Big Girl Bed

After a few false starts in the past months Bree is finally sleeping in a toddler bed. (Or, more correctly, we converted her crib to the “toddler bed” configuration.) This time around we’ve been talking about a “big girl bed” for some time and then the other day she actually asked us if she could have a toddler bed. So, we took off both the side rails of her crib and voila! toddler bed with a headboard and footboard. (Although, we’re still thinking we’ll probably buy an actual toddler bed and use the old crib for the new baby.) Well, anyways, point being Brianna has successfully transitioned into the big girl bed. Although, it hasn’t been without it’s mishaps and adjustments. No, she hasn’t fallen out or anything but Travis and I sure find it funny that she can now roam around in her room. Due to this fact it’s been taking a bit longer to go down for naps and bedtime as Bree fully enjoys her pre-bedtime roam and plays with some of her stuff a little before actually falling asleep. Oh the freedom! I’m kind of surprised that we haven’t found her passed out in her floor or on the loveseat we’ve got in there. But no, she’s climbed back into her little bed each time before conking out. And she’s also been really great about not opening the door and coming out of her room. She’s fully capable of turning the handle to open and close her bedroom door but for some reason, without us even really having to have any kind of discussion about it, she knows that when we say bedtime and close her door, she better stay in there. So, instead of just walking on out of her room if she wants out after we’ve put her down she’ll knock on her door. (Something else we find kind of amusing.) There she’ll be first thing in the morning knocking on her door and yelling, “Mom, I’m awake now!” And us being kind of lazy and slow to wake up in the mornings we’ll just yell back, “Okay, come on out then!” and she’ll open her door and come rushing into our room. (Which is kind of nice. When she was in a crib we would end up taking turns to go and get her out.) Overall though it seems to be going fairly smoothly and Bree seems to be taking it in stride for the most part. I think her favorite part of the whole thing though is when people come over and she can proudly run into her room and say, “See my toddler bed!”