End of the crib era

The boys have been talking for a while about alternate sleeping arrangements. Over Christmas Reed slept in his inflatable travel bed (a Hiccapop--a fabulous product) in the boys' room and loved being in with them, and they all did pretty well. For a while now I've thought that Reed and Beckett would be good roomies, and Theo would be happy to be by himself. Reed and Beckett both sleep longer than Theo and mostly like being with people instead of by themselves, and Theo likes having his own private space. We had a conversation after school yesterday about where and how they'd like to sleep. Theo said he wanted to sleep by himself, on the top bunk, alone in his room. Beckett said he wanted to sleep with Reed. Reed said he wanted to sleep with Theo. We convinced Reed to try sleeping with Beckett and he agreed. We spent the afternoon disassembling Reed's crib, vacuuming and cleaning Reed's room, and then making up the futon mattress as a bed for Reed and Beckett. Theo ended up feeling lonely in his room by himself but was proud of himself this morning that he slept by himself even though it was hard. Beckett and Reed initially were goofing off too much to fall asleep but then slept great all night. Everyone was up too early this morning but it may just have been the newness of the environment. I admit I was a little sad to put away the crib parts and think we'll never set it up again, but it's been a good 7.5 years that we have had a crib in our house, and that's enough. Onward to bigger and better things (and boys)!