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Weekend Wrapup: Toddler Beds Suck.

How was your weekend??

Mine was……Ok.

The big news of the weekend was Pookah getting his crib converted to a toddler bed.

Now. CDub got it in his head that if he just converted his bed, Pookah would magically sleep all night IN HIS BED EVERYNIGHT.

Yeah…..

So, he decided to put it up on Friday night while i was at work.  He happly reported to me via text message that Pookah loved the new bed and was jumping up and down in it.

He later reported that he was asleep.

I came home at 8 am, and Pookah was where?

Not in his newly converted bed, but sound asleep in MY bed beside his Daddy.

Uh huh.

Then, Saturday night, i experienced the REAL deal with getting Pookah to sleep in that bed.

It took 2 1/2 hours to get him down.

HE alternated between wanting to lay down under the covers and PRETEND to sleep( snores and all) and jumping up and down in said bed.

I wanted to bang my head against the wall.

Then he was scared of the shadows.

Then he cried because he wanted my to rock him to sleep.

Then he wailed “I want Daaadeee”

Then, obviously sleepy, he just sat in his bed nodding off.

Finally, at my wits end, I called for his Daddy to come up and try. He gets all upset with me. You know, the usual, I don’t get no help comments.  Whatever. You do it. You converted his bed prematurely and you deal with it tonight. I was sleep deprived from working the night before and my patience was thin.

Nap time was just as bad on Sunday, and bedtime……

Sigh.

I hope it gets better.

Because I want him to do this.

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All night long, without a fight.

So I’ve decided that toddler beds suck. For now. They make my boy too excited. Too happy, to unwilling to sleep in them.  It’s like a game. Get in, get out. Get in, get out. Repeat.

BIG SIGH.

Such chaos.

But hey, that’s my life……

 

 

Mira Edorra

Friday 27th of December 2019

Great post! Just when I was about to tell the hubs I’m ready to convert the crib…......... I read this post!??? Thanks!!!!!!!

YUMMommy

Monday 20th of February 2012

We're still co-sleeping so I can't really offer up any advice on this front. However, when we move we're getting a toddler bed to go in the master bedroom and will be transitioning Moo to sleeping alone using that for a few months. While she'd probably do fine now sleeping alone, she's a digger by nature and I'm afraid she'd get into something has no business.

So, we're hoping our next place has saddle doors where top opens separate from the bottom to keep her in her room.

Jessica

Wednesday 8th of February 2012

Because Nya hated her crib, she wasn't as resistant to her toddler bed when we first introduced it. I think she liked the freedom of getting up and out when she wanted and that my husband and I could squeeze on the bed's edge to stay with her until she fell asleep. She's now in a full sized bed. We bought it because she kept falling off of her toddler bed. We lay with her until she sleeps and then she's there for most (keyword: most) of the night.

rosesdaughter

Thursday 9th of February 2012

I think i'm going to try laying down with him until he falls asleep. He likes to cuddle, and that's part of the problem why he won't go to sleep without a fight!

ShaBoogie

Wednesday 8th of February 2012

Just when I was about to tell the hubs I'm ready to convert the crib... I read your post! Thanks.. *erasing the thought from my head* lol

rosesdaughter

Thursday 9th of February 2012

don't do it until EVEYBODY is ready!! LOL I learned the hard way!

MrsTDJ

Tuesday 7th of February 2012

Our son turned 3 in January, but like Keyalus, we are no where close to converting. **shrugs** We don't have a reason to. He's still slim and light enough for it not to be an issue (lifting him into crib) and he's made absolutely no attempts to climb out. I guess at some point we'll convert, but for now? Nope.

rosesdaughter

Thursday 9th of February 2012

I wans't in a big hurry, but you know men. Once they get an idea in their heads its like a dog with a bone....