Day 8.080: (Not) making room for the next one

When Exile #3 (as she would later become) was big enough to move out of her cot (or crib for US readers), we bought a compact and low-to-the-floor toddler bed. It was not long before Exile #4 would need the crib. Similarly, Exile #4 vacated the small bed to make room for E5N1.

Since he has remained the youngest - while getting quite big - E5N1 has been coping with this bed but sometimes noticing that this twelve-year-old never-very-good mattress is not as comfortable as the ones on other beds he occasionally lies on.

Last week, we were finally able to do something about it:

So now he has a regular-sized bed, taller than anyone else's and with a load of new storage. He is quite happy about it - and we managed to get him out of the toddler bed before his eighth birthday - that's the official end of toddlerdom right?