Missing: My Baby

We reached another milestone this week - Sebastian is now out of his crib and in a toddler bed! Actually, he's still in his crib, as you can see from the picture above, but it converts into a day bed so he's now a big boy sleeping in a toddler bed!

This whole process all started last Sunday when Sebastian fell out of his crib and thankfully (x10) was not hurt. I spent Monday researching the topic of toddlers making the transition from their cribs to beds and didn't find the information all too helpful, except for the fact that Sebastian was at the brink of being too tall for the recommended height standards for cribs and therefore it would soon be unsafe for him to be in the crib (which we had already figured out due to Sunday's incident. Doh!). So after much thought and dislike with our options, we decided to put pillows all around the crib area in the hope that if there was another leap of faith from Sebastian his fall would be cushioned. Luckily he didn't take that leap of faith!!

Today we took the rail off permanently and kept our fingers crossed that when he awoke from his nap he would not attempt to stand up in his new bed. With baited breath we waited to hear him cry out for us, as he normally does to signal that he's ready to get up. Instead we heard the door knob to his room turning!! Not only did he awake and crawl out of bed, which is technically still taller than the height of the couch, he was about to exit his room and the gate at the top of the stairs wasn't latched! Luckily he just managed to open the door by the time we got upstairs. With that being said, the dresser and bookshelf are now securely bolted to the wall in his room and our portable gate will go across his door so that if he does awake and attempt to escape he won't be able to get too far.

So, this just leaves me to question. When did my baby change to a boy? I must have had my eyes shut.

(Quick update. Today is June 3rd and Sebastian has been sleeping wonderfully well in his new bed. Most mornings and naptimes he will sit and wait for us to enter his room before he gets up, which takes away some of my anxiety as I had visions of him going over the little rail! Keeping our fingers crossed that this keeps up!!)