Big Boy Bed

I'm still catching up. Having a rough afternoon with all three boys, no one would nap. After one of them getting 3 time outs and separate alone play time, they seem to FINALLY be playing well. So, I'm going to try to tell another story from my lapsed period over the crazy holidays.

Joseph turned 2 in October. For his birthday, my mom bought him a "big boy bed" and mattress. WHOO HOO!!! We ended up getting him a captains bed from the Mill Stores, unfinished and a mattress from IKEA (it was better than Jordans, more comfortable, more choices for the money).

This is what it looked like brand new. I stained it a darker color which was so much fun but took a while. Joseph only got out (aka, fell out) of his crib once, but it was getting harder and harder for me to pick him up out of his crib (I'm too short and it's too deep).

Well, right before Christmas we FINALLY got him in the big bed. We got lots of comments to the effect of "Don't do it" "wait". Well, we lucked out. Joseph stayed in the whole night the first night. Since then, he has only gotten out after going to bed for the night two or three (I think) times, once was he needed a new diaper in a bad way.

He has stayed in for naps too until his buddy Matteo started not staying down for naps. One time I came upstairs to find that Matteo had gotten out of the pack & play. out of the guest room, into Joseph's room and climbed into Joseph's crib. Yeah.

So, here's Joseph's first night in his bed.

This was after he fell asleep that night.

He's SO my kid, a book and a black dog in bed.

I believe this was during a power nap (2pm-8am the next morning)

This is one of him sleeping just in the last week. He's changed so much, talking so much, just in the past few weeks. It's so cool. But, I still like it when he's quiet and asleep. Of course, with "Goo(d)Girl" by his side.