Big Boy Bed

This past weekend we took the plunge and got Wes a bed. Not a Toddler bed, but a Twin bed. We kept going back and forth of whether we would go for a Toddler or a Twin. We finally decided on a Twin. Since we’ll be going to Hawaii in July and he’s almost 3, we thought it was finally time. And, for the past couple of months he’s been pretending he’s sleeping in a bed. He’ll get a pillow and a blanket, cover himself up and say, “Good Night, Mommy!” He has never slept in our bed before, didn’t like pillows or blankets in his crib; so I was a little wary as to how he was going to react to a bed.

I was hearing on the radio last week that all these mattress stores were having extended end of the year clearance sales. So, we thought it would be a good time. Friday and Saturday we talked to him about getting a Big Boy Bed. No response. Saturday morning we went to the mattress store. He didn’t seem interested in the beds. He was more interested in the children’s toys and little bench they had there. We were ready to leave the store before he was! Oh, and by the way, what “Sales” are the mattress stores talking about?!? Dealing with them in the past, I think we got a good deal. Wes got a regular Twin bed with Headboard.

Sunday morning, Jay took his crib down. But left the mattress in the room. We waited all day for the delivery men. They didn’t show up til 5:30pm. Finally got the bed all set up by 7pm. When Jay set it up, he had to move Wes’ crib mattress against the desk. When it was completed, Wesley didn’t care. He was too busy climbing up and sliding down his crib mattress.

When it was time to go to bed, he jumped into his bed and said, “Good Night, Mommy” with a smile, and feel asleep.