To say that Caleb loves the water is an understatement! He would be in water--of one kind or another--all day, every day if he had his way. He is ONE HAPPY BOY in Papa and LoLa's pool!
And this one I included just because it is adorable...
On another note, I am starting to get panicked again about getting everything done before the baby comes. After all...we only have 15 weeks left! My previously-made list has now tripled with scrapbooking, video-making, sewing, and random other odds-and-ends that I want to get done. We had originally planned on having Caleb moved to a twin bed by the time the baby is born. However, I am now rethinking this decision for a number of reasons. 1) He seems really little to be in such a BIG bed and 2) I have not been sleeping well lately and Caleb is SOOO good at entertaining himself in his crib in the mornings for up to 45 minutes while I get a little bit of extra sleep. I know that Kevin and I will most likely be REALLY sleep-deprived for a couple months once the baby arrives, so it might be a blessing to have him contained as he occupies himself. Any suggestions from you veteran mommies (or anyone else for that matter...we can use all the help we can get)????
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I've been thinking about some of these same things! SO MUCH TO DO!!
As far as the crib/bed thing, I hesitate to move Sophie, too, because she sleeps so well in her crib and never tries to climb out. Why mess with a good thing? We're going to do it anyway though, hopefully before December. Again, a LOT has to get done around here before that can happen.
She's older than Caleb though and we know she can climb in and out of a bigger bed, plus she sleeps in one when she spends the night at her grandparents' house and does ok.
Would you use a bassinet at all at first with New Baby? I thought about that to buy some time if Sophie leaving the crib is too much right before or around the time the baby is born. Sophie slept in a bassinet for her first two months of life. :) Hope you get some good advice and good luck deciding what to do!
Hey Jenae,
We moved Kole into a toddler bed first because they are lower than a big bed and I was afraid that he would fall out and hurt himself cuz he moves around alot. We moved him when he was 18 months. It took a couple of weeks for him to get use to it. He would come into our room about 3 or 4 times but then once he was really good and asleep he would stay there. I went back and forth with whether I should potty train Kole before Ali was born and my doctor said not to push it if he was really interested then go ahead and try it but most likly he would regress a little when she is born. I would assume that this would also be true with bed changing. We had Ali in a bassinet until she was 6 months becasue I wanted her in my room and it was easier because I was brestfeeding. You could do the same while you slowy transition Caleb. Hope this helps some!
I say do what makes life easier for you! Although, if Noble had been a girl, we were going to move London before she (he) was born so london didn't feel like the baby 'took' her bed after she (he) arrived. But everyone is different, and Caleb seems to do so well with transitions. (Our transition spanned from December until May if that tells you anything about how bad I am about transitioning!) And Caleb is so little, that is why I wasn't in a hurry to move London to the bigger bed (and it's a full!). I know she's older, but she did really well (but she was also really excited since all her friends had already moved to a big bed, and she was the last one!). So I'm not much help, but I really think you should do what makes you feel least stressed!!
And Noble was in our room for a little over 3 months, so that helped a lot! There are a lot of adjustments, but Caleb will do great whatever you decide!
Hey! I decided I wasn't going to move Cooper out of his crib until he could crawl out of it....the last thing I want is him getting up in the middle of the night before it is necessary! However, I don't have a need for another crib anytime soon!
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