Well, I didn't have much of a choice, but it is time to put away the crib and set up the big girl bed. Clarissa came to me around 5:30 this morning to let me know that Molly was asleep on the dresser. The crib was up against the side wall and the dresser was right beside the crib. She climbed out of the crib, unto the dresser and was indeed curled up in a ball, fast asleep. Who knows how long she had been sleeping there and how lucky we are that she doesn't toss around while she sleeps. My biggest concern is that I'm going to spend the next several months getting up and putting her back to bed. Maybe, if we play really hard in the evening, she'll be so tired that she won't want to get out of bed.
Day one of the bed girl bed was total success! I have the gate in the doorway just in case she wakes up in the middle of the night and I won't have to worry about her wandering around. She's amazingly quiet when she wants to be. But, she went right to sleep without getting out of bed once. But we also danced and made a slide out of the furniture and ran around the house before going to bed. She was pretty exhausted.
Clarissa had to be a part of the new celebration. She now has a beautiful new quilt to match that of Molly. (The plan is to make their room a gorgeous princess room.) She has volunteered to take responsibility for Molly's sleep routine. She has shown me how she will help her back into bed if she gets out. I think it's sweet how she wants to impart her knowledge of appropriate bedtime procedures. Maybe I'll enlist her help for potty training too : )
Day one of the bed girl bed was total success! I have the gate in the doorway just in case she wakes up in the middle of the night and I won't have to worry about her wandering around. She's amazingly quiet when she wants to be. But, she went right to sleep without getting out of bed once. But we also danced and made a slide out of the furniture and ran around the house before going to bed. She was pretty exhausted. Clarissa had to be a part of the new celebration. She now has a beautiful new quilt to match that of Molly. (The plan is to make their room a gorgeous princess room.) She has volunteered to take responsibility for Molly's sleep routine. She has shown me how she will help her back into bed if she gets out. I think it's sweet how she wants to impart her knowledge of appropriate bedtime procedures. Maybe I'll enlist her help for potty training too : )
