History of the J Man

The other day when I went to get Jonah up in the morning he wouldn’t stand up.  He made me reach all the way down there into his crib and pick him up.  The same is true when I put him down at night (he won’t let Chris put him down unless I am not home). 

I decided last week that he was too big and heavy to keep that up.  I decided it was time for a big boy bed.  His room is really tiny though so I wanted to get him a toddler bed.  I always thought they were a waste of money in the past but in this instance it made the most sense.  Since we paid so little for his furniture in the first place, I was fine that his crib didn’t convert.  I went back to my favorite site: Craigslist, and found a used wooden toddler bed in the area.  We picked it up for a few bucks on Sunday.

After Jonah’s nap on Sunday afternoon we took apart his crib and set up his new bed.  I think it helped that he saw the process.  All afternoon he played in his new bed.  Getting in and out, tucking in Daddy and Elmo and checking out his cool new car sheets.  This morning he was “fixing” it with his tools. 

I was prepared for a rough night ahead of us and kicked myself a bit for choosing to do this on a Sunday but it went absolutely smoothly.  We read a couple books as usual but this time we had to do it sitting in Jonah’s bed with him instead of his chair.  Then we did our kisses with Daddy and he laid right down.  I did hear him cry out around midnight but I went in there and he didn’t even have his eyes open.  I covered him up and turned his music back on and he was fine.

This morning instead of getting up and coming to my room like I expected him to try he just laid in his bed and called me as usual. 

He woke up from his nap this afternoon crying for reasons I haven’t determined but he went down to sleep in there fine and was still in bed when Kate went.  We’ll see how long this keeps up but really, what a great kid!

Here’s a video of him playing in his new bed.

Jonah’s New Bed from Julie Diehl on Vimeo.

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