All Grown Up.....

Well sort of. Dillon has taken the next step in growing up. No, not being potty trained; I wish. He showed lots of interest in it a few months ago and now nothing, nada. When I suggest going to the potty he politely says "No thank you." One thing at a time I guess.

But he did move into his new room with a big boy bed Friday night!!! We have been getting the room ready for a few weeks (I'll post pictures of the room later) and telling him that it is his "new room". He is very excited and helped move his things into the room yesterday. We set up the bed a week or so ago and he had fun trying it out.

He tested out nap time too. He had to get cozy with Sprinkles and his ducky blanket.
But last night was the night. It actually went really well. I say actually because he has been, well....um, lets just say testing authority lately. It took longer to get him settled down; he didn't fall asleep until almost 10:00, but he stayed in bed! He did tug at my heart strings after we were done reading bedtime stories when he jumped off the bed and said he wanted to get into his crib. So he didn't fully understand that he was supposed to sleep in his new room too, but I eventually convinced him and he stayed in bed. I thought we were good for the night but he started crying a little while later and wanted to rock. We don't have a rocking chair in his new room so we compromised and I laid down with him for two songs from his bedtime CD. That did the trick.

I checked on him after he fell asleep and this is what I found. I guess the pillows are just as comfortable as the bed. Doesn't he look so little in the big bed?



I then scooted him down so he'd be a bit more comfortable for the night.


When I put him to bed I told him that he needed to wait to get out of bed in the morning until mommy or daddy came in and got him. It worked! He woke up at his usual 7:00 and called for us until one of us came in. One night down.....

Nap time today went fairly well too. He didn't get under the covers and did take a while to fall asleep but he stayed on the bed. This is what I found when I checked on him after he fell asleep. He is so cute.

I'll let you know how the coming days go.