A while ago I posted about Geekling's newborn nursery. There are so many things I would do differently since learning more about the Montessori Method but I don't have a time machine and even once I had become interested in Montessori concepts such as a floor bed, we were having so many other problems with sleep and illness for a while there that I was hesitant to make any big changes.
But Geekling had shown he was ready to move on from a cot. He'd slept successfully at his grandparents place in an identical toddler bed, and begun sleeping on mattresses at one of his daycare centres. He can climb in and out of the bed just fine so we decided to take the plunge. Since Geekling can get in an out himself, we consider this getting 'back on track' with the Montessori method in his environment. This is Geekling's room at the moment:
We have a large couch cushion sitting beside his bed in case he rolls out also, but of the handful of times he has wound up out of bed since moving to this bed he has intentionally gotten out of bed. We have moved the rocker that used to be in his room out to the loungeroom where hubby has claimed it as a gaming chair, and in its place for some time has been a bookshelf full of books and toys - Geekling loves to grab a book, toddle off to an open area, sit down and 'read'. We often leave him to his own devices to find him surrounded by books he has 'read'.
He is very good at getting in and out of his new bed, although sometimes he chooses to sleep in some odd positions...
Head down, bum up!
We have more changes planned for this room in the coming months to help it grow with Geekling - stay tuned :)
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