Update on Big Boy Bed

I have to say that Jase has utterly surprised me. It's been at least 2 weeks (maybe 3?) since we took the side railing off of his crib and started letting him sleep in a daybed. He's done the best for naps (has NEVER come out of the room and goes right to sleep), but quite a few times in the morning he wakes up early and comes into our room (normally he sleeps till 8am). So what I've been doing in the mornings is saying, "It's not time to get up yet. Go back to your bed until Mommy comes to get you." We walk back there together and he's been very good about laying there until I come get him at 8am (anywhere from 15-30 min). Awesome.

Well, today we have hit a bump in the road. I went into town earlier to get some groceries. I didn't realize that for some crazy reason he fell asleep for about 10 minutes in the car (shoot). However, it was such an early and short nap, I did not think this would affect him. So when we got home (about 2pm) I put him straight down for a nap. He was out the door and down the stairs within 10 minutes (argh!) but he had a poo diaper so I figured that was why he came down. So I put him back in his bed. I think I have put him back in his bed now about 15 times in the last hour. WHAT!? The annoying thing is that during his "nap" today I had to work on some real estate stuff so it was stressing me out having to deal with him getting out of his room every 10 minutes and interrupting my focus (hang on he just came out of his room again)! So what would have normally taken me 20 minutes to do, took me almost an hour! Lovely.

Anyways--they say to have as minimal of a conversation with your toddler as possible, and to keep your temperament calm. Calm. Riiight. Well I'm doing fairly well at "acting" calm bc at this point I am super aggravated. The only thing that is different about today's "nap" is that he already fell asleep in the car for a little bit. I swear that is the problem. Oh and he snuck in a few "Rolos" candies, so that's not helping at all. I know he is testing me so I am trying to be as consistant as possible. The ironic thing is that I was just about to go get him and let him play (since it's been almost an hour and a half of this "game"), but in the last 20 minutes he's come out of the room WAY more times and is REALLY making me nuts. So now I don't want to "reward" him for doing that, ya know? ARGH. I hate when he doesn't sleep and I don't get Amiee time bc it makes me just go insane!!! NOT cool.

And I can't go downstairs bc it is too hard for me to run up and down the stairs to keep putting him back in his room every 5 minutes...so I am stuck up here in my bedroom so I can "monitor" him. So much fun. Not.

One funny thing did happen, however. At one point when I told him to get back in his bed, he crawled into it, sat down, looked at me, and in a stern voice said "YOU LISTEN TO ME!" (I had to cover my mouth to hide the hugest smile that swept across my face. Omg that was hilarious). Other than that moment, not funny. Just total annoyance! Calgon, take me away!