a warning. He laid down after his second attempt and went to bed. We have just finished night #3 and he is doing great.  I know we aren't out of the woods yet but I always wonder why I stress over things as much I do. I am hoping he continues to stay in bed and sleep the night, but if not at least we have 9 more weeks to work on it!

I definitely have no advice for others going through the crib-to-bed transition debate as I think it is entirely different for every babe but I like to share these stories with my blog followers in case it helps in any little way. Oh and because it's always funny to look back at these posts and laugh!