Sleeping Tricks

Last week we transitioned Jasper to the big boy bed for sleeping overnight. It's been a little bit of a transition, but for the most part not so bad. All last week he woke up early ... like 5:30-5:45am. This is at least 1 - 1.5hrs earlier than normal. It was fairly independent of how long he napped, how late he napped or how late or early he got to bed.

After pulling my hair out for the week trying to figure out why this was happening (and being totally sleep-deprived), I finally just attributed it to being in the big boy bed. Starting this week Jasper has been sleeping just a little longer each day.

He still has some issues going down for bed and doesn't fall asleep right away. Last night he was particularly rambunctious, and his pillows (which normally form a boundary around him) were all over the place. As he slept and we went about trying to clean and get ready for his baby brother, we checked on him and noticed he was getting closer and closer to the edge. Then at one point, I checked in on him and this is what I found:

He had fallen out of the bed but not awoken. It was unreal! Drew carefully lifted him back into bed, and he stayed asleep or at least just barely roused. It was crazy! He did wake up this morning before 6am and cry because he couldn't find his froggie (which strangely we had left on the floor in the transition). But once I gave it to him, quickly rubbed his back and encouraged him to lay down, he slept again until just before 7am. Progress!