The Bed

Henry has a big boy bed. He decided that he wanted it, as you all may remember from an earlier post when he identified a picture of a bed in one of his books as the one he likes, "a big boy bed".

We had found one at Ikea that we wanted to get for him, he had tried it out, and we had plans to go get it. Finally, this past weekend we drove up to Ikea. We had to take 2 vehicles - mine hauling me and the boys to make sure that Kevin got the right one, and Kevin's to ensure we had the proper amount of room to haul the bed home. Henry talked about the bed all the way up to Ikea, and ran through the store in glee. I wished that I had taken our video camera.

The bed was put together, with some difficulty - but it's up anyway, and it's lovely. Henry and I went to Target for some new bed sheets - he picked out his colors. He was excited to sleep on it, and has now for 2 naps and 2 nights. Each night he has fallen out halfway through the night.

He has some difficulty with the notion that he has to stay in bed once it is bedtime, and strongly feels that one of us needs to lie down with him and "Leep" (sleep), and if this isn't done to his satisfaction, he becomes quite distressed. But, if we do lie down, he curls right up to us and snuggles in. Then, at the right time, we can sneak out.

It amazes me that he's already in a big bed. My little baby.