Big Boy Bed

Well, my luck finally ran out. Carter has been so good to go to bed, wide wake, read for a few minutes and then go to sleep. We just put him in there and leave -no crying or anything. He just wants a book in there with him, and he's happy. With training in a big boy bed, it involves at least a week of training to reach the point where a kid will just go in there, wide awake, and stay there. I loved being spoiled with this great little guy, who, other than sleeping in a crib, went to bed just like the older boys did -wide awake, no fuss, and EASY. However, in the back of our minds, we knew the day would come when our little climber boy would probably climb out of his crib.

Well, the little guy didn't just climb out, he fell out and hit his head REALLY hard on his toy box. This left him with an egg sized bump on the top of his head and a bruise on his cheek. So sad!  Joe took the crib down immediately. That was it! No more falling/climbing out for this guy! (The big boy bed was moved out of the boys' room into Carter's room.) So, Saturday night was our first "Big Boy Bed" training night. It went better than I thought.

Nap time Sunday didn't go as easily. It started out pretty normal. I went in and laid him in his bed with a book. He seemed to say, "Okay, I'll go to bed." So, I left the room and shut the door. It was quiet, but I couldn't think of anything he could get into that wasn't "okay". After awhile Ben told me he looked under the door and could see Carter's feet, running around. I went to see. I could see Carter's feet too, as well as a big billowing cloud of baby powder falling to the floor. I burst in the door to stop him, which only made Carter squeeze out one more huge puff of powder.

When facing these situations, you can get upset or grab a camera. I grabbed the camera and counted to ten. After doing a quick, hardly thorough job, I started over with the training. This time staying in the room for awhile. It was better than I thought.

So, hopefully the training will go quickly! Wish me luck.

Carter is no doubt fine with the mess he's made. I love this picture, because he seems to be thinking, "What's all the fuss about? There's just powder all over." At least his room smells good. Oh, and his room was still unorganized from the quick changing out of beds, so excuse the other out of place craziness.