Thursday, May 14, 2009

Jackson's bed

Well...after the climbing incident, we went and got Jackson a real bed. He loves the bed during the day time, but hates going to sleep in it. Big surprise. Usually, putting him to bed goes something like this:
A nice bath, a bottle and a story, brushing teeth, and saying prayers. This part usually goes fairly smoothly, minus the running around during prayers.
Then we give kisses and hugs.
Then we put Jackson in bed, throw a blanket over him and run from the room. Run? Yes. If we don't run, he makes it out before we do.
After running from the room, we shut the door quickly, then listen to Jackson pound on the door and cry for half an hour or so, before he finally falls asleep in front of the door. At nap time, we simply leave him there, he doesn't seem to mind too much. At bedtime, we just push him out of the way with the door, sneak into his room and put him into bed. Luckily, he generally stays asleep once we move him.

He is getting better. There have been a few nights that he's actually gone to sleep in the bed, and at least once he slept there during a nap. There is hope!
Here's a few photos of Jackson enjoying his bed in the morning...never mind the messy hair!

2 comments:

IzzieGuire said...

aawwwww..poor baby. makoa is the same deal...i gave in...i don't know how you do it. hopefully the happy ending arrives very soon!

PQR said...

Wow. you guys should totally teach a parenting class. Showed this to Nel, she's rolling around on the floor with laughter!