Thomas is now in his own room sleeping and just like a real big kid, when he needs Mike or I he comes into our bedroom at night. The transition when Thomas was ready to go to his own room was pretty seamless. If you’ve been tagging along with us you will know that he has had his own big boy bed since 2….so it has been a long and slow transition. We wanted to do it as he was ready and without him being afraid. We made a reward chart let him pick out 3 motivating things to earn and went for it.
He picked out a couple new rescue bot toys, a new rescue bot DVD and then a rescue bot station. To earn the littler toys he had to sleep in his room 3 nights…that meant he just needed to fall asleep in his room. He did it the first 2 nights and was pretty pumped that he was so close. On the third night he wanted to fall asleep in our room, but then go in his after. When he earned his 1st toy it seemed to seal the deal for him. From then on he has slept in his own room excitedly. Stell doesn’t mind sharing her bed and keeping watch either. When Mike traveled he slept in our room a few nights but now (since I am writing this so late) he is totally in his room and we don’t ever have a Thomas in our bed. Sometimes early in the morning we get a little big guy sneaking in to snuggle…not going to say either Mike or I mind that!
Another thing that has changed is that now most nights he goes to sleep with Daddy. Here and there he will ask for me to snuggle with, but for the most part I help him get ready and then kiss him goodnight. He then reads with Mike watches a few mountain bike videos and then goes to bed.
