Well we had an interesting few days at the Brosseau household this week... our sweet little content Parkerman attempted to fly like Superman out of his crib but didn't have a very successful landing to say the least. However, by the time we got to him after hearing his screaming cry... he was standing up and walking out of his room. Praise God there were no broken bones... just a little swollen hand that quickly felt better after lots of mommy and daddy kisses and some time holding buzz's super cool ice pack! So that night - we put Parker into his new big boy bed in Philip's room where they have matching twin beds (of course) and he did great the first night. I think he was just so exhausted and scared from the fall that he slept all night in a new bed without even realizing it. Then the fun began on day 2... at naptime, he wanted nothing to do with that big boy bed and all he kept doing was walking into his room and crying "night night," throwing temper tantrum after temper tantrum, and NOT sleeping (which as you know doesn't work for anyone in this house)! And who could blame him... his bed is his security blankie... he sleeps 14 hours a night and takes 3 hour naps everyday... and not because he wants to sleep but because he LOVES his bed!! It is his safe place!! So needless to say... he wasn't ready to move and lets face it, mommy wasn't really ready for him to move either (why fix a good thing when its not broken, right?!... this mommy loves her sleep too)!! And afterall he is only 20 months and just started walking a few weeks ago. Baby steps here people!! So after lots of crib tents and converting his crib research, we chose to convert his crib and put up a crib bedrail as a transition phase until he is ready for his big boy bed with Philip. I know I know what you are thinking... I did move Philip at 20 months into his big boy bed but only because I was due 2 months later with a new baby and we did LOTS and LOTS of prep work by reading our favorite "bye bye crib" books, going into his big boy room and talking about how special it was and how cool his new bed was, and having special mommy and Philip picnics in his new big boy room for weeks before we moved him. So I am excited to now have some special time to do the same with Parker too... looks like we will be reading our new bye bye crib favorite book here very soon!! But until then... we are going to enjoy this transition time... So heres to the genius that created the convertible crib and to no more Superman adventures!!!
Look whose
a Big Boy
Now!!
And Philip was pretty proud of his little brother as well... can you tell?!
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