Our Sleeping Adventure

From the City...

As I was flipping through my blog roll one day, I came across this post from one of my favourite blogs.  I called Simon over and we both agreed that this was something we had to do.  We were both on board that we wanted Theo out of our bed, where he's been nesting for the past 11 months, but the transition to the crib was just not practical for us.  So promptly the next morning, we took our crib down.

Space wise, it was genius.  We have a one bedroom so this little mattress on the floor takes up next to no space and this way I can still cuddle and nurse Theo to sleep and then sneak out when the time is right.  I also don't worry about him taking a header out of our big bed and finally, we can read in our bed again (by flashlight but still, whose complaining??).  As a bonus for us, when nap is over, we find him happily cooing to his mobile or playing with his books and toys on the floor.

Here's some further reading and information on floor bedding and some great pics from other parents who floor bed.  

Happy Sleeping!

-amelia

Bedtime Standstill

From the City...

So we are officially making Theo's slow transition out of our bed and into his own big boy bed.  By slow I mean, like at a snails pace and I won't even lie, nap time right after this picture was taken was in our bed cuddled against my chest.  He has started to like the crib though, he enjoys the mobile and the books, toys and blankets but nothing and I mean nothing beats touching daddy's face and tugging on his beard and cuddling and nursing his mama.

Our bed is a busy spot these days (oh my!).  Little Tank goes to sleep in our bed and then gets transferred to his crib when we go to bed then back into ours to nurse at about 2 and then back into his own crib until 5 and then back into ours.  By this point, I'm so exhausted with all of the baby schlepping that I just let the little gaffer sleep with us.  So basically, in the end, he always wins.

Even our dog Ruby is so exhausted with all the bed hopping these days that she no longer sleeps in our room, rather in the living room on the floor.

...hmmmm, maybe I should join her?

-ab