Carter's Toddler Bed

As mentioned in my previous post, Carter's crib has been replaced with a toddler bed.  Carter has been great in his crib, so I was a little nervous about making the switch too early, but the time has come.  I wanted Carter to be able to adjust to his toddler bed before the baby arrived.  Since we started working on the nursery last weekend the timing was perfect.

Carter was super excited to have a big boy bed!  Carter kept running and laying on it.  As long as Carter has his blanket he can usually sleep anywhere, so I made sure all blankets were washed!  Bill and I decided we will start by taking turns laying on Carter's floor until he falls asleep for the first week, and then continue to move closer to the door as the weeks go by, until Carter is comfortably falling asleep on his own.  So far, this plan has been working great!  Carter lays down, covers his face with his blanket and goes to sleep.

Even though this bed is the size of a crib, Carter still looks so small in it!  When Carter slept in his crib he moved all over the place so I was afraid he would fall out of the bed.  So far, Carter has not fallen out of the bed once.

However, he does wake up around 1:00 every morning and walk into our room to sleep in our bed.  Bill and I are currently in the process of breaking this habit, but so far I'm very proud of how well Carter has been doing.