On that note, I bought Christopher a bed this week. His having a bed has been an issue since we moved out of our house on 24th Street. It was an uphill battle to get him to sleep in a bed at my grandparents, so he slept on the couch a lot, and once we moved in here I tried to get him into a bed, but he preferred to sleep in a chair! And honestly, I can't be awake all night being sure he sleeps where I want him to, so I just let him sleep in the chair. Bryan's been worried that sleeping curled up will ruin his posture or make him not sleep as well, so I've been hunting for a bed he'll really love, at a price we can handle, for a while.
I did buy what I thought was a neat little kids bed, and I made Christopher at least try it for a night. He obediently did so, but he was so tall (or the bed was so short?) that his head touched the top and his toes touched the bottom. That was the end of that idea. But Alexander loved it! So I got rid of the crib, and Alexander is sleeping in his own bed, and doing a great job!
I stumbled across a great bed a while back, but it was sold before I could get it. And then this week, on Craigslist, I found THE bed. Christopher saw one of these when he was three, and he LOVED it. But we couldn't pay hundreds of dollars for it then, nor did we have room for it. And now, years later, here is the bed again!
Here's the stock picture of it, and it really looks like this!
He's thrilled. He begged to help me clean it up and put it together. I started putting it together today - with his help - and the slide is a BIG hit with both boys. I'm almost certain that the ladder will be unnecessary since they both use the slide to go up as well as down. I love that it's very sturdy. They can swing and slide on it to their heart's content and I won't have to worry about it collapsing. It's a great bed. I'm really happy to have found it. Now I just have to hope he sleeps in it.... But seeing as how I'm banishing the chair, I have high hopes! =)
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