Well, sorry to say, that converting to a toddler bed did little except give a real good shiner to Jakob’s collection, when he jumped right off his bed. He loves jumping on his bed and does not love going to sleep. Here is the problem. Me, of course. I like rocking him to sleep and singing him songs. I have to say, I NEVER used to do this. He has always been go, go go and never liked to cuddle and bed time, as I mentioned before was- he was in bed and asleep shortly thereafter. In the last month, things have changed, why? I wish I could tell you. BUT NOW, there is this cuddly Jakob that comes out after he has realized that we aren’t leaving his room….(well at least he is not) until the morning. And he comes and sits on my lap (sorta-the belly is getting in the way) and I sing to him until he falls into the almost sleep and then put him in his bed. I just can’t stand to hear him cry. I know he is not hurt and not injured and will not be emotionally scared for eternity if I let him cry it out, but I JUST DON’T LIKE DOING IT- I also wonder how productive it actually is, because it seems to me, that it would just get him worked up rather than settled down. Tonight I let him cry long, oh I don’t know, about 20 minutes and I just couldn’t do it. This inconsistancy probably doesn’t help either. But what do I do. This fear lingers- in that I may or may not be able to sit and cuddle with him for a half hour when baby comes. So do I do it all the more now, for that very reason, or do I establish the iron fist and suck it up?