Toddler bed or no toddler bed has been a debate I have witnessed among many friends lately, so I decided maybe we should jump on it and say goodbye to the baby crib. We tried a foray into this once before, Mason even did well in it for one night, then the next night he fell out and was traumatized (and so was I). We put the crib back up, but it has been about 4 months; it was worth a try.
Mason's bed time is at 8, we got a late start and I ended up putting him down at around 8:25, it is now 9:30 and we have already changed the bed back into the crib! Needless to say it did not go as planned. I laid him down awake as I do every night and said, "See you in the morning, I love you" and shut the door. Next thing we know Scott and I hear the door opening to his room and hear the little pitter patter of his feet down the hall. He peeks his head into our room and says, "HI mommy daddy!" He is so proud of himself.
We decided it was best not to give up. Scott laid him back down and mere seconds later we hear the little man running back to our room. I give it a try, even decided to lay down next to his bed to try to get him to go to sleep. He lays there, holds my hand. kicks his feet, once even licking the side rail (this boy has a thing for licking, I'm not sure if I should be worried or not). The later it got the more I realized this wasn't happening. Scott puts the crib back together in about a minute, he is becoming quite the professional.
Mason is now sleeping soundly in his crib, where he will stay until he tries to climb out or reaches 50 pounds, whatever comes first!
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