Last night I put Evan to bed in his crib and then went in my bedroom to watch a little Guiding Light. A few minutes into my show – I heard Evan talking and then about 15 minutes or so later he started to call for me. I went with the intention of rocking him for a few minutes and then putting him back in his crib.
As I was rocking him I was talking to him about how George (Curious George) and Diego both sleep in a big boy bed and he said “Yes” to confirm it. I then asked him if he wanted to sleep in his big boy bed and he again said “Yes”. I then picked him up, put him in the big boy bed (twin) he has in his room and laid down next to him so he would be more apt to stay in the bed.
We talked, sang songs quietly and then he finally got to a point after about an hour or so of being tired enough where I felt I could get up and he would stay still.
I went into his bedroom this morning to wake him up and he was still in the same spot on his bed (he is a flip flopper). I told him how proud I was of him, got him up and then started our normal routine.
I am hoping tonight he will also want to sleep in it so in a few days when his sweet car bed gets in – we can move the crib out of the room for good.