In the life of a toddler it seems that once the major milestones start coming, they don't stop and they come faster and faster. I didn't think that Brady would hit another major milestone so soon after giving up his soo-soo's, but I was wrong. Another BIG milestone has been reached in my baby's life...one that I was so worried about and one that I wasn't ready for. Before I get into it, let me rewind...
A couple of months ago as I was sitting in the office, which is directly below Brady's room, I realized that Brady's crib was very close to collapsing. He had woken up from his nap and was jumping around in it and from below it sounded like it would break any minute. So TJ and I started to consider putting him in a big boy bed. I have been so reluctant to do it, even though it had been a really smooth transition with Jackson and Natalie, but Brady is more inclined to be a troublemaker then the older 2 ever were so I just figured it would be a total nightmare. The other thing that I couldn't figure out was if we should move one of Jackson's beds into Brady's room or if we should just put Brady in with Jackson. Well, one night when TJ was putting the kids to bed Brady decided he wanted to sleep in the bed in Jack's room so TJ let him. He did pretty good as far as staying in bed and when he finally fell asleep he ended up in Jackson's bed but he woke up at about 5:45 a.m. and woke Jackson up too. So we waited about a week and tried again. He stayed in bed better when it was time to go to sleep but he woke up really early again and woke Jackson up. So we thought we'd wait another month or so and try again until this last Friday when the crib finally broke! I wasn't upset about the crib because I was totally expecting it to happen but I was still fighting the whole big boy bed thing so instead of putting him in with Jackson I set up the pack n' play, which was a good idea until he figured out how to climb in and out. So I figured I had no choice and I needed to bite the bullet and get him transitioned into the big boy bed, but with the bed in Brady's own room so Jackson could get his full night's sleep. On Sunday afternoon TJ and I made the change and Sunday night Brady slept in his own room in his own big boy bed! He did so good and stayed in bed and even slept in until 8:00. Then last night he did great again!
Naps, on the other hand, are a totally different story. Yesterday he was in and out of his bed for about 2 hours, which really didn't bother me since he was staying in his room. Today was shaping up to be about the same until after an hour and a half I realized all was quiet. I went up to check on him and couldn't find him anywhere! He wasn't in bed, he wasn't behind the door, he wasn't in the closet. I could hear him breathing but couldn't see him until I crouched down and looked under his bed. There was my sweet baby boy asleep under his bed with his stuffed doggy and his train track toys. It was so cute and so funny so of course I grabbed the camera!
So that's the story of Brady the Big Boy. I'm so proud of him and can't believe my tiny man is old enough to be in a regular bed. He looks so little in it and he's so proud of himself for being a big boy! Enjoy the pictures! Of course I think they're adorable!
