Monday, February 22, 2010

Trey's Big Boy Bed

We have been sleeping Jonathan in the pack and play in our room since he was born. Trey has never climbed out of his crib, so my mom suggested that we keep him in his crib until after Jonathan was born and we were more settled. I am really glad we did that. It gave me peace of mind to know that Trey loved his crib, and he was safe in there. David and I had been talking about whether to get him a toddler bed or a twin bed. We ultimately want to have bunk beds, but we didn't want to spend the money of those right now when we don't need them.



I've been looking around on craigslist for beds, and I found this Pottery Barn Kids bed for about 1/4 of what they sell for. The seller even gave us 2 sets of Pottery Barn Kids sheets and a PBK quilt and pillow plus the mattress and box spring. The quilt is a sports theme - not my first choice - if I had bought something, it would have been with trucks or trains on it because that's what Trey loves, but it's really cute. Plus it was included, so we saved a lot of money. This bed is from the Thomas collection at PBK - they still make it and we can eventually buy another twin bed to make bunk beds.


Trey was pretty sad to see his crib be taken apart and put in another room for Jonathan. He cried quite a bit, but we told him how exciting it was that he was getting to sleep in a big boy bed. We showed him Jonathan in the crib, and Trey seemed genuinely excited to see his "baby" sleeping in there.

This is Trey sleeping during his nap the first day having his new bed. It was a pretty smooth transition. He does try to climb out of bed, and he knows that he is not supposed to do that. We have been very consistent about making sure he stays in his bed - he gets disciplined when he gets out of bed after we have tucked him in bed. But each naptime or bedtime is getting easier. He really likes his bed.

Trey still loves to sleep with his bottom in the air...

... just like when he was 6 months old (May 2008)
Trey - 6 months old

1 comment:

Tiffany said...

Oh, Joy. He has grown so fast. I really hate how quickly it does go. That bed and bedding is amazing! What a find, and what a blessing!! We have been talking about moving Scotty into a big bed at the end of this summer, and it just makes my heart hurt!