He's been asking to sleep on the futon for some time now. We told him no. We were going to have to get a second baby bed, but we weren't quite ready to trust him to actually sleep instead of playing with his toys. We also didn't want to make too many big changes so close to the baby's arrival, and this was not one of our priorities.
Then one day, I gave his usual 15-minute warning that naptime was coming up. He disappeared into his room. 15 minutes later, I found him like this:
He had put himself down for his nap early to ensure his preferred sleeping place. He did the same thing the next three days, and napped longer than usual.
We still told him no to bedtime, though. So one night his soft-hearted daddy was putting him to bed and Kekoa climbed up on the futon and covered himself with his blanket. And his daddy bought it hook, line, and sinker.
That first night we went in an hour later and put him in his regular bed, as we could hear him definitely NOT sleeping. He was not pleased. It took about a week to convince us to let him try again, which he did by using the same tactic - putting himself to bed and falling asleep.
And so the rest is history. He's been on the futon for two weeks now. He stopped putting himself down early as soon as it was clear we would let him sleep there.
The good news is that we now have the pack n' play free for little girl.
The terrifying news is that my not-quite-two-year-old is determined, stubborn, and crafty enough to decide on, plan for, and execute his own move to a big boy bed. I think I have my hands full with this one.
