Big Kid Beds

Nine days ago we had two bunk beds delivered. It has been a mostly fun transitional time for everybody. Caden was able to sleep on the top bunk the very first night and decided right off that it is great. He loves it. Dylan slept in Caden's room (now Dylan and Caden's room) on the bottom bunk a day or so after that. He was great. Liked it. Climbs in right away when told to. Even at naptime! WOW. I was pretty happy. A few nights after that we had Liam and Evan try their beds. That first night went really well. The next days nap was like an episode from Super Nanny - put kid back in bed every time they get out for an hour and a half (without exploding). This not for tv version had a couple of spankings in it though. What can I say... an hour and half of that is a REALLY long time. Plus... it worked. Evan stayed put after that and then that helped Liam settle down some. It was just hard for them because they kept egging each other on. Plus they were excited to be doing something new. They did eventually fall asleep that day but it wasn't long after that that Dylan woke up from his nap. So - a short quiet time for me. I was a little nervous about how long this was going to last. That evening (friday night) went well. I think they are tired enough at night to crash pretty easily. Saturday, as naptime approached, I started to dread another routine like the day before. But would you believe they didn't get out of bed even ONCE. WHAT? But Golden Boy (their dad) was home so naturally everything seems a breeze when he's watching! Anyway - I was very grateful for that. Almost giddy with the unexpected easiness of it! Yesterday (sunday) was almost as good. Evan got out about 7 times (turns the light on, plays with toys) but then settled down. We took all the cribs down and it looks like a real little boys room. Although we had to take pretty much everything off of the walls because they get up on the beds and try to pull the pictures down. They are pretty funny. It's great seeing them in their big beds. They are so adorable. Liam especially looks so small in there! I'm happy to have transitioned through this fairly well so far. I'm hoping for a good naptime... but Justin is at work today. Did he take our good luck with him? I guess we'll soon see!