Mckayla has been asking and trying to get in her crib by herself lately and we have been talking to her about making her bed into a big girl bed so last night we decided to just do it! I have been following the philosophy of keep em in the crib til they start to climb out but she's a big girl and wants a big girl bed! Plus I want her to get used to a bed so eventually I can step it up to a twin size bed and I can use her super cute Pottery Barn princess bedding I've had for her forever!!!! I don't worry about her getting out and getting into stuff around the house because she's never been like that anyway, we just worry about her getting up more at night and not sleeping as long or as well. Well night one proved us wrong!!! She did AWESOME! Slept til her normal 10:00ish and only got out of her bed a couple times right after we told her to go to bed because she was getting her care bears to put in bed with her. Actually, she was so excited about the big girl bed she kicked Chris out of her room and wouldn't let him do the normal bedtime routine of books and rocking in the chair before bed. She literally escorted him out of the room and shut the door behind him! She's so silly :) Here's the pics I got right after I finished putting it all together:
Here she's trying to figure out the best way to get down...I told her to go backwards but she didn't quite get it... (even though she was like 6 inches from the floor and can climb up and down chairs/couches/our bed without even thinking about it)
...So she decided to just step down
It really was funny because she was being so slow and careful that first time! But she did it and was so proud of herself!!!
Now back up for more! She proceeded to practice getting up and down over and over and over...
We snuck in after she was finally asleep and it was so sweet but kinda sad too to see our baby looking like such a big girl :*)
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3 comments:
Awe, our baby is getting big! She will do great and it looks like she was ready.
OMG! I am cracking up at those pics of her trying to carefully step down! It reminds me of those America's Funniest Home Videos clips where the dog is unsure about stepping through the screen door with no glass on it. They just expect the glass to be there, even though the kid is stepping right through it. Mckayla got so used to having that big side rail there, she doesn't know what to do without it! Too funny. I love that silly girl!
It was hilarious and I'm tellin' ya, it was a pretty slow process, she really is a VERY cautious girl!
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