Big Girl Bed

We decided Sunday that it was time for Olivia to transition into a "big girl bed". She has been in a beautiful crib, (that I LOVE) that transitions into a toddler bed; however, we cannot find the toddler bed kit anywhere! So Sunday we took the front of of the crib and she sat on it, laid down, checked it out, etc. But Ben and I thought it was too high off the ground especially without any rails... so we headed out to Toys R Us to look at toddler beds. They had one white one that was NOT CUTE at all. We were debating getting this Dora one that was metal and plastic and somewhat tacky, when Olivia's Nana called (Ben's mom) and said that her and Pops wanted to buy O a toddler bed... needless to say, we were pretty thrilled that they had offered to do this! So Nana ordered the "big girl bed" and hopefully it will be here soon...

This is her new bed! Isn't it beautiful? :)



Back to the sleep situation tho... we took the crib apart and just put her mattress on the floor and she has done soooo well! I am very surprised!! Sunday night, Ben laid on the floor next to her and she fell asleep. She slept all night there and didn't wake up once!! Then Monday night, Ben laid down with her again and she slept until 6:30, then woke up and whined until Ben went and got her out of her room! She wouldn't even get off of her mattress even though she could! Then she slept another hour in our bed. Last night, I laid down with her and she fell asleep and slept all night... actually until almost 9 this morning!!

THEN!!! Today she was very tired and needed a nap, so I told her that she had to have quiet time in her room by herself... she went in there and colored, then read a book, then played with her magnadoodle. It got really quiet tho... so I went to see what was up and she had climbed into bed and fallen asleep by herself! Then she did it again tonight - we didn't even have to go in her room at all!!

She is getting sooo big!!