We have found Keaton out of his crib a few times over the past few weeks but Saturday night he decided he was done. He climbed out, we heard the "thud", we put him back. This happened over and over and over.
I guess it shouldn't have been a surprise that he was eager to figure this out since he's been on the move since birth and we've given him plenty of opportunities to practice his climbing skills.
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He's been known to climb onto backs and even climb on stage at a concert.
He's always been a daredevil, climbing onto toys/potty that most kids sit on.
We spent all day Sunday telling him how cool his big boy bed is. He didn't think it was that cool because he cried and cried before finally falling asleep but then woke up in the middle of the night and I ended up sleeping on the floor next to him for a few hours before he fell asleep.
Monday we bought him a night light hoping it would help and it must have. It took about an hour of crying and parent soothing to get him to sleep but he slept through the night!
Tuesday we started bedtime stories a half hour earlier than normal, anticipating it would take awhile to get him to sleep. He immediately started crying and I went in right away, told him it was time for bed and he got back into bed and there hasn't been a peep out of him since (it's been about an hour).
Hopefully Keaton's fantastic sleeping habits followed him into the big boy bed (which is technically the same bed as his crib but with the bars removed).
This transition has been a big milestone that I felt snuck up on me and I certainly wasn't prepared for it. I guess I'm not ready for my little baby boy to grow up!
Great blog post, I love that you used so many old pictures to show that he's always been a man on the move. Hang in there Mom, you will all survive this transition :)
ReplyDeleteI felt a little sad when Atticus moved to the big boy bed too, but it was better than worrying about him bonking his head in the middle of the night while trying to climb out.
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