Big Accomplishment

Owen has reached a new milestone: yesterday he took a 2.5 hour nap in his new bed, and he slept overnight in it as well. The nap was easy because he was already asleep when I laid him in his bed. It was the waking up part that I wasn't sure about since he'd have free access to the entire upstairs if he was quiet and sneaky enough. We ended up having a minor incident with a permanent marker because upon waking, he made his way straight to the bonus room. Luckily most of his drawing made it onto a scrap piece of paper.

We weren't planning on putting Owen in his bed overnight, but as bedtime drew closer he kept showing more and more interest in it. For bedtime, I usually stick him in his crib awake and he puts himself to sleep. But I knew that wouldn't work with the bed. So we let him fall asleep in the crib and transferred him to the bed (cheating I guess, but we were experimenting). He ended up sleeping for eleven hours (twelve is normal) so we're calling it a success. I checked on him twice and he looked so comfy. I don't think he moved all night.

And his room was gated this time :)

So for now we're very happy. We'll just go one day at a time with it... if he wants to go back into his crib we'll let him. But I think he really loves his bed.