Big Boy Beds: Update

The boys have been in their new beds for about two months now.  They have been enjoying their new freedom a whole lot.  It has been a challenge though trying to get them to stay in bed at night and especially at nap time.

Nap time right now is the hardest.  They still need a good nap every day, but they have decided that naps are over rated.  It just depends on the day and how tired they are, if they wind up napping.  If they don't nap they usually will play in their room for a couple of hours.  But on no nap days we usually end up with two very grumpy toddlers and Oliver like this during dinner:

Oliver asleep during dinner...again

Bedtime is a bit easier.  We still have to go in and tuck them in a few times before they finally fall asleep.  It usually takes them close to an hour to finally wear themselves out and fall asleep.  Tonight went quickly though.  They didn't nap, were exhausted, and John sat in their room with them until they fell asleep.  Which was a very welcome change from Saturday night when the boys decided that jumping on their beds was a good idea (it was in fact a very bad idea.)  The boys sleep in the same bed just about every night now.  Owynn likes his space, but Oliver always winds up in bed with Owynn one way or another.  I have found though that they sleep much better when they are together.  Owynn used to wake up around 3am every night, but he rarely does anymore.  They also are able to comfort each other better this way.  Occasionally Owynn will wake up crying and 90% of the time Oliver will comfort him and they will fall right back asleep without one of us having to go in to tend to them.  Plus they are super cute snuggled up in bed together!  All in all making the switch to toddler beds hasn't been nearly as bad as I had feared. 

Owynn and Oliver

Oliver at the top and Owynn.  I don't know how Oliver managed to get into bed with Owynn like this without waking him up.

This night was a struggle.  They are both asleep, with Oliver literally on top of Owynn.

Oliver and Owynn.  Owynn declared my socks were his, took them off my feet, and put them on his.  He slept with my socks on over his jammies all night.

Owynn and Oliver

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It's Time for Big Boy Beds!

John had to change the boys' cribs into toddler beds on Friday, much sooner than we expected to.  When I went to get the boys up in the morning Oliver was in Owynn's bed!  I asked John if he put Oliver there and he said "noooo..."  Uh-oh.  We have their cribs next to each other with about a 2 foot gap between them.  John watched Oliver at nap time Friday pull up on the edge of his crib and slide across into Owynn's.  We had been hoping to keep them in their cribs longer, but apparently they have other plans.  I suppose it's about time, they just turned 2.  Right now I am very very happy that when we bought their cribs we had the foresight to spend the extra money and buy two nice, convertible cribs.

The first two nights went pretty well.  Friday night we tucked them in like normal, and they were up and out of bed in just a few minutes.  We put up a gate in their door way to make sure they didn't get into anything if they got up in the middle of the night.  They played for about an hour before the novelty started to wear off and they went to bed.  They wound up in their own beds and tried to cover themselves up with their blankets.  They woke up nice and early, but they stayed in bed all night without a fuss.  Yay!  Yesterday we spent the day over at John's parents doing laundry so the boys didn't get a nap, so they were pretty worn out by the time bedtime came along.  Oliver fussed just a bit , and they wound up on the floor in front of the gate nodding off.  I tucked them back into bed and they slept just fine all night.

Nap time today has been a different story.  We put them down for a nap about an hour and a half ago and they have been playing pretty nicely in their room since.  So I guess I'm glad there hasn't been any fussing, but there definitively hasn't been any sleep yet.  I expect to have two grumpy toddlers tonight.

They were pretty darn cute the other night, here are some pics!

Owynn

 

Owynn, Mommy, Oliver

Oliver

Owynn and Oliver

    

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