Today – the day after Conrad became 10 months (!) – we took the big step of moving him out of our bedroom and in with his sister Jessica. I took the kids out for our morning visit to the playground in the park and then a bit of food shopping, while Ian stayed behind to shift Conrad’s bed, swapping it with a bookshelf, which is now back in our room again. Late morning we brought both kids upstairs to show them the result. When Jessica spotted Conrad’s bed, she smiled, and when Ian pointed out that Conrad now would be sleeping in the same room as her, she started shrieking happily, bouncing around the room. So he was certainly welcome! Conrad himself displayed more of a poker face, so were not sure what his feelings were about it (but we guess we’ll find out in the coming days/nights)…
Conrad has now had his first nap in his new room, anyway. The easiest way, it turned out, was to let him settle for his nap first, as he tends to cry for a little while before he settles (he’d much prefer to keep going until he falls over), and Jessica turned out to be quite concerned about his crying and jumped up in her cot to talk to him to try to comfort him, and then let Jessica come in the room for her nap when he was sound asleep. Her chatting before settling didn’t seem to stir him, which was a relief! (And when he’d finished his nap and started to stir, I was able to whisk him out of the room without her waking up.)
With our bookshelves back in our room, we can finally sort the kids’ room out properly, which feels fantastic. Unfortunately, it has been used as a bit of a ‘dumping ground’ for storage boxes, and with the damp proofing works going on, we’ve not felt inclined to put anything up on the walls. But now we’re going to go ahead and make this a proper room for the both of them. After we’ve sorted it out a bit more, we’ll post some photos of the result.
Keep your fingers crossed that Conrad and his sister don’t disturb each other too badly now…!
Gabriella