Big Boy Bed

Okay, so in a spur of the moment decision we have decided to move Luke to his full size big boy bed - emphasis on big or should I say tall!!! James went to buy the mattresses yesterday and we got his room all set up and got Luke super excited about his new bed, well once it was set up the mattress and box spring are so tall that his bed is the highest in the house. It feels like you are crawling up into a bunk bed.... however it didn't bother Luke in the least, he LOVES it.

So we haven't hit 24 hours yet with the new bed, but bedtime was a non-event last night but we did not sleep that well because we (more me than James) was afraid that Luke would wake up and get out of his room and then be scared. I put night lights everywhere to help him, but he slept until 7:30 this morning.

So onto naptime - this is what I was more worried about since I live for naptime!!! Lucky for me I was able to get Caroline down in her swing for a nap and then Luke and I crawled up in his bed, read a story and then I layed down with him. Luke thought it was so funny I was laying with him and he kept checking to see if my eyes were open, then he circled my face and eyes with his finger whispering "circle" and if I opened my eyes he would whisper "mama go night night close eyes." So after several minutes of this I decided to roll over and face the wall and pretend to sleep. Well after a few minutes he layed down next to me and put his arm around my back and patted my shoulder until he fell asleep - soooooooo sweet!!!! I then very carefully removed myself from his bed and he slept for 2 hours!!!!

So I have to say we have had initial success and although I have no doubt that it won't last, I am pretty proud of Luke so far to make this big adjustment so quickly. So now all day we have heard "come on mommy (or daddy) Luke's room" he wants to play in his room and either dance on the floor or get up and down off his bed.

Caroline enjoys laying on the bed with Luke next to her laughing - it is so cute!!! She is doing so much better this week with her tummy time and holding her head up while on the floor for longer periods of time and then rolling to her back. She is also taking naps a little bit better this week, still not for super long periods of time but anything is better than nothing. She is back to sleeping through the night at least 2-3 nights a week and I'm now trying to just give her a pacifier if she wakes up to break the habit of the one bottle and it seems to work so far.... so there is light at the end of my sleepless tunnel.