This is why James has a floor bed...

This is why James has a floor bed! In the picture he rolled from his bed to his play area after he woke up from his nap. I heard him playing in his room and went in to see him smiling at me! This is the third time this has happened and we are so excited about it.

Since he has the freedom to move about his room he can wake up on his own and instead of crying for us to come get him, he can start playing. One time I even found him all the way over by his shelf playing with the toys. Since the room is completely safe (for his stage of development now, we will make more adjustments once he can crawl and pull himself up) we feel comfortable leaving him in the room by himself and know that he will let us know when he needs company!

The next step we are excited for is when James can play in his room and then put himself to sleep on his bed when he is ready for a nap. We have a friend who says it happens with her boys so we're excited to see if it works for James!