J3's New BED!!

Mrs K from Our Peculiar Lives had an extra crib mattress hanging around and she asked if we wanted it. 

We did :) J3 needs a new bed :) 

I decided to cover it with black plastic bags to protect it. Two bags did the job nicely. 

Duct tape sealed it off nicely and with style :) 

Then the kids put a couple of sheets on it.. one on both sides, 

and I used some sheet clips and a couple of baby diaper pins with a length of elastic

 to hold the sheets on. 

I'm not sure why but ALL of the kids have loved to take the sheet off their mattress at this age.

So now I just prepare for it. 

5 Little Monkeys laying on the bed! 

J3 is so far only napping on this mattress.. we drag it out to the living room every nap time and he sleeps happily to his hymns. He's learning the important lesson that he must stay ON the bed. Even if your awake, even if the house is quiet, until Mommy says you can get off.. you stay ON! 

So far he is doing very well. Though I do believe he sleep walks which will likely make things very interesting when he starts to sleep on the mattress at night and probably explains his terrible sleep habits. 

Yesterday I left the mattress in the kids room for naps and he fell asleep quickly and stayed ON the mattress!! YAY!! Soon we will move him on to the mattress for nights 

and 

as R says...

We'll hear the thump thump thump of J3 RUNNING to our bedroom several times a night 

until he realizes that you have to stay ON your bed at night too. 

But until he figures that out at least I'll get some sweet little boy cuddles :) 

Good thing Baby G has started sleeping at night again... 

I thought for a bit there I might actually be getting enough sleep!