4.26.2009

A New Milestone Met at 31 Months

There are big milestones that we as parents look forward to & dread at the same time. One of those occurred tonight in our home. In order to move Jimmy out of our bedroom into the nursery we have to move Johnnie into a big boy bed to free up his crib to move Joey into that. Well we decided that tonight was the night so we moved a twin bed in to his room so that he could start to get used to it being in there & maybe get used to the idea of sleeping in it. This afternoon when I was putting his bedding on he told me that the crib is his bed. We didn't push the idea but just told him that this was his new big boy bed. So then we went about the rest of our day & night routines like normal. Then when I was singing Joey his good night songs Johnnie came in & told me he wanted to go night night so I asked him to wait in his room. When I came in to read to him he was laying in his bed all tucked in under the covers & asked me to only sing to him tonight. I did & then of course I had to take a picture of him to remember this moment. Rick & I were discussing what a big deal this is because once our baby starts sleeping in a bed he will sleep in a bed the rest of his life. Awww! Well Johnnie went to bed 2 hours ago & is fast asleep & he never even came out of his room or called out to us. If he sleeps in the bed all night it would have been such an anticlimactic event we worried about but at least we wil be one step closer to having our room back. But WOW! doesn't he look tiny in that bed? And take notice that his pacifiers moved with him.
UPDATE: It's 6:30a on Monday morning. We were downstairs & heard the pitter patter of little feet running down the hallway upstairs. Johnnie slept all night in his bed & only came out when he woke up this morning. He then told us that he slept in his new bed & that the crib is Joey's bed. We'll see if he actually enjoys going back to the bed tonight.

5 comments:

J.J. Killins said...

i remember thinking alla looked so small in hers, too!

Katie said...

Good job Johnnie! I hope it's smoother for you then it was for us! (-:

Megan said...

Yay! Big Boy Bed! Good for you, Little Man.

Sara said...

Whoo Hoo!!!! It opens up a whole new world. Hope you had a great birthday.

Jennifer said...

Awww...it's always both sad and exciting when children start growing up.