Big Boy Bed

Tonight was Morty's first night in a "big boy" bed. I've asked around to see when other mommies have switched their kids out of the crib. It seems to vary from a year and a half to two and a half. Morty won't be climbing out of his crib, so we don't néed to move him for safety. But Morty sleeps best on his belly... And he's drool-y, so his sheets get messy fast. And I hate to admit, but they don't get changed nearly as often as they should. But changing sheets on a crib is a giant pain in the butt, so the big boy bed may be more for me than for Morty!

His bed is a little toddler bed that I made from Ana White's Farmhouse Toddler Bed plan. Then I also added some safety side rails using one of her bunk bed plans and modifying a bit. I cut and built it on Thursday afternoon, and sanded and stained it on Friday. I had some vacation time - that's the only way projects like this get done! It's a little hard to see the detail with this snapshot. But it was made with pine boards and stained a dark black-brown. Featured on his bed is the quilt Grandma Lund made him. I also found some car sheets at Target that match pretty well. We didn't know what size bed we were going to do - whether we would just use the old guest room full size bed, or get a toddler or twin bed, so the sheets are full size, and I'll have to cut them down to fit.

I'm also trying to make him a little wardrobe, since there's no closet in his room. Just something with a rod and some storage space. I've started something modified from this Ana White plan. We'll see if I can finish before Morty grows out of the toddler bed!