A few months ago we converted Landon's crib into a toddler bed with the bed rails still on it. Since this time, my son has slept on the floor more than his bed. In this little bed, if his toes happened to fall onto the floor in middle of the night, he simply slid out of bed and onto the floor and stayed there. Barrett and I decided he could not continue sleeping like this. There was no way he could be getting good sleep on the floor every single night. So Saturday we decided to venture out and get him a big boy bed. Our paperwork for the crib assured us that his bed would convert to a full size bed using the headboard and footboard. So we bought rails and a new mattress. Took it home ready to put in and of course it couldn't be that easy. It did convert but you needed to purchase their special equipment to make it happen. Since we hadn't thought to check into that before we tore his bed apart, we simply made do. Barrett drilled some holes in the right spots and used some boards along with the newly purchased rails and voila, new big boy bed. This thing looks huge compared to my little man but he accepts all challenges. He climbs into this thing like a mountain climber. He never hesitates or looks like it is going to be too hard. He just pulls up and climbs right in. Now its only been since Saturday but thats been 2 nights and he hasn't ended up on the floor yet so maybe this was the key to a good night sleep for my little man.
