Big girl bed

Today, she decided she REALLY wanted her big girl bed. We've tossed the idea around and discussed it some in the past, but she never really showed any interest.

We tried to talk her into waiting until tomorrow since we weren't going to have time to move the bed into her room tonight. Plus, the last time she went to a bed without rails was disasterous. She ended up needing us to stay there with her to get to bed and as soon as she woke up, she was out of the bed and in ours.

Well, when we got home from Kity's house, she had an absolute fit as we got her ready for bed. She needed her big girl bed tonight. She wanted to sleep in it. Just taking the rail off her crib wasn't enough.

I convinced her that she could try it out in Corin's room (where it is now). I figured that if she doesn't stay, we don't have to move it. If she does, we have avoided doing two transitions (from crib -> toddler bed/crib sans rail -> big bed). We talked about the rules and how she has to stay in the bed and sleep and not get out of it until morning.

I started putting the white sheets on it because I hadn't gotten around to washing her big girl bedding. More meltdown ensues. We decided that, since she's never shown any sensitivity to fabric chemicals, we'd just put her new sheets/comforter on it and wash them tomorrow if it works out. She helped me make the bed (help is relative, really). She was in hog heaven.

Chrys says she curled up and was very happy. We heard some tossing and turning and a bit of kicking when we figure a cat jumped up on the bed, but no cries, no trauma, no getting in and out of bed. She told me she didn't even want any of her animals/lovies/blankets out of her crib.

At this point, she must be asleep. The monitor is quiet and it's crazy late - even for a little girl that napped today.

The only flaw in my plan - Chrys says she gasped (with delight) when the lights went out and she saw the glow in the dark stars on the ceiling. I hadn't planned on having to get more for her room, but I figure it's a pretty small price to pay.