For Keely's 2nd birthday next month, Daniel and I bought her a big-girl bed. Instead of doing a toddler bed or a mattress on the floor we decided to buy a bunk bed set. We bought a twin over full bunk bed, with the plan to not put the full bed together at this time. She'll sleep on the 'top' bunk (on the ground) since it already has the safety railings. Hopefully by time she outgrows the railings we will have a second child ready to move up into the bed with railings. I don't know if these beds will ever be bunked but it seemed economical to buy 2 beds at once.
So the beds came in last weekend and since Keely tends to resist changes to her pattern we thought we'd set it up in her room so that she could play in it, get used to it, etc. And we could just wait until she was ready and asked to sleep in it instead of pushing her. Though if she waited too long we would have had to force her since she has to be out of the crib before my surgery (since I won't be able to pick her up out of a crib for months after). Keely really enjoyed helping Daniel put the beds together Saturday night. She had a screwdriver in one hand and a long bolt in the other and she kept pretending to screw in the screws on the sides. She kept saying 'working' and 'helping'. It was pretty adorable as you can see in the picture below!
So it was bedtime by time we were done setting up the bed and Keely immediately wanted to sleep in her "big-girl bed". To be honest, I was not at all prepared for this but I wanted to be supportive so we put her down in the bed. However, as soon as we closed the door she was in the dark and freaked out, I assume because she just wasn't sure where the edges of the bed were. I couldn't handle it so I went in and moved her to the crib, which was actually a terrible plan! She cried for about an hour about her big-girl bed. Finally she fell asleep. The next day we tried napping in the bed, and it went alright. She wasn't scared (maybe because it was light?) though she did play in the bed for about 2 hours before falling asleep for a few hours. We moved the stepstool away from the bed and she seemed to believe that trapped her in. Here is a picture of her playing in her new bed that first night.
This whole week Keely has slept all night in her bed with no problems. She frequently lays in bed and talks to herself for awhile, though this wasn't uncommon in her crib. Naps have been a little bit more difficult. Sleep is hit or miss for nap time. Sometimes she gets a great nap and is pleasant all evening and others she doesn't nap at all and makes herself (and us) miserable. She is super proud of the bed though and spent about 30 minutes showing it to Nana and Bagdi (her name for my dad. No we have no idea where it came from.) via Skype. On Wednesday we went ahead and took apart her crib while she was in the tub and she hasn't even seemed to noticed. I am, by far, having a harder time with this transition than she is. Where did my baby go???
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