Big Boy Room, Big Boy Bed!!

This weekend we moved Brody to a new room in our house and a new Big Boy Bed!!  I was nervous and apprehensive about the big move and all the change he would have to endure but overall the process went pretty smooth.

I always tell new parents that they are going to receive so much advice from so many different people and what they really should do is to listen everyone's advice but ultimately do what they think is best for their child in their own way. After this room change experience I realized I was dishing out that tid bit of advice but not following it myself.  I asked so many people for advice on how to make this change with him and read so many blogs and when I tried to follow what others said it was horrific and traumatizing for Brody and I. After 28 min of doing it their way I decided to abort that plan and help him make this change the way I thought was best for him. Once I came to my senses all went pretty smooth.   Unfortunately those first 28 min of tough love, will stick with me and I'll feel guilty about it forever, even though I am fairly certain Brody doesn't remember it at all.  It does however break my heart that for the first time in his life I feel I really did wrong by him and wasn't there for him the way he needed me to be. 

On a happier note though It only took two nights of me encouraging him to sleep in his new bed for him to grow to love his new room and new bed. He and I both enjoy our new nighttime routine of snuggling under the covers and reading one or two books. Once our books are read I turn out his light, tuck him in and we begin to whisper " I love you's," and "night night" as we hug and kiss a few times. I then exit his room and he gets comfortable with his benti (blanket) and his water. He sleeps through the night in his room and wakes around 7. I couldn't ask for anything more out of a almost two year old. 

We have layed down some rules about him sleeping in his room that seam to be working well. The most important rule is he is not allowed out of his room till 7. I decided that it was completely reasonable for us to set the wake up time and not to let him dictate when we all got up. 

We are so proud of our big boy and in celebration of him making this change we went out for ice cream. I just can't believe he is almost two and sleeping in a full size bed and is not in the nursery anymore.