{ plan crib-til-college didn't pan out }

It's a bit of a bummer.

I thought I had it all figured out.

Turtle loved his crib. And I loved Turtle in his crib.

We were all very happy with the whole thing.

But lately, Turtle has been putting his leg up on the crib rail. He's been applying just the slightest bit of weight shift.

And that spurred us into action.

Today, after lunch, we picked up a travel pillow and a pool noodle.

And after nap, MacGyver removed the front of Turtle's crib, to reveal the toddler bed conversion.

We shoved the pool noodle under the sheets along the open edge, to create a lip to help prevent him from easily falling out.

We set it up, under Turtle's supervision. Original Monkey, Replacement Monkey and Elephant got to stay. The rest of his menagerie was relegated to shelf by the window. Whatever the big boy wants, right?

So he had his dinner, and his bath, and then we read a few books in his new bed.

And then we tucked him in with his animals, kissed him good night, wished him sweet dreams and went out the door.

He cried for about six minutes. Then he settled down for a while. He cried a few more minutes around 8:30 or so. Hopefully, he does well through the rest of the night. Fingers crossed. :)


Morning Update: SUCCESS!!!! We had one more wake up at about 2:30am. Apparently, Original Monkey had taken a flying leap over the side of the pool noodle. It took a moment, but finally, Turtle stuck his little hand into the abyss, pulled OM back to safety and went back to sleep. Whew.


Next challenge? Today's naptime. Wish us luck!