It's been two weeks since Evan started sleeping in his big boy bed. We wanted to get him used to a proper bed so we can move him out of the nursery and into his very own big boys bedroom before the new baby arrives so he'll be happily settled and won't feel too displaced - well that's the plan anyway but time is running out fast.
So 2 weeks ago last Saturday, after his nap in his cot bed, we dismantled his cot and put it back together again as his new "proper bed". I talked about it with him beforehand and I showed him mammy and daddy's bed and how it had no sides on it like his cot. Evan seemed very excited about having a proper bed and he watched as his cot was dismantled. He was fine until after his cot, which he loved, was in pieces and then suddenly I think it dawned on him that things were changing. It became all to much and he got upset, but once he saw his new bed he had the biggest grin I've ever seen and he loved it.
When it came to bedtime I wondered how I would get him in bed and make him stay there, but I needn't have worried. He was excited to get into bed until I went to leave and then he looked like he was going to cry. I asked him if he was ok and he said yes so I left and checked on him a few minutes later. He was sitting up in bed wide awake. I think he was overwhelmed by it all as when he saw me he started to cry so I went in and gave him a hug and we talked about the new bed. I told him it was just the same bed as before but with no sides and his sheets were the same and all his toy animals were there too. This seemed to settle him. He lay down and I stayed with him until he dropped off to sleep, which didn't take too long as he had had a busy day. I don't normally stay till Evan is asleep as he's normally very good at settling himself but I thought this was one time when an exception could be made. The next day he took his nap in the new bed and was no bother going off to sleep at bedtime.
