When we moved Brighton to his toddler bed, he still called out to me to come get him every morning for the first week. He climbed into bed by himself, but for whatever reason he would not leave the bed on his own – for anything. Hallelujiah, I know!

Lincoln’s done the exact opposite. Though he’d long been able to climb out of his crib, he wouldn’t. Ben talked me into letting him move to his toddler bed, and I’ll be darned if that kid doesn’t wake up in the middle of the night every night and wake the rest of us up for something – usually to go potty – so we can’t really get mad at him for that. Except that he slept through the night in his crib (or if he woke up we never knew because he stayed quiet) and almost never wet his pull-up.

P.S. I’m really enjoying your posts about parenting your older children. *soaking up all the wisdom and experience I can*