Big Boy Bed

For the last few months Pennington has been climbing out of his crib. Recently he has been climbing out of his crib at bedtime, after naps and in the morning when he wakes up. So we decided that it was about time to move to him to a big boy bed. When I was pregnant with Piper we realized we would need two cribs. We purchased a new crib for Pennington that converted into a full size bed. Some family friends of ours just moved out of the country and gifted us a full size mattress and box spring so it was good timing to change Pennington into his big boy bed. We talked to Pennington about sleeping in a big boy bed for about a week so he would be prepared for it. He was super excited about it. We slowly transitioned him into the bed by first having him sleep on his crib mattress on the floor one night and then moved him to the full size bed. Below is a picture of Pennington and Daddy on his big boy bed.

I thought I might also tell you a little bit about our bedtime routine now. After bath time the kids all go into Pennington's room to put their pajamas on, get Pacifiers (aka Pacies), read stories and sing songs before we turn the lights out. We have been working on only allowing Pennington to have a pacifier when he is sleeping. Nonnie had an idea that we would put the Pacies in the little red wagon and have Pinocchio watch them. We have coined it "Pinocchio Keeper of the Pacies". About half the time Pennington is totally fine with Pinocchio watching the Pacies and the other half of the time he has a mini temper tantrum about having to give up his Paci. Below is a picture of Pinocchio Keeper of the Pacies.

One other thing I would like to mention is that Piper thinks Pacies are cool when Pennington has one. So when we read bedtime stories Piper likes to pick out a Paci as well. Below are pictures of the kids picking out their Pacies.

One final thing I wanted to mention about Pennington's room is that we have hung up some our favorite paintings that he has made over the last year or so. Below is a picture of his paintings.