The big boy.

jack has once again showed me the importance of waiting until a kid is ready to do something, rather than following some arbitrary time line. following the success of the binky cessation and potty training, i put the ball in jack's court and told him to let me know when he was ready to sleep in a big boy bed. i thought it would be a while because jack was quite content with his crib but he told me yesterday that he was ready. seeing as it was about an hour before nap time and i wasn't ready for a struggle, i suggested we wait until later on to set it up. no go. he was adamant, he wanted to nap in a big boy bed. ok, well, daddy happened to be home and didn't mind setting it up, so up it went. i thought for sure nap time would be a hellish nightmare. nope, he stayed put and even napped for a little while (something he doesn't do with much regularity any more). i thought for sure bed time would be when the struggle would begin... nope. climbed in, stayed in, went to sleep. hmmm.... i thought FOR SURE jack would be at my bedside at 5 AM, even though i told him that big boys have to stay in their beds until their moms come to get them in the morning. nope. at 7:30 (regular time) i woke to jack talking in his bed, where he stayed until i got him at 8.

my boy amazes me yet again...

now, if he could just wrap his mind around being ready to share and be nice to his little brother, THEN we would be in business!