Big Boy Spencer

spencer slept on his own in a bed last night. he decided he'd had enough of the crib, i guess. we put a twin mattress in his room after we bought emma a double loft bed. up until this past week, it only had a sheet on it. it was mostly used as a place to play or a place for myself to lie down if i wanted to nap while he played in his room.

i bought a comforter and pillow and sheets for it last week. he's been very interested in it since then. a couple of times, he has woken from his nap in his crib crying. i could tell he wasn't ready to get up, so i would put him in the twin bed, and lie down with him. he did fine. and then last night, i gave him the choice of the crib or the bed. he chose the bed.

it took about 45 minutes to get him to sleep. at first, he pulled out the night light, crawled around in the dark, climbed behind the glider and got partially under his crib to mess with the baby monitor. i went in and put him in his crib after that. he screamed and screamed for a good 2 minutes. i put him in the bed again, and i could hear him starting to mess with his toys. i yelled for him to go night night. i checked on him about 20 minutes later, and he was asleep across the mattress. he had thrown himself on the bed the last time i told him to go night night. :D

so, i think he might be done with his crib. i'm a little sad. emma was 11 months when she moved to her toddler bed. spencer is 22 months and has been in a crib the whole time. i can't believe he's growing up. :(