Big Girl Bed

On Friday night, Chris finally transfered Bree's crib into her toddler bed. Bree is almost 3 1/2 and we have not been in any big hurry to get her out of her crib. For those of you who remember, Chris and I had a nightmare of a time when Katie moved from her crib to a big bed. It was a year and half of night time struggle with her. So that made me a little weary of upsetting the lovely sleeping child I have, but we knew it was coming to the time to make the change. Bree was very ready for it. She has been talking about a big bed for a few months now. Chris and I talked and decided after our disney trip we would make the change. On Friday evening Chris changed the crib, it was funny to think that we have had that crib for over five years now and this was the first time it was changed to a toddler bed. Once Chris was done with the change, Bree looked at me and said "that's not a big girl bed". I told her it was her big girl bed, she said "no, like sissy's". I thought uh oh...we are going to have a struggle here. I explained to her that this was her temporary big girl bed and that if she sleeps well it in then Mommy and Daddy would let her get a big girl bed like Katie's. After that conversation I was a little uneasy as if she would actually sleep in her toddler bed......

So after snack and cartoon, it was time to go to bed. We did are normal routine, potty, turn on the birdies(her music) and we rocked for a few mintues. I laid her down in bed, covered her up and left her room. Thank the Lord....she stayed in bed and went straight to sleep, not even waking up on time that night. She even slept to 8am the next morning, which was so nice for us. She has offically been in her toddler bed for two nights and has done wonderfully. She even slept until 8am this morning. What a blessing that she has not skipped a beat in her transfer. I think the Lord knew I couldn't handle another struggle like we had with Katie. So I guess it is offical...besides still being in her car seat, she has moved on from all things baby/toddler.

I was trying to get her to look my way, but she was making it challenging....I love how you can see Samson peaking out from under her bed.

I had to stand above her to get her face....happy in her new big girl bed.