late night shenanigans

Last week, Seamus had trouble sleeping.  I think he was fighting off a cold.  Anyhow, he was not happy being in his crib.  So. he. climbed. out.  It was 5am and I was so shocked I just scooped him up (he was standing in the middle of his room, crying) and took him to bed with us.  No one slept.  He kept tapping my shoulder and saying, "Mamma.  Mamma?  Mamma."  Needless to say he was tired that day. So was I.

Nap time started off with him crying, and promptly hopping out of the crib when I left the room.  I put him back in the crib and he hopped right out and was sitting on his tricycle smiling at me when I went into his room. Here's what he looked like when I went in to wake him up.  Sleeping like a boss.

So, that afternoon we took the front rail of his crib off and turned it into a toddler bed.  I went to a local furniture store and ordered a twin bed for him.  It should come in about 2 weeks.  In the meantime he's doing pretty well.  It was a rough start and we had to go back to sleep training.  The first night was tough with lots of crying.  The second night was better with 7 minutes of crying. By the 4th night there was no crying at all.  My mom was in town for all of this, and she was such a big help.

We got him a pillow and he seems to really like hopping up into bed. I think he's also enjoying the freedom.  When I woke him up from his nap this afternoon, this is what I found.  He had gotten up after we left the room and found his hat and alligator pull toy.  Because who doesn't like sleeping in a straw hat with a wooden alligator.