With the arrival of baby brother coming soon, we have been busy turning our "office" into Ethan's new big boy baseball room. It has been a slow process of finding just the right bed, bedding, and of course clearing out everything that would no longer be in the room. We were really not in a big hurry to have Ethan move out of his crib, even with Baby Matthew coming soon. This is because we had such a wonderful bedtime routine going already. Bath, lotion and jammies, then Ethan would snuggle up to Daddy to read a book, and finally up in the rocking chair with mommy to read a book. Then we would turn out the lights, Ethan would give Daddy and Mommy big hugs and kisses, and we would put him in his crib, each taking a turn to rub his back for a moment. Ethan never tried to climb out, and most nights went right to sleep right as we left the room. This was not a routine we were anxious to change!
However, last Saturday night Ethan's big boy room was really looking ready so I asked him where he wanted to sleep. He chose his baseball room, so I followed the same routine but did everything in his new room. He slept through the whole night and never got out of his bed! It has been almost a week now, and Ethan has had a great night of sleep in his big boy room (almost) each night! He loved to snuggle into the bumper at the head of his crib, so I put pillows between his bed and the wall so he could feel the same sense of security. It is actually quite nice to read snuggled up in his bed with him as opposed to the rocking chair...Ethan, me, and my big belly were getting a little crowded!
