The Ronn Family: The Big Bad Toddler Bed...

Such a big, silly boy!:)

Yep, you read that right, Hayden has finally graduated to his toddler bed! We actually have his "Big Boy" room all ready for him now too, but we haven't made that transition yet. We figured we better get him used to sleeping without being in a cage first!:) So, we converted the crib to a toddler bed a little over a week ago, AND.... he is sleeping in it just like he has slept in it his whole life. There was no transition. No awful crying at night. No up and down banging at the door. We thought this was going to be so hard and he would have such a hard time, but nope. Nothing. Just sleep. Even at nap time... just sleep. It is so strange to me because I have always heard horror stories of taking them out of their cribs and moving them to the oh so scary toddler bed. Well, no horror stories here. The only thing I will say is that he seems to love it. He loves that he can get up and get out when he is good and ready and he actually enjoys crawling in it just as much as crawling out! He has always liked his sleep, but who knew he liked it enough to actually put himself in the bed?!? It is a little more challenging when he does get up, because you have to go in there right away or he will have the room upside down from playing with his toys, but other than that it has been great. Truthfully, I let him destroy the room every now and then because it just seems like he is having so much fun in there by himself with all his toys. Sometimes at nap time I hear him talking to his animals, toys, lovies, etc. for a good 20 minutes before he gets to sleep, but I don't interrupt him unless he gets too loud and I think he may have forgotten why he went in there in the first place! Most of the time, I guess he just plays for a minute and then gets in the bed and takes his nap. I guess we are just lucky that this transition has been an easy one for him! Oh, and please let me mention here about the toddler bed itself. Apparently we got a "good" mattress that makes the use of the toddler rail a bit unnecessary. You had to purchase a thinner crib mattress for the rail to sit up higher, so Hayden just gets a little mini rail for protection... oh and only on half the bed at that! I mean I guess it would prevent him from rolling off if he was in the right place at the right time, but other than that... pretty useless. It does however make me feel a little better. When I go in the room and his head is actually facing the direction of the rail. Which in case you were wondering is only about 50% of the time. But, good news is coming. The rails on the twin bed he will move up to shortly are much better than this "toddler rail." Go figure. Of course I go in and check on him almost every night just to see which way he is sleeping, etc., so I have quite a few pics! I think he is ready for me to stop coming in there and "checking" on him/taking pictures, because I have accidentally woken him up a few times and he grunts and kicks his feet on the mattress as hard as ever. Note to self: Don't mess with Hayden's sleep!:) I'll try to remember that(and by that I mean just be quieter when I go in there!!!!). No really, I think he has this toddler bed thing down, so I can probably quit bothering him now!

He actually wanted to pose for this picture for me... crazy huh?!?
I got out the camera and he ran to the bed, crawled in it,
sat down and started saying..."CHEESE!" Funny huh?!?

I told him to lay down and pretend he was
going to sleep and this is what I got!!!

And this is what "OK, now close your eyes..." looks like!:)
So funny right?!?

We do have a lot of fun when it comes to bedtime...

Especially with his lovies!!!

It's kind of nice now that he can get in himself!!!

And he loves making the process VERY dramatic!

And dragging it out as long as possible!

He will literally smile for picture,

After picture...

After picture!:) I swear he just likes being in his new bed!!

Cute as pie!

This was one of those nights I accidentally woke the little monster...:(

But he quickly laid right back down!

I have come to find he has many different sleeping positions...
I personally like this one where you can see the drool
spot next to his face! Yes, he is getting
in those 2 year old molars. Ouch!:(

This is what I mean about the rail not doing much good...

And this is what I like to call "Butt up in the air!"

One thing is for sure... no matter which way he is facing,
he is definitely a stomach sleeper! Oh, and he always
looks so comfortable and peaceful!

Our morning game of peek-a-boo!!!

He has decided he likes to stick his feet through the holes and still try
to reach his lovies after he has thrown them below. Again,
he is all boy... I am certain a girl would not even waste
her time thinking this might be a good idea!:)