We have hit a big milestone recently at our house. Grant and Cooper are out of their cribs and into a big boy bed! I was really nervous the first night thinking none of us would get much sleep, but I was pleasantly surprised! All three of the boys share one room. Jackson is in a twin bed and we have put the little boys in a double mattress on the floor. Our plan is to do a twin/full bunk bed, but we thought we would try this out first and make sure Grant and Coop could share one mattress without rolling all over each other. We have pillows shoved under the fitted sheet right down the middle of the mattress so they have a visual mark of where their "side" of the bed is. The first night, Cooper came up with many excuses why he needed Mommy to come in the room. I need to go potty (he's not even potty trained!), I want to get in my crib, I can't find my blankie...and so on. But within an hour everyone was quiet and asleep...not too bad! They slept all night, on their own side of the bed, and didn't wake up until 6:30 am. I call that a success! Naps have been a different story. I think naptime is going to be a bigger adjustment than bedtime. I am hopeful that they will adjust quickly, but I am realistic and know that they are on their own time schedules. :)
It has now been two weeks, and they are still doing well. They usually need a few reminders at night to be quiet and leave each other alone, but that's not much different than when they were in their cribs.
Here they are sleeping on their own sides.
It feels strange to not have a crib in the house after having at least one crib since the beginning of 2007. It's a little sad, but it's exciting as well to think of all the big boy adventures that are ahead.
