Is Zander a big boy???

This past Friday we finally got Zander a new bed. Grace is far too big for her bassinet, she kept flailing her arms and waking herself up when she hit the sides, so we decided it was time for her to be in the crib, which would mean Zander needed a new bed. We picked out a simple frame and mattress from Ikea hoping that it would be something that he would like. Stephen's parents picked it up for us and brought it to our place when they came for dinner. When I was moving the crib out of Zander's room, he was happily helping me push it out into the baby's room. I don't think he really understood what was going on. When Mom and Dad P got here, they told us that the frame was not in stock but they got the mattress. So we decided to just put the mattress on the floor for now. Zander thought it was so much fun, bouncing on it and laughing... until bedtime. Friday night was not fun! We decided that the only way to keep him in the room was to put the gate across, we'd still be able to see him if necessary. For about an hour Zander stood at the gate a cried... and screamed. Stephen went in and laid down with him for a bit and he seemed alright but every time Stephen would leave the screaming would start all over again. Finally at about 12:30, Zander fell asleep... but then Grace woke up at 1:00 to feed. She woke up again at 3:30 and 6:30... when I was heading back to bed after 6:30, I heard a thump and then Zander started wailing... he had rolled off the mattress. Stephen went into the room and fell asleep with him for an hour or so and then came back to bed. At 8:30, Zander was up for the day. We decided to go to the mall and let Zander walk around hoping he would wear himself out and thus, would nap in his bed. He fell asleep in the car on the way home, stayed almost asleep when we brought him in the house and slept on his bed for about half an hour. We were dreading bedtime on Saturday night. We decided to try something else. He had a bath, we changed him into his bedtime diaper and pjs and we both sat on his bed and read him a story... twice. Then we gave him a kiss goodnight, let him turn off the light and give us hugs and then put him into bed. We put up the gate and left the room. And the screaming started again. This time he lasted only 45 minutes before all went quiet. When we checked on him a little later, he was laying on his bed asleep. BONUS! Unfortunately, on Sunday he did not nap. We thought he was but discovered that he was actually playing all the while. That night we put a latch on the toybox so he coudn't get into it. And wouldn't you know it, he went to bed with no problems! Naptime today was another screamfest until I finally went in and very sternly told him to "Get into bed right now!" I got him to lay down, covered him with a blanket and didn't hear a peep for a couple of hours. Hopefully tonight and tomorrow he just goes down without a fight!