Big Boy Bed

Over Christmas break we decided to move JJ into his Big Boy Bed.  Jim and I were a little worried about whether or not JJ would stay in his bed as he has been resisting bed time recently.  However, we decided that JJ was just too big for his crib and we went for it.  The time JJ slept in his bed was for his nap.  We sat in his bed and read a few books together.  I asked him if he liked his new bed and he responded with an enthusiastic "yeah!"  We turned on hop (his frog humidifier), sound machine, and put some new books in bed.  Believe it or not he slept the WHOLE time.  He actually took a good 3 hour nap.  When we checked on him we couldn't believe what a big boy he looked like.  He was sleeping with his head on his pillow and blankets over him.  He looked so small in his Big Boy Bed.  It reminded me of the day we brought him home and placed him in his crib for the first time.  When JJ woke up from his nap he surprised us again.  He got up out of bed, turned on his light, turned off his sound machine (and put it away), then proceeded to knock on the door three times.  When we opened the door for him he said, "I'm Up!"  He was so proud that he slept all by himself in his big boy bed.  Since then he has continued with his same routine.  There are of course a couple of times when he will get out of bed, but we simply ask him to get back in bed and he does.  We could not be any prouder of our little man.