A Big Boy Bed!

Esteban picked up a toddler bed for Jayden yesterday and put it together today. We re-arranged the furniture and I was pleasantly surprised at how nicely everything fit. I really didn’t want to get a toddler bed. I’d hoped to go straight to a twin bed, but since Jayden will be sharing a room with his sister, and the room is so tiny, I thought it would be best to go with a toddler bed since it would take up less space. Jayden immediately ran to it and climbed on. He was so happy. Then he climbed off and got his toys and ran back. I could tell he would take to it right away.

Now its 8pm and time for nighty night. I change Jayden and put him in bed. I give him his sippy cup and sit in the rocker to read him a story. He’s entertained and just lays there listening and drinking his milk. As I’m about to announce the end of the story, he gets up out of bed. I gently said, No. Night Night. I put him back in. I go to the kitchen and he follows me there. No Jay. Night night. I put back in. He gets out a third time and I say, Night Night Jayden. I put him in bed, tuck him in and give him a kiss. Inside, I’m dying to laugh, but I keep a serious look on my face. This time, he stays put. I go back to baking cookies. Esteban comes in after walking Rio and of course, Jayden gets up and runs to daddy. Have I mentioned before how spoiled Jayden is thanks to Daddy? Anyway, Esteban never comes out of Jayden’s room. I remind him that he doesn’t have to stay there with Jayden, and he insists that Jayden won’t stay in the bed and wants to be rocked. OK, sure. I let him be and go back to my cookies. A minute or so later, Esteban comes out and Jayden stays in bed. Success.

Now, it’s 8:30pm. We are in our bedroom when all of a sudden, Jayden swings the door open and stands there. Esteban starts laughing and I’m laughing too, but inside. I pick him up and bring him to bed. There he lets me know that he’s been up to no good. He’s climbed up onto his bed and reached onto the dresser and grabbed a bottle of baby lotion. He’s opened it up and gotten it everywhere and eventually dropped it under the bed. I start to clean up and then tuck him in. Night Night.

I’m dying to snap his picture in his new bed so I keep checking on him. He’s still awake both times. Obviously, he got up out of bed and gotten his rather large teddy bear and has laid it in bed with him. That’s ok. I love that he loves this teddy and that the teddy is as big as he is. I decide to snap his picture after all. He’s just smiling. He loves the flash. I say night night and he waves bye bye. He looks like he’s about the fall asleep any minute now though. I’m sure he will. He’s tired.


9:15pm. Bump. Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Clearly, he’s fallen out of bed. Esteban is very upset. Doesn’t he know that these things are bound to happen? Apparently not. I grab Jayden and start to rock him and console him. I explain that he was probably just falling asleep and fell off and is most likely crying more out of surprise than he is out of pain. Esteban doesn’t want to hear it. He proceeds to put the mattress back in the crib. Oh lord. Jayden settles down and goes into his crib and is now sleeping like an angel. Poor baby. Tomorrow, we’ll pick up bed rails to keep you safe and sound.