How does this happen so fast?? One minute I'm wondering if the two lines mean I'm pregnant and the next he's crawling out of his crib ready for a big boy bed! Last night Truman tried 4 times to escape the dreaded crib, 3 successful and 1 not so successful concerning me that he was going to fall in a bad way and end up with another broken bone or bump on the head... SOOOO I yanked the crib mattress out of the crib, put it on the floor, gave him his blankies, made sure the gate was up and tight and we entered the milestone of BIG BOY BED!
Now it wasn't all rainbows and puppy dogs, not by any means... 2.5 hrs of screaming at the gate with the only calm quiet time being when either Daddy or I was in the room with him.... BUT in knowing that he needs to learn that its okay when we leave the room and that he re-learns how to fall asleep on his own in his big boy bed, in the end we just let him get out of the bed, stand at the gate with his door open screaming at us.. lol - we would respond from downstairs with a, "we love you Truman, go nigh-night," and after about 20 (hard) minutes of that all was quiet! I went up later to see where he landed, expecting fully to see him asleep on the other side of the gate on the floor but wouldn't you know it he had made it back over to his mattress and fallen asleep half on and half off (his way of telling me that I hadn't necessarily won the battle) ;) Only one wake-up during the night that required me to go in and put him back to bed but after that he slept really good until 7am - way to go TRUMAN!
The first time around we did sleep training with him I believe it took 4 (rough days) - I'm hopeful that this second round in his big boy bed won't take as long... but I've been wrong before ;) (once)
- milestones are sometimes hard (for everyone) mama
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