toddler bed

The new bed arrived on Monday and was immediately put together by Daddy, and none too soon! After we ordered the bed, for a while we felt like we might have over reacted and that perhaps there was no need to jump the gun. One escape attempt doesn't mean he is going to try it again any time soon, so what's the rush? But it turned out it was a good thing we acted quickly. It took about 10 days for the bed to come, and the last two mornings before it arrived Elijah tried to get out of his crib (one time to retrieve a blanket that he had just thrown out of the crib, and the second time he just woke up, said "Ah-doh", and wanted out right away).

I read somewhere that it's a good idea to keep the crib handy when going to a toddler bed just in case the child doesn't take to it well right away. It wasn't really an option for us, but it worked out just fine anyway. Elijah LOVES his new bed. When Ryan showed it to him for the first time, he immediately knew what it was, and wanted to play "going to sleep" for a while. He'd climb onto it, lie down, then get off. We were concerned that since he could now get up himself he wouldn't stay in bed when we put him down for the night or just his nap, but he hadn't gotten up once in the few days that we've had this new sleeping arrangement. Although we can no longer prolong our mornings in bed. As soon as Elijah is awake, he gets out of bed and turns on the lights.

Funny enough, finding a top sheet to fit this toddler bed turned out to be quite a chore. I finally found one at Amazon, but I feel like they are overcharging, so we are using a twin-sized pink-striped one for now. :) As for a pillow, Elijah seems to be plenty comfortable without one, so we figured no need to worry about that one quite yet.

All in all, the transition has been a smooth one. It appears it was harder for me than for Elijah. He has slept in the crib since he was less than two months old, and moving him out of it gave me this sad my-baby-boy-is-growing-up feeling. (I took a few pictures of him in the crib after his very last nap in it.) But he doesn't seem to miss the crib at all. And I have pretty much gotten over it by now as well.