Big Boy Bed

We moved David to a big boy bed a couple weeks ago. (Cars themed of course to match his room. I got it on craigslist for $20 with a mattress & sold the mattress for $15 since we already had a mattress. So net cost $5!!) The first 2 weeks were really rough once he realized he could get out of bed anytime he wanted to. He has gotten much better at staying in bed, but we still have a rough nap time or bed time every couple days.

David doesn't really have a favorite blanket or stuffed animal. He likes to sleep with his small hard metal and plastic cars. The other night we put him to bed and out of the 12 cars he sleeps with, he realized which 2 were missing and named them by name. Luckily we found them relatively quickly. If he doesn't stay in bed, though, he loses his cars. I think this is the most severe punishment for him. He is so attached to his cars.

He also rarely goes to sleep without his Cars slippers. I really think he has some OCD tendencies. Now when we put him to bed he says "Stay in bed & don't get out." If only he would also obey it every time.