Jacob's New Room

Jacob moved into his new room on Saturday night. He's been pretty excited about it. Once it was painted, we started letting him explore and play in there, and started talking to him about how it was going to be his room. Once the bed was assembled, he was really excited. One of the first things he did was jump on it. On Saturday, he helped put up his Curious George wall stickers, and then he was really excited about his room. We decided to try having him sleep in there that night.

He did great! We were nervous that he might be afraid of a new room, and being out of the crib that he's slept in for 2 years, but he acted like we were making a big deal out of nothing. He loves sleeping in his new bed. We're expecting a few bumps along the way, but it seems like he was ready to make this move and is enjoying his new living space. So far, night sleep has not changed. He goes to sleep just as easily as he did in his crib. I've noticed that he likes to sleep by the rails, probably because they remind him of his crib. Naps have been pretty good too. Yesterday it took him 90 minutes to settle down and I wasn't sure he was even going to sleep, but eventually he did. I guess sometimes you just have to jump on the bed and run around your room before you can fall asleep.

Here are a few pictures of his room. The wall color is pretty true to life. We were going for a dark blue that wasn't too dark, and has a touch of gray to it. I'll have more later. The Curious George ones didn't turn out because of lighting issues.

Jacob's new bed, with a quilt that he got when he was born

Close up of his new sheet with cars and trucks--very exciting for him!

Some of his room accessories: plastic drawers (his new dresser that can't crush him), floor mat puzzle, and toy bins. He loves to put things away and then dump them out again. We also took the closet doors off so he can't pinch his fingers.


This is his new lamp. It looks really cool in his room (he even said so). I hope to get a good picture of it one of these days.