Ready for bed?
On the eve of his second birthday, the boy's shown us that he's well and truly ready to move out of his cot and into a bed.
He's been showing us all week to be fair, but tonight was a clear line drawn in the sand.
He's got an inflatable "ReadyBed", just under £30 in Argos or £17 in Costco. Hmm, the Yorkshireman came out in me when we bought one for young James and picked one up for our bundle of joy at the same time.
It's been sat waiting for its first use, which it will get in anger at Holestone Moor in a few weeks time. He's been pulling the bag off the shelf of late, and we had the idea of a trial run this weekend just to see if he was ready.
And that's not quite where the fun started, the was a prelude to all this.
His favourite game at the moment is hide and seek. Under-quilty hide and seek. We used to play under-quilty with the cats, having them chase our hands and feet, but under-quilty with the wee fella is much more entertaining. It's a joy when we come home from work, he runs upstairs ahead of us, grabs "the twins" (Puppy and Bear), runs to our room and climbs into our bed, hiding under the quilt whispering "ssshhhhhh" to himself. Even more so when I "find" him, get under the quilt too, and await MOTS - I get told to "sssshhhhhh" too.
So when we inflated his ReadyBed earlier this week just so it was out for familiarisation, he took to it like the preverbial duck to hoi sin sauce. True boy, head-dived over the headboard straight onto the main bed, under the built-in quilt, "ssshhhhhhh". Oh well, that's a hit then. At every opportunity he's diving in, lying down and pulling the quilt up.
Tonight, after a long day of activities with his Mum, and a visit from Grandma & Granda[d], he was absolutey shattered. So after his supper when he climbed into his ReadyBed rather than asking for his cot, it was clear this was going to be a winner.
Trial run? Nah, no need. He's spoken to us tonight, we get the message. Bed? Ready[Bed].
Oh, and did I mention he can climb out of the cot? He would have been out by now had it not been for us using Grobags - he has started to sling his foot over the side while holding on to the bottom, with high levels of success. So much for me teaching him to climb into the bath on his own, he's using those skills elsewhere! Too clever for his Dad's sanity, that boy!
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