It is exciting but so depressing at the same time. He\u2019s growing up so fast!<\/p>\n
Saul was in Alabama playing softball so my dad and I went and picked the mattresses up in his truck. We picked up my old bed frame out of storage and I came back to set it up <\/p>\n
I never took the time to research and read about the \u201cright way\u201d to transition from a crib to a big boy bed<\/em>. For the first six months of Branden\u2019s life he did pretty much the opposite of what the baby books suggested.<\/p>\n Branden never slept in our room. Ever. We brought him home from the hospital and he was in his own crib from the start.<\/p>\n When we were ready for him sot start sleeping through the night, we did it tough love. Let him cry himself back to sleep. It only took 3 days of this and that was it.<\/p>\n We have always been strict on schedules and anal about routines whenever possible, but adaptable when need be.<\/p>\n The baby books kinda (rarely) helped..so Saul and I have always done things kind of our own way. A lot of the times it was against the advice of our mothers or whatever..but you know what? I\u2019m happy with how we\u2019ve done things.<\/p>\n So when it came time to transitioning to a big boy bed<\/strong>. We just did our own thing again. My parents took Branden over to their house so I could take apart his crib and put his big boy bed in it\u2019s place.<\/p>\n When he came home and it was time to sleep, we went through our normal routine.<\/p>\n A shower\/bath<\/p>\n PJs<\/p>\n Read two books<\/p>\n said our prayers<\/p>\n and I put him in the bed like it was no big deal.<\/p>\n Branden climbed in, I covered him up and 15 minutes later he was asleep.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll admit nap time I wasn\u2019t as lucky\u2026he slept for 45 minutes opposed to his normal 2 1\/2 hours..but hopefully we\u2019ll get that back on schedule too <\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n click on\u00a0this link<\/a><\/p>\n enter your\u00a0email address<\/a><\/p>\n watch the\u00a0video<\/a><\/p>\n