Big Girl Bed!

We always said we would leave Abi in her crib as long as we could. Mostly because we didn’t want to deal with her being able to get out of her bed whenever she wanted. She seemed perfectly happy in her crib and never made any attempts to climb out. But Miss Madelyn is busting out of her cradle and desperately needs to be moved into the crib. Since the girls will be sharing a room, we’ve also been trying to wait until she sleeps through the night consistently. Which she does not do. But we just couldn’t wait any longer. The poor chubby thing needs a bigger bed!

My absolutely fabulous and generous friend Fionna offered us a free toddler bed and we jumped on it! It looks brand new and it’s an extended bed so she has plenty of room to grow. We really talked up The Big Girl Bed and took her to Target to pick out some new sheets. We also kept saying that Madi was going to sleep in her room with her, and she was really excited about that. Until we realized she thought they were going to sleep in the crib together! Ha!

She was so excited to put her new ladybug sheets on her bed and arrange all her stuffed animals. I was a little nervous about how she would sleep in her new bed, but she did great. Until she woke up. She woke up about 6:30 screaming her head off. I think she must have woken up in an unfamiliar bed and been scared. We were really hoping she wouldn’t put it together that she could get out of her bed on her own. No such luck. When she woke up from her nap today, she came walking downstairs proud as a peacock. Naptime in the big girl bed continues to be a struggle. Pretty much every day she comes downstairs after a few minutes announcing, “I’m awake!” And on a few occasions I’ve gone to investigate loud thumps and jovial singing to find her throwing all her stuffed animals and blankets onto the floor in a pile. Which I’m assuming she is jumping into. Sigh.

I have to admit, I almost got a little teary kissing her goodnight in her big girl bed the first night. Where does the time go!? But I’m so excited for her and all the fun the girls will have sharing a room.



so excited!!