Big boy bed

Max spent the last few weeks in a little big boy bed and it went great!  He didn't ask for a big boy bed and in fact, when I proposed the idea to him, he said "no, I like my crib!"  But he's so big he could have easily climbed out if he put his mind to it.  He loved it though, as soon as we did it and he's slept great ever since! :)

Look what we found behind the crib when we moved it!  A few hundred bandaids!  He sleeps with one most every night and apparently has been throwing them behind the bed each morning when he wakes... 

On a somewhat unrelated to the big boy bed note, but in an attempt to remember the funny stuff... the other morning Max awoke pretty early yelling my name.  I ran to his room since he never really wakes early or yells for me anymore and he said he'd had a bad dream.  I didn't ask a lot of questions, because I just wanted him to go back to sleep.  I laid on the floor next to his bed for a while but he was clearly shaken and after some time, I took him to our bed.  He didn't fall asleep there either and soon we were all up!  At naptime, as we headed up the stairs, he turned and looked at me and said "No pirates coming, right Momma?"  I was puzzled but assured him that no pirates were coming.  He kept on though - he'd ask every few minutes, "No pirates coming, right Momma?"  He eventually went on to sleep at naptime, but not until he'd asked probably 15 times. The same thing happened at bedtime too and I finally started to be concerned, since this time he was visibly upset about it and his tone had really changed from kind of funny to really worried.  I remembered the bad dream from the morning and asked if there had been pirates in his bad dream.  He shook his head yes and was clinging to me at this point.  For the record, I don't think I've ever seen Max fearful of anything.  I asked him what the pirates were doing in his dream and he said, in the most pitiful voice,  "They were tickling me!  I don't like to be tickled Momma!"  And the tears started flowing.  Heartbreaking and hysterical all at once!  Kenny slept on the floor next to him the next 2 nights to get him to fall asleep while I was putting Jack to bed.  Last night he seemed to be ok about it since the pirates hadn't returned.  He even told me that pirates weren't real and I taught him how to tickle them right back if they did show up in his dreams!

Love you Max!  And so glad you love your big boy bed.