Last night we made the switch to big boy bed. The walls of the crib came tumbling down and Liam entered the world of the big boys.
We were a little nervous about doing this for a long time, since he hates going to bed so much. Giving him the freedom to get up, turn on the lights and start playing seemed like it could add some difficulty.
At first, he was very excited to see this bed. You can see he jumped right on and started to party. He is playing with a fan that is actually an advertisement for some restaurant that we got while visiting Japan. Mike Placonouris, if you are reading this you can see we kept all the crap from our visit, even the junk mail.
Claudia next made the bed, finally using the duvet cover and pillow case that came with the set we bought so long ago. You will notice that the bear head on his pillow and blanket match the bear heads I painted on the wall. So very orderly.
I thought he was looking pretty nice here, enjoying the new world.
Getting him to go to sleep in the new bed was not so easy, he just wanted to get up and wander around. Claudia had to first lie down with him and read some books, then I had to take over and just lie next to him on the floor for a while so he would be comfortable. Eventually, he fell asleep though.
He fell out of bed once around midnight, but I just quickly plonked him back in and he was asleep in seconds. He woke up again in the middle of the night, requiring a mummy visit, and then instead of his usual morning call to us, he just got up himself, played for a while and then strolled over and climbed into our bed with a book, announcing it was time for reading.
3 comments:
He looks so cute!
It will probably be nice that he can wake-up and play on his own, rather than wake you and Claudia up.
well, that is a nice theory.
In practice, he is more likely to wake up at 3am, turn on all the lights start singing loudly and then come over to demand books be read.
I remember when we took the railings off Dave's bed in Vanier.
For a few days, we'd hear him mucking about and find him wandering around the hallways in his pajamas, holding his teddy.'
Eventually, Dave also got used to big boy bed and could entertain himself and let the rest of us sleep in.
GS
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