Big Boy Bed

The Staley's had an exciting night last night! Our 22 month old son Landon made the transition from his crib to a 'big boy' bed. Sunday afternoon we set up a brand new twin bed for him, in his room, on the floor. We added a toddler bed rail to prevent him from rolling off in the middle of the night. I bought him the cheapest twin sheets I could find and Landon 'helped' me set it all up. He also got a new pillow which he was most excited about. He played in his new bed all night and took time to get used to it before bed time. We made a big deal about it and took a bunch of pictures. We even encouraged him to say 'bye-bye' to his crib, and explained that it was for a baby, and he was now a BIG boy! By the time 8:00 rolled around we were prepared for the worst! We were determined to make this work and knew that we may have to put him back in his bed numerous times before he'd stay there. We made sure to give him all of his ni-night items...and there are a bunch of them! Before he'll go to bed Landon must have 5 things in bed with him, EVERY time. They are : His Binky, His Baby, His Baseball Blankie, His other Baseball Blankie, and his small stuffed Elmo. He won't go to bed without all of these things and checks every time he goes to bed to make sure they are all with him! We read him a story as a family, all laying in his new bed. Then we tucked him in and gave him kisses, knuckles and high fives...3 other things we have to do every time he sleeps. We turned off the light and closed the door, then we waited. We didn't wait long. Within 2 minutes Landon was out of bed, had the door open and was running to the living room to play. Travis grabbed him, put him back in bed and told him it was time to go ni-night. He fussed for a few minutes and then...silence! He fell asleep, in his big boy bed and stayed there! He slept fine all night long and was up bright and early this morning to tell Mama all about it. Landon has always hit his 'milestones' with no stress, complaints, or problems. We feel so blessed to achieve success on the first try, and SO FAR Landon always makes transitional periods easy and does so with excitement and pride. And on a side note, he stayed dry all night long in his new bed, and didn't go potty until he woke up and went to the toilet! This is the first time he has held it all night. I am so proud of my little man and so sad at the same time. This is a huge step and it makes it hard to see my baby growing so fast. Hard to believe in a year and a half we'll be experiencing these things for the last time, as Brynne grows up. I wanted to share the pictures we took, so enjoy (:



Helping Mama get the bed ready~





So excited to have his own pillow~





Such a big boy~





Kissing his crib bye-bye~





Giving his crib Knuckles (Landon's trademark way of saying hello and bye-bye)~





All ready to go to sleep~





We snuck in to check on him before we went to bed, seems he has plenty of room to sprawl out!~





We had a super busy weekend, check back later today for another entry!