The time has come

Harrison turned three a month ago and he's still in a crib. We love that he's in a crib and believe it or not, so does he! In fact, we still have the bumper on the crib. That's the thing they tell you to take off when the baby can pull himself up to standing. In our case it serves to keep the nummies in. (but that's another blog post - STILL using pacifiers!!)

Harrison has a few friends that can climb in and out of their own cribs but he has never tried... that is, until last week. During 'naptime' I caught him sitting on the top rail twice. On Friday we put him down and he was playing for a minute and then crying so I went in and he was hanging from the outside of the crib. I think he probably climbed to the top again and slipped down. So I guess it's finally time to get a bed. Ugh. We already have one in mind. It's this really cute fire truck bed (that uses his crib mattress) so it's transitional. He can get in and out but it's still not a big bed that he'll roll right out of. Plus I think the timing is right for this bed because he announced during dinner last night that he is going to be a firefighter (sorry Dad, no police officer from this house)when he grows up. We play firefighter all day long. The poor firefighters shopping at Safeway today were followed around by a sweet 3 year old boy asking them where the emergency was and telling them he was going to be a firefighter too. I guess it's time but look for future posts of him not staying in his bed at bedtime and us pulling our hair out. (hopefully not!)