Big Girl Bed

It seems like a lifetime ago when we moved Taylor from the bassinet in our room to her crib.  She seems so tiny in such a big bed.

**Take note of the aquarium because it will be a big role later.

Taylor moves a LOT during her sleep and even threw me for a loop after her first night in the crib.  I thought Chris was playing a practical joke on me.  When I went to get her up she was flipped completely around in her crib.  It looked like someone had just picked her up and laid her back down with her head at the other end.  I think her bumper saved her head from many a bumps with all the moving around she does.  After hearing her hit the edges of the crib over and over at night we decided it was time to move her to a bed. 

Friday night as we set her new bed up she enjoyed jumping and playing on it.  We left her crib in the room just in case she wasn’t ready yet.  Don’t look at the giant gap between the mattress and headboard.  We decided to not get a box springs so the mattress is lower to the ground. 

Once Chris got the rails put together and Taylor’s new Dora sheets(thanks Nana!) on we were all set for a little girl to try it out.  Here’s our sweet girl’s first big girl bed.  It wouldn’t be complete without our dear friends bunny(that scary gray/pink thing), Elmo, Kitty, seahorse, elephant, blankie, and aquarium.  Props go out to Chris for figuring out how to keep aquarium since it usually hangs from the crib rail. 

I love the clean look, but it wouldn’t be Taylor’s bed without even MORE animals and plenty of books to read.  

Friday night went great and she even laid in the bed like you’re supposed to with her head on the pillow.  Slowly through the night she worked into her signature sleeping spot on top of the pillow and against the headboard.  She slept good all night until 6 am Saturday when she wedged herself between the headboard and guard rail and frightened herself.  That was issue number one of the weekend.  Luckily it didn’t scare her too bad and she was excited to sit and read books in her bed later that morning. 

Problem 2: Chris attempted to save us our retirement in batteries and hard wire a plug into Taylor’s aquarium and killed it.  Not just needs new batteries killed, but like fishy is floating at the top of the aquarium dead. 

Problem 3:  I know what you’re thinking.. just go to Target, Walmart, or Babies R Us and get another.  Keep in mind that we got this 2 years ago as a shower gift and Fisher Price thinks their rainforest and melodies lines are cooler.  You can only get our aquarium only now.  We currently have 4 different types of soothers in our house in an attempt to find something similar.  Baby Einstein’s is pretty close and will work until her true replacement gets here on Wednesday.  The great thing about the one she loves is that she can easily turn it on and off by herself and it plays soft soothing music.  I highly recommend it!(especially after trying out 4 others)  It’s the Ocean Wonders if you wanted to know.

Problem 4: By Saturday afternoon, we had a stressed Mommy, tired toddler, and a big girl bed for naptime.  The only perk to naptime was that Taylor did remember to ask for Mama to get out of bed.  By the end of so called naptime we had a cranky toddler and a Mama that didn’t get anything done over the past 2 hours.

Solution: Play outside for 1.5 hours in the warm sunshine in attempts to wear out kiddo so that she sleeps soundly through the night in big girl bed. 

Naps have gone better and bedtime is still iffy since she’s not quite sure of her surroundings when she wakes up at night.  I am so proud of her for transitioning to the bed.  Now pray for nights full of sleep and a toddler that will stay in bed during naptime!

Sweet dreams!