Sunday, January 11, 2009

Bedlam


We've been talking about moving Owen to a big boy bed for months now, particularly since Owen keeps referring to himself as a "big boy." (Owen also refers to his friend Leo as a "big boy" but insists that his friend Tadashi is a "little boy." We're not really sure what criteria he's using or how official it all is). However, the pain of finding a bed that would fit in the 39"x79"x33" space in Owen's room in order to avoid blocking the vent, window or closet coupled with our fear of what would transpire once Owen was allowed to rest without any sort of barriers, has induced us to keep putting it off.

But after the first of the year, we broke down and after some intensive searching, managed to find a bed on E-bay within our narrow specifications. It even has two underneath drawers on wheels which allows Owen additional storage as well as some alternative sleeping options if he wants some extra privacy.

We're not sure that will be necessary, however. Owen was so excited to see his big boy bed with his very own pillow and tractor/car/plane/bus sheets, that he spent most of the day playing on it, took a 2 1/2 hour nap and demanded to go to bed at 8:00 pm (he went to sleep closer to 10:00 pm). We'll see how long it all lasts.

***Update***

This just in from Mom Mom, some old pictures of Allen's first big boy bed for the sake of comparison...

Allen's Big Boy Bed

Allen's Big Boy Bed

2 comments:

Joe said...

next step: lawn mower.

Anonymous said...

Best of luck to you. I hope it works out better for you than it did for us! I pinpoint moving Colin to a twin bed as the moment that I lost all control of my life...

And welcome to the new adventure of having to remember to close and lock your bedroom door. ;)

Love,
Audra