A window into our future?

Man, I hope not. Also, I’m fairly certain that our crib isn’t intended to support my 6’3”, 185 pound frame + a baby Patrick.

In any case, we haven’t made the transition to crib yet. Patrick’s sleeping in something called a co-sleeper next to our bed, which we needed because he quickly outgrew the 15 lb weight limit of our bassinet when he was still 2 1/2 months old.

Did I say sleeping? He’s not really sleeping there. We put him in there to start the night, but he usually ends up in bed with us, either on top of—or right next to—Jordan. And once I get out of bed around 5:30 or 6, he takes up residence on one entire half of the bed. He loves it. Not sure whether he likes because he can be close to mom, or whether he thinks our bed is just more comfortable than the relatively hard mat inside in the co-sleeper.

We are talking about moving him to his crib, which has a much softer mattress that he may like better than the co-sleeper. And he loves his room. I take him in there whenever he’s fussy and quickly starts smiling again. But we’ve tried to get him to take naps there by himself, with decidedly unhappy results.

Whatever his preference, either for us or for soft bedding or both, I fear a rough transition. A future of the crying Patrick, standing in his crib, wondering why one of us isn’t crawling in there with him to hang out for the night.