Nicholas' big boy bed

So early in March we went to IKEA and got Nicholas his big boy bed. We had to do it, he was able to easily climb in and out of his crib.We thought taking him to pick out his bed would help with the transition. Little did we know there wouldn't be a problem with the transition (until a few days ago).



The choice was down to 2 different beds. The one with the cat and dog (above) and the blue one (below). He actually wanted the pink bed - but Jon said no. He told Nicholas that a girl can have a pink bed, but that boys have to have blue beds. To which Nicholas asked "Why dada?" And Jon said "Because I said so." Nicholas said "okay." Jon loses all sorts of points for trying to end the argument like that :)



The blue bed is the one we ended up with. I knew we would. It is blue! It is a big bed! It is cool looking. It was a hard choice for Nicholas, but he made the right decision.



We took 2 cars to IKEA - mine and Jon's. Jon and Nicholas rode in his, and we put the bed in mine. Nicholas is waving at the camera now. From his smile, you wouldn't know that in just a few minutes he would be having a fit because he wanted to be in the car with mommy and the bed. Jon had a fun ride home for the first 5 minutes, after which Nicholas fell asleep.



I was forbidden from taking pictures while Jon was putting it together. Nicholas did try to help - but he wasn't helpful. Until Jon figured out that he could hand Nicholas something and then ask for it, and Nicholas would give it to him. That made Jon and Nicholas happy, and I sat and watched my guys working at building a bed.

Nicholas jumped on it and ran up and down it as soon as it was put together. He wouldn't even let me put on the sheets before he wanted to lay down on it!



And here's the finished product: Cars sheets and pillow, Thomas the Tank Engine comforter. We have a true toddler boy!