big girl bed
Today is day one in our little “can Nora sleep in a big girl bed” experiment and the preliminary results are incredibly promising. I converted the bed (took the front off the crib) right after she got up this morning. Here she’s sitting in it for the first time (wearing a towel because she was gearing up for a run at the potty chair which, you understand, requires one to be properly attired). Her afternoon nap went as smoothly as ever (actually, she dropped her monkey and cried until I came in and retrieved him for her. Despite putting herself *into* bed she seems unaware that she can put herself back out again. We’re not complaining).
Bedtime went even more smoothly than usual. We finished teeth & bath, put her in her footy pajamas (“shoes! mama! shoes!”) and she climbed into bed herself, snuggled monkey, told us “bye bye” and went straight to sleep. Amazing. Can it last?
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:14 am
that’s fantastic! i hope everything continues to go smoothly. go nora!
September 13th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
[...] It took 13 days, but Nora has figured out that she can get out of bed and wander around. No photo as that would only encourage her. [...]
September 14th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Harper sleeps on at cot when she’s at school, so I guess theoretically she could handle having her bed converted. I can’t handle it, though, so I’m going to wait as long as possible.