Colin's Big Boy Bed

Colin's big boy bed transition has begun (which is why I didn't get any pictures posted on Sunday because that was his first night in his bed and lets just say it didn't go as great as we wanted!).

We were really wanting to get Colin transitioned out of his crib right around now, so that way he was totally comfortable with his new bed by the time the baby would arrive. We had been putting it off (somewhat) due to our house being on the market and not wanting to have to do more transitions than we needed to.

So, Sunday it was. We didn't start earlier in the weekend because Brian works on Saturdays and I couldn't get the crib taken apart and moved by myself.

Sundays nap went great. Didn't get out of bed, slept for hours, awesome! This is going to be easy, right?!

Sunday night....not so easy. He figured out he could get out of his bed and come find us. He thought it was the coolest game ever! We did this for about 1.5 hours (us taking his hand and putting him back in bed, Colin climbing out just seconds after getting on his bed, and opening the door, smiling hugely, saying "Daddy" or "Momma"). He was so proud of himself.

Finally fell asleep, then he rolled out of bed around midnight and just wouldn't go back to sleep. We put him in a pack-n-play around 3:00 am and he slept fine the rest of the night.

Monday, Brian had Colin at home and the same situation started at nap time. So, Brian put on a child-proof doorknob cover and he was upset for about 5 minutes that he couldn't open the door, then marched himself to bed and fell asleep.

Same thing for Monday night, except he cried less at the door, and slept great all night. I did get concerned about him rolling off the bed again, which he would've done had I not gone in and moved him in the middle of the night.

Tuesday night, didn't hardly cry at all (maybe 2 minutes) and was off in bed...

Same thing for Wednesday night...

So, I guess the transition wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, we have such a great kid!

Here's Colin's room before we started moving the beds...

Colin helping Daddy take apart the crib

Putting up the bed frame (and practicing some gymnastics moves)

Colin was so excited once we got it all put together. He has already gotten to know his bed pretty well because it has been up in our spare room for about a month now.

Colin with his stuffed animals...

Making his cheesy smile face, LOVE THIS KID! (And yes, Elephant is wearing the socks that Colin got while in the hospital for RSV & pneumonia, it's been that way for about 2 months now!)