Big Boy Bed

After months of procrastination, we finally upgraded baby M from a crib to a twin-size bed.  We assembled the bed over Labor Day weekend and his mattress was delivered last Tuesday.  I worked from home that day to wait for the delivery, and once it came, I couldn't wait to cover it with the Thomas the train bed sheets that I had gotten a while back.  It was only afterwards that I realized I was supposed to let the mattress "air out," so I removed all the beddings, threw them into the wash to get the new mattress smell out, and remade his bed again a few hours later.  I had to take big sister K to her ballet lesson that evening, so I was a little disappointed I couldn't be there when M showed baby M his new bed.  When I got home that night, baby M asked me, "Mommy, did you make my Thomas bed?"  I told him I did, and asked if he liked it.  He answered yes, though the big smile on his face already said it all.

Needless to say, we didn't have any issues getting baby M to sleep in his new bed (conversely, we had trouble getting him out of it!).  The good thing about the transition is that now he can get into and out of his bed on his own; he no longer has to call for us to get him out of his crib.  The bad part is, he's still waking up every night and climbing into our bed with us, and now he brings with him his gigantic Thomas pillow and whatever else he can carry (toys, stuffed animals, sometimes his blanket).

Our conversation the other night:
Me: Baby M, you have your own big boy bed now.  Why are you still climbing into mommy and daddy's bed?
Baby M: Because I want to.
Me: But you should be sleeping in your own bed.  What if mommy sleeps with you?  Would you stay in your Thomas bed then?
Baby M: No, I want to sleep in your bed.
Me: But if you sleep in mommy and daddy's bed, then there's no use for your Thomas bed.  Does that mean we can throw Thomas away?
Baby M: No.  I want to sleep in my Thomas bed AND mommy and daddy's bed.

How do I argue with that one?  Personally, I don't mind it too much because I know there will come a day when he won't want to snuggle next to us, so while he still wants to, I am willing to oblige.  They are only this young once, and I am trying to savor every moment.

First night in his new bed: