No more crib

Transitioning from the crib to bed ~ December 2011

We've held it off as long as we could. We kept waiting for Caiden to try and climb out of the crib on his own before making the transition to a big boy bed but he never even once tried it. He loves following rules and making us proud, so the thought of actually climbing out of his bed never came to mind, or so it seems.

We knew that we wanted to wean him off of his Nuni before making the bed switch and the transition from the Nuni actually went very well. It was bed time on New Years Eve - Eve and I told Caiden to find his Nuni. He said, "No mommy, nuni went bye bye in daddy's big truck." We hadn't even discussed it with him that we would soon be taking it away so he came up with that all on his own. I let him sleep with his nuni one last night...I wasn't quite ready for him to be done with it FOREVER!

The next night at bedtime we laid him down and said our prayers. He was looking around for his nuni and asked to help find it. We told him that it did went bye bye and daddy's truck and he simply said, "ok!". We shut off the lights, closed the door and went down stairs. In the baby monitor we could tell that he was getting restless and he starting crying a little. After a few minutes Jered went upstairs and had sweet little talk with him about being a big boy and after that, Caiden went right to sleep. The next night was the same, a little crying, a talk from daddy and then he slept through the night without a peep. Since then it hasn't even been an issue. He hasn't even asked for it! At Kim's she said he did great and even told Sonome that she shouldn't take her paci anymore either.

I'm a little nervous what the next few nights are going to look like with him being able to hop right out of bed, but I really have faith in Caiden that he won't make it too hard on himself. Our thought is to really not make a huge deal out of it but explain that he has been such a good boy and that it's time to start getting ready to be a big brother. I can't believe how hard it is to watch him grow up so so quickly and become this sweet, independent happy little boy. I see him waddle around in his diaper and cowboy boots and try my hardest to capture these moments, knowing that one day all we'll have is memories.