Crib Notes

Wee DeeDee now has a crib !


He has yet to sleep in it but he seems to like it alright when he is awake.
Of course , he is ALREADY standing up in it and trying to 'go over the wall' but that's beside the point. He has been showing signs of independent sleeping for awhile now ( of course this means he will rollover in the bed and sleep , by himself for about an hour and then he wakes up wailing) but he used to have to be physically attached to me in order to sleep so it is a big stride for ( both ) of us.
We are waiting for his new mattress to arrive before actually attempting to make him sleep in his new crib ( it is actually borrowed from friends )which sort of resembles a sleigh bed -cum- Gallic prison. It is a bit dark and heavy for my taste but it sort of matches the antique rocker we have in his room .
Anyway , the mattress.

The one that came with the crib is like a slab of concrete. I get the whole safety SIDS prevention thing but , c'mon ! This thing is - no lie- like sleeping on a cellar floor- no give and no comfort that's for sure. There is NO WAY Colin will EVER fall asleep on that box o' rocks.
He is , after all , used to swaying gently like the breeze in his ultra-cushy papasan swing OR drifting off to Neverland in our uber-comfortable Tempur-pedic bed with a warm parent on either side.
The kid knows from comfort.

So , i did my usual Googling until i found a SAFE version of a Tempur-pedic type bed for infants/toddlers . Target has a decent one but i found the Rolls Royce at BabyAge. It has two sides, one for babies and one for toddlers and so , fits the bill nicely. More importantly , it feels like something I could sleep on. The antithesis of 'slab'.

So , all we have to do is wait . In a few weeks we get to stay up all night trying to get him to sleep in his baby monkey cage. Until then , i will savor the time i have left to both sleep and cuddle my baby.

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