No more "baby bed"!!!

Braydon and I have talked about the idea of turning Landon's bed into a "big boy" bed. We've gone back and forth about it cause we really weren't sure how he would do with it. For Landon it's more than just him sleeping in a bed without a rail on one side. He has a humidity machine that blows humidity from the machine straight to his trach through a tube. That way when he's sleeping his lungs won't get dry. For you and me, we have our mouth and nose that provides moisture to the air we breathe so our lungs don't get dry. But since Landon does most of his breathing through his trach, he needs some other way to provide that humidity. It basically looks like a necklace that wraps around his neck and attaches to a tube that attaches to the machine. Not only that, but he has to be attached to a apnea machine that keeps track of his heart beat and his breathing. All children with trachs have this machine. It is pretty much just a precaution for Landon, but with other kids that have trachs it can be something that alarms caretakers that there is a problem (like if they stop breathing). Thankfully, we have never had this machine tell us anything was wrong, but he still has to wear it. With these two machines, we thought that it wouldn't be possible for Landon to have a "big boy" bed until his trach was out and these machines were gone. We thought that Landon would get out of bed and rip things off and/or hurt himself while we were sleeping. Therefore, we decided to just wait.

The other day I read Landon a book at nap time and put him in his crib to go to sleep. Normally, he will look at a book for a few minutes and then fall asleep. I left the room and was getting ready to go run some errands while Braydon stayed with Landon. We were both downstairs talking, and we heard a big thump coming from Landon's room. On the baby monitor, you heard Landon start to cry. Braydon and I both ran upstairs and when I went in the room, Landon was on the floor!! We aren't really sure what happened, but I think Landon was reaching too far over the side of the crib, and his feet went over his head and he landed on the floor. Poor guy was scared and cried for a bit. That's when me and Braydon decided that we thought Landon was ready for an upgrade.

So, we went out and got a low, soft bed rail for one side of Landon's bed with a small area where he could climb out. We sat and coached Landon through getting in and out of the bed by himself for a few minutes and told him he got to sleep in his "big boy" bed. He was so excited and didn't want to get out of the bed. :) On his first night, Landon stayed in his bed and put himself to sleep! In the morning, he did his normal routine of reading his books in bed until Braydon went in there to get him. Braydon said he didn't even try to get out of bed until he went in there. We are so excited!!! Now I wish we would've done it sooner!!!!! Our little man is a big boy! Now we're gonna move on to potty training.... haha! Who knows, maybe he'll surprise us. I think we've underestimated Landon. He's a lot smarter than we give him credit for. :)

Other than that, things are great! Landon's surprising us everyday with how much he's eating. We're so proud of him. I've been getting Landon out of the house to see some of his friends. We went to Gavin's house the other day for a short visit before therapy. Gavin is one month older than Landon and lives in our old neighborhood. Landon watched Gavin intently and loved hanging out with him. Tomorrow I have a friend that I used to work with at the Hallmark store coming over with her little boy. I think he's about a year younger than Landon, but I think Landon will still enjoy his company. Hopefully we won't have to worry about toy sharing, but we'll see.

Last night we had some friends over for dinner and to hang out. Brad and Megan came over with baby Nevin who is getting so big. He turned 3 months yesterday. Chuck and Pyper brought Roslyn over who will soon be 2 months! It seems like they were born yesterday. Time flies! Anyways, we had dinner together because it would be our last time to hang out before Brad goes to the desert. He'll be in Qatar for 3 months, while Megan goes home to NY to be with family. Please keep Brad in your prayers for a safe trip there and back.