I love holiday traditions. One of the ones I remember from my childhood is opening presents on Christmas morning as a family. Presents would be distributed into piles. My mom, two sisters, and I would each take a turn opening one of our presents. It was great to get to see what others were opening as well as have everyone watching me when it was my turn.
This year for the very first time JDaniel will be able to get out of bed Christmas morning and head downstairs to the Christmas tree all by himself. I am a little nervous about what might happen to the presents under the tree.
JDaniel climbed out of his crib only two or three times while it was in his sleeping place and that was when he was nearing his third birthday. I know many of you have children that climbed out of bed much early than that! Given that he stayed in his crib and that we didn’t need the crib for another child it seemed to be a good place for him to stay. He slept well in there and we slept well while he was in there. We all did great sleeping in the crib years. (Most of the time.)
The move to a bed without sides has changed everything. It has to lead to visits to our room during the night. I have awakened to a set of eyes staring at me at all hours of the night. Recently I found him sleeping on the floor at the end of our bed with our comforter pulled all around him.
Things have started moving around during the night at our house too. Pillows from the couch in the guest room, towels from the hall bathroom, and toys from around his room have all been found in his bed in the morning.
Many of you have been through this for years and are veterans of Christmas morning. I need your help to calm my mind and draw plans for successfully opening presents together on Christmas day!
How do you keep a three-year-old from getting up and beginning Christmas without you?
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What are your Christmas morning traditions?
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