we moved Cruz into his toddler bed last weekend. he has been sharing the big bed with my husband and me, which is fine, but we wanted to open Cruz up to the idea of sleeping in his own bed ;)
the problem with the crib, i think, is Cruz feels more comfortable when he can get in and out of bed at his liberty. this proves why he would sleep better when he was sleeping in our bed because he didn't feel trapped. Putting Cruz in the crib was almost a punishment to him because he knew he would be stuck there until someone came into the room and took him out. that's no good!
so this weekend we took the side rail off the crib and converted it to a toddler bed. we put a pillow in the bed with Cruz's favorite pillow case featuring pictures of trucks and a few transition objects that he is used to for night time. Cruz was eager to climb into his big boy bed and try it out. i told him it was nap time and he needed to lay down on his pillow, and he did. it was so cute! he didn't take a nap immediately at that time, but he did take a nap a little later that day in his new bed.
that night my hubby and i had a hard time getting him to go to sleep because Cruz knew we wanted him to sleep in the big boy bed and he doesn't like sleeping alone. after a two hour struggle we finally got him to sleep but he was snoozing in our bed. my husband says we shouldn't force him because we don't want him to hate the new bed.
today, Cruz took a really good nap in his new bed. i think he likes his big boy bed, and i hope it will encourage a little more independence from our little guy.
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