Little Ezra has graduated from a crib to a very cute Elmo toddler bed! I was browsing Facebook on Saturday while on break from my organization frenzy and happened to see a toddler bed in the Swap page for San Angelo. I was the first to comment and then got a text from the seller. I got dressed and with cash in hand went to pick up the bed.
The bed is absolutely perfect. It’s only 4 months old and looks brand spanking new. It was a great score! I bring the little bed into the house and Ezra gets so excited! We quickly set it up with his crib memory foam mattress and some cute Thomas the Tank sheets from Aramis’ toddler bed days.. (they grow so fast!! insert sad face!) Back to little man.. The bed was ready. As Ezra inspected it he quickly jumped in and gave his seal of approval. It was still too early for a nap, so we waited a couple more hours and let him play in it.
We decided to give him a cuppy with milk for more incentive to lay down. We normally just give him water to lay down with. He’s not the type of child that keeps the spout in his mouth for long periods of time so I’m not worried about the potential dental issues that comes from sippy cups.
Here comes the tricky part.. Getting the toddler in the toddler bed and him stay there. With Aramis I can remember him quietly climbing out and coming down the hall thinking he can just get up and it be ok. Little stinker.. I totally expected that from Ezra because he is my risk taker and likes to push the bar. I can honestly say I expected him to not stay in the bed at all. While on vacation he actually slept in the bed with me, so that’s what I was afraid of that he figured we were still on vacation. He’s a smart little whip, that boy. For nap time the hubs laid him down and we closed the door. I heard him rooting around in the room so I yelled to him to go to bed. A few minutes later.. silence. Success!
After a refreshing nap the little guy was happy. He really enjoyed napping in his bed. As a matter of fact, he kept going back and getting in it and checking it out. I know in some cases people wouldn’t want the kids to be playing in the bed, but I think it’s better for him to get familiar with his new digs and get comfortable. We still had bedtime to get through.
Bedtime came we made up a bed time jingle to get Ezra excited about sleeping through the night in his bed. Disclaimer time.. this is my song ya’ll.. I might be calling Laurie Berkner so she can sing it and I can win a Grammy as the writer.. LOL I’m just kidding.. ok maybe not. So here’s the little song.. it’s just the chorus..
Sleeping in my big boy bed…
Sleeping in my big boy bed..
I’m sleeping in my big boy bed tonight cuz I’m a big boy now..
I’ll develop the rest of the song later but this little jingle was short enough for little man to be singing it with us. He was hype and ready for bedtime in his big boy bed. We did the same routine but this time we made it a little sweeter with milk in his cup.. I know milk at night is bad.. work with me people, he’s a tough cookie so we had to bring in the big guns.. but it worked!!! HAHAHA Holy lordy it worked. I decided against going into the room and snapping a pic of my little prince with the flash on and risk waking him up. We are on day three and he is so comfortable in his bed and really loves it.
I don’t know if it was the milk or if he was just ready for a little bed of his own, but I really think we are completely out of sleeping in cribs and pack n play. Little man is the big boy bed for good now. Here’s to another milestone met by little man. We love him so. Our little crabby boy.
I didn’t have any issues when I went from a crib to a toddler bed with either of my boys. I think somehow I lucked out 🙂
I don’t have kids but I remember how hard it was for my best friend to get my god daughter to sleep in her toddler bed! Congrats on getting your son in his!
for us it wasn’t hard. they all started to climb out of the crib and for safety reasons, we moved to a bed.
Yay! I don’t think it will be that easy for us. Jemma has been sleeping with me since birth. At this time we don’t have money for a new bed for her so she is still in my bed. My goal is to get her out by Kindergarten! (kidding)
He’s just the cutest thing. I’m glad he enjoyed his new bed!
Love that bed. My kids didn’t have cribs. They both slept either in their play pen or in our bed until about one where they went straight to toddler bed with no problems.
We went from a crib to a twin bed, and my son didn’t have a problem staying in it. We thought he would catch on quickly that he could get up and roam but luckily he didn’t!
It was not one bit hard transitioning my first child, but my second child was awful! She kept coming downstairs, and wanting to play with her sister.
Such a fun milestone! My oldest kept wanting to leave his room when we put him in a toddler bed. He ended up putting a gate in his door so that he’d learn he had to stay in his room at nap/bedtime.
Cute song, I love it. I never slept with my kids and didn’t have a problem getting them to sleep in their own beds. When my son was ready for a bed we put a twin mattress on the floor next to his sister, that worked perfectly.
It was hardest on our middle child. But, I think I tried getting that one to the toddler bed before they were ready. It was a lesson learned and I didn’t repeat it with our third. Looks like you did a great job!
Hooray! You got him in the bed! He looks really adorable in there too. 🙂
You must be the toddler bed whisperer. How awesome that you made his new bed so fun. Great job mommy!
My kids are 6, 8 and 10 but still never sleep in their own beds every single night. Each morning when I wake up, there is at least one child who came in our room when we were deep in sleep. So kudos to you! That is a success. 🙂
That is great that you have him in a bed. We had a hard time getting our youngest to sleep in his own bed but he does now.
Adorable Elmo bed! It’s so wonderful that you made the transition a fun one for Ezra!
My daughter was so excited to get into her TinkerBell toddler bed that she made the transitions without a single problem.
What a cute toddler bed, and kudos to you getting him to sleep in it. It can be a challenge!
My toddler us making the transition & she does GREAT at nap time. Crawls into bed, snuggles with her teddy & stays in bed & drifts off. Night time it is Dr Jekell & Ms. E! But, I have a few more ideas to make the transition.
You can do it Jessie! Good Luck!!
My girl always slept with me. It lasted until now: age of two years. Now, I want her to sleep alone in a separate bed. However, she often returned to my bed. Maybe a bed for her less attractive. I want to get input from you regarding a suitable bed for her. Thank you.
A toddler bed is a great way to get her started on sleeping in her own bed. We used a toddler bed for our oldest and the little one. Or you can use a crib mattress on the floor next to your bed. Celebrate small victories too. She won’t always be in your bed after she’s out of it. One of the things that worked with our oldest, when he would get out of his bed is we would walk him right back and not say anything to him. Take her back to her bed or sleep area in silence. Good Luck!!!