Big boy

For the last couple of weeks our lil man has HATED his crib. Unless he was in a deep, deep sleep he would scream at the top of his lungs if we tried to put him in the crib. And if he was kind of asleep as soon as we would bend over to put him down he would grab on to us w/a death grip and start crying. It never failed around 1am every morning he would wake up screaming and not lay back down in his crib. This became very hard on mom and dad and very, very tiring. One night I slept on the floor in his room and another night Dad did, but we had to figure out something other than bringing him to our bed.

When I was a lil around lil man's age my parents figured out that I was claustrophobic. I would actually climb out of my crib and throw myself onto the floor just so I wasn't in my crib. As soon as they made it into a bed I stayed in my bed.

So, we made the step up to a big boy bed! After we took the front of the crib off we let him climb in and out of it, thinking he was big stuff. He hasn't made it all night yet but now when he wakes up all we have to do is pat his back and he lays back down. No more screaming or death grips or sleeping in between mom and dad! They grow up so fast.

Here is a pic of him during nap time today.