So in light of the fact that baby #2 will soon be on his way to our house, and the fact that these two little boys will be sharing a bedroom we decided B should probably be getting used to a toddler bed before Stockton comes home. My two wonderful friends, Nikki and Sherry, wanted to get me a gift for Stockton, but really we have everything we need for him, so they got Beckham his new bed. Russ put it together last night. I moved the crib mattress over to look at it. Beckham was loving it! He crawled on, started giggling, got off, grabbed his fuzzy, got back on and layed down. Then he got off and fell over onto it. Oh, that was a fun thought, so for about 10 minutes I watched him fall on his bed over and over. And then he got more daring and started with a running start. It was really cute to watch. I was just not ready to let him sleep in it all night though. So I put the mattress back in the crib. Then today Russ calls me at lunch and says that B is taking a nap in his new bed! What the? I am just not sure I am ready for this! But tonight I decided to let my baby grow up some more (it's not enough to start nursery I guess, and really not like I get to decide, but let's pretend we moms have a little control, right?) I moved the bookshelf and put his new bed into place. We got jammies on, brushed teeth, read our ni-ni story and I laid him down in the BIG BOY BED! I turned off the light and shut the door. Now I have been extremely lucky in the fact that B does not cry to go to sleep. He loves going to bed at night, and so when I closed the door tonight to his little crying whines I couldn't leave. I just sat there at the door and listened, pretending I was laying with him and holding him to sleep. About 5 minutes later I text Russ and said I didn't know if I could do it, and right then, the crying stopped. I haven't dared to open the door to see if he is actually still in the bed. Seriously all this over a toddler bed, I am totally over-reacting, but really do they have to grow up so fast!! I have pictures of the bed I will post another day. Thanks for reading my little lifetime drama about the toddler bed!
