Sleeping arrangements

I didn't bother to beat Fuller out of bed this morning. I was too curious to see if he was still in his bed.

A long time ago I asked ya'll about bed rails, because we thought a toddler bed was coming. It was a German bed that my mom got from a neighbor in Germany. We actually ended up leaving it as a crib that Fuller could climb in and out of easily.

It isn't that Fuller wasn't ready for a toddler bed, it was that I wasn't ready. Fuller tends to stay put longer if he has "bars" surrounding him. But, he is big enough and old enough, so I decided it was time.

Yesterday I adjusted his bed from the "German crib" to a toddler bed. I just took one rail off the side and made it into a sort of day bed. Damon still needs to reinforce it a little bit, but it worked for Fuller's nap, so we proceeded with bed time.

Fuller went to bed with little protest, but I had to check on him around 9:30. I turn on the light outside his room, opened the door, and peeked. He was sleeping on his side, dangerously close to the edge. The light startled him and he fell off the bed right in front of me.

(The mattress is 16 inches off the floor. I measured just for you.)

I quickly put him back into bed and rushed out of the room. Damon stayed in there and put a comforter on the floor next to his bed.

Before I went to bed myself, I checked on him one more time. This time I was surprised to see that Fuller was sound asleep on the floor, cuddled up in the comforter. Again I put him back into bed, close to the wall.

So I was curious to see if Fuller stayed in bed the rest of the night. I had the baby monitor on, but didn't hear any crying all night. So when I woke up this morning to Fuller singing, I went in there to greet him.

Fuller was sitting up on the floor, wound up in the comforter. I can't tell for sure, but I think Fuller spent most of his night on the floor.

We will see how this milestone of growing up goes. At least he isn't trying to crawl into bed with us. The dogs might not like that.