Bed Time

well there was no really good reason for Teo to come out of his cot, he wasn't climbing out of it, then again he wasn't sleeping in it for to climb out of it either. every night for as long as I can remember I would put him to sleep, place him in his cot, and a few hours later he would awaken and I would take him into my bed. so there wasn't much point of having the cot in the first place! also, he's a kicker. He would kick daddy constantly until daddy left the bed and it was just me and him left, so a bed for Teo seemed like the best way to go. I ordered him a bed and mattress for £99 and it came with a free memory foam pillow too. I also ordered him a 4.5 tog duvet from TJ Hughes. the bed arrived yesterday and William and I built it together, with some help from the kids of course! Teo was playing with some of the parts and I said 'Teo's Bed' he shook his head and went into the hall where I had put his cot, and he pointed to his cot. Bless, he knew his cot was his bed! The bed I ordered turned out to be a pretty good bed, it's frame was huge and it had wooden slabs which are much better than the flimsy metal ones Donald and Joys beds have. As soon as it was built he climbed up, and learned why there are no more monkeys jumping on the bed pretty quickly. William went to disassemble Teo's cot and Teo gave a helping hand

While the men worked on that Joy put all Teo's cuddlies on his bed!

I thought it was quite cute!

That night we put Donald and Joy to bed as normal, though Joy really wanted to sleep in Teos bed! then, once they were asleep I took Teo to his bed and got him to sleep. Later that night, he woke as usual, actually I think it was the falling out of bed that woke him (yes, I'm a terrible mother putting a baby in a big bed so young without any bed rails but if I put the rail on it's exactly the same as a cot and he would bump into the sides and wake up) needless to say, there was no sides to bump into but he had a bump nevertheless and woke up. I climbed in beside him, comforted him the only way I know how and he went back to sleep and I slept beside him. I had a hard time keeping warm, the 4.5 tog duvet was so light, there was no weight in it to keep it in one place, it just kept slipping off the bed, and it didn't help that we forgot to turn the heat on! the memory foam pillow smelled horrible too so it wasnt a great night for me, but daddy had a great night sleep with our king size bed to himself! when I woke in the morning I jumped back into my king size bed for some warmth! I hope eventually he'll sleep right through without me but in the mean time atleast daddy doesnt have to go to the couch (although it may work in my favour if Teo and I take the king size and send daddy to the new bed.. just a thought!)