Big-Girl Bed

As of last week we've officially moved Vienna to a big girl bed. Taking apart her crib today made it final, and made me realize, yet again, how big she's getting.

I didn't particularly want to upgrade her bed so soon, but she was days away from climbing out of her crib so I started keeping my open on craigslist for a bed, because I just really didn't want to spend the money on a brand new one. When I found one that was too cute to pass up, and too good of a deal, I jumped on it and once it was in our house it was hard not to put it together and give it a try. I guess I don't have any patience.

I have to pause for a minute to say how much I like craigslist. I like the fact that I can buy things, like a toddler bed, for less than half of what it costs brand new. People get rid of stuff they don't want and I save money. :) Win. Win.

Anyways. Vienna helped me put the bed together, I was actually surprised at how into it she was, she never left the bed until it was finished...pretending to put screws in and helping me hold things together. She had fun and a part of me thinks she knew that the bed was for her right from the start.

She felt pretty special climbing into her new bed.

I was so nervous about putting her in a big girl bed. Not only for the possibility that she could roll out, but I was afraid she wouldn't stay in it--that she would just go nuts with her new freedom.

To my surprise the first night was uneventful. The first morning however, the minute she got up she was out of bed and by the door, pounding on it to be let out. Naptime was a little bit more of a challenge, but she only got out once. She wasn't too happy about staying in the bed but she learned her lesson after one try and eventually fell asleep. She's stayed in her big girl bed since then. It's been six days and we've had zero issues. Besides that first morning she has stayed in her bed, period--while falling asleep and when she gets up. I'm shocked. I've watched her through the crack in the door and when she gets up in the morning or from naptime she sits up in bed, plays with her stuffed animals and scoots around talking to herself/telling me she's ready to get up...and waits for me to come into the room before trying to get out of bed. Most of the time she just stands up and waits for me to pick her up. I'm honestly very surprised she responded so well and it wasn't more of a battle to get her to stay in bed. Maybe she was just so used to staying in her crib that it wasn't such a hard transition...so in that sense I'm glad I didn't wait until she figured out how to climb out of her crib!

She's such a good girl. :)