Zach and I decided that before Baby #2 gets here, we should definitely get Xander into a Big Boy Bed. Xander loves his crib so much that we figured we had better have some time to get him used to the fact that the crib would no longer be his. We found this great deal on a twin over full bunkbed and decided that we would go with that so that if we ever had guests they could have a place to sleep as well (Aren't my parents lucky? Come December they will get to go back to their childhood days and sleep on a bunkbed!!!). For two days Zach diligently put together the bunkbeds and when he was through Xander's excitement was hard to contain. He kept climbing all over the bunkbeds just laughing and giggling. I thought "Wow, this whole bed transition thing might be easier than we thought." and ended up jinxing ourselves horribly. Yesterday we spent the day getting all the items necessary to have Xander sleep in his Big Boy Bed for the first time. When bedtime came he even seemed excited to be getting into the bunkbed.
Then it happened....
THE HOUR AND A HALF LONG TORTURE TEST. Yep, he cried and kept getting out of the bed and either opening the door to his room, playing with toys, or begging to be put back in his crib. We did the Super Nanny trick and just stayed vigilant with picking him up and placing him back into bed, and switching off every three turns. At one point in the middle of the whole ordeal we thought we had won until we heard a strange sound. We opened the door to find that he had figured out a way to climb into his crib. The child never tried to climb out of his crib, but put all of his might and effort into finding a way to climb into his crib in the dark.
He finally stayed in the bed and slept through the night, only to sneak out of his room this morning and wake us up early. Cross your fingers for us that this refusal to sleep in anything other than his crib won't last too long. I guess we should have seen this coming considering the fact that any time we returned home from being out of town he happily ran to his crib and "cuddled" up to it as soon as he was placed inside. Oh the love of a boy and his crib.
Then it happened....
THE HOUR AND A HALF LONG TORTURE TEST. Yep, he cried and kept getting out of the bed and either opening the door to his room, playing with toys, or begging to be put back in his crib. We did the Super Nanny trick and just stayed vigilant with picking him up and placing him back into bed, and switching off every three turns. At one point in the middle of the whole ordeal we thought we had won until we heard a strange sound. We opened the door to find that he had figured out a way to climb into his crib. The child never tried to climb out of his crib, but put all of his might and effort into finding a way to climb into his crib in the dark.
He finally stayed in the bed and slept through the night, only to sneak out of his room this morning and wake us up early. Cross your fingers for us that this refusal to sleep in anything other than his crib won't last too long. I guess we should have seen this coming considering the fact that any time we returned home from being out of town he happily ran to his crib and "cuddled" up to it as soon as he was placed inside. Oh the love of a boy and his crib.
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