Carson's World, through Mommy's eyes: Project: BIG BOY BED

I was hesitant about writing this blog, as to not jinx myself. Well, here goes nothing...

A letter to my Angel:

Dear Carson,

You have inhabited Mommy and Daddy's bed for quite some time now. People told us we were crazy. "You'll never get him out" they said. We have endured our fair share of opinions on you sleeping with us.
The snuggles, the snuggles are incomparable. You slept on our schedule. You went to bed with us and woke up with us. Vacations..a breeze. No need for a crib, rollaway, pack n play, you were right there with us. Now don't get me wrong, we tried to do the traditional, put you in your crib, cry it out and go to sleep. You refused the crib since you could pull yourself up, which happened way to early at 6 months! To sum it up, it wasn't happening.

It was never a problem before, you sleeping with us, however, it seems that you grew overnight. To top that off, you like to sleep sideways and your feet always end up in my face. That being said, Mommy and Daddy agreed, it is time you get your own bed.

The box came in on June 17, 2011. You checked it out, looked at it and were off on your way. When Daddy came home, you helped him pull the box in your room and assemble your new big boy bed. (Daddy wouldn't let me post photos, but they will be in your book). You slept with us that night and in the morning I woke up and said, "that's it, no more". I was on the EDGE of the king size bed, Daddy was on the other EDGE of the king size bed and you were sprawled out in the middle, sideways again....sleeping very contently.

Here we go: Nap time..I rocked you to sleep, put you down in your bed and you stayed down for an hour.
Bed time: I rocked you to sleep and you slept until 5am! Then we snuggled ;-) You didn't have time to go sideways in 3 hours.
Next day, nap time:.I rocked you to sleep and again, you stayed down for about an hour or so.
Bed time: You stayed in your bed, however, we had some bumps. I ended up sleeping on your floor and Daddy came in and found me at 5am. Rough day for Mommy on Monday.
Monday night: You went down around 930 and slept until 730am!! That's my boy!

You've got it Carson. I'm so proud of you. Your growing up overnight. You look like a little boy when your sleeping in your big boy bed. You were ready, you proved it to us. It was time!

With your dogs by your side checking on you constantly in your bed, your baby days in the crib are a thing of the past. Another milestone checked off with many more to come.

Love you my sweet Angel. Love you Forever.