Big Girl Bed

Avery got a big girl bed yesterday (which at this point consists of a twin mattress on the floor). She couldn't be more excited!

My plan was to build anticipation of the new bed, by not letting her sleep in it until this weekend. That way she'd really be excited to sleep in it and we could all sleep in the next day since I anticipated a rough transition.

Daddy couldn't help himself. Avery was so excited, that he wanted to put her in it last night. And, so we're off!

She laid down well enough at 8pm, but it didn't take long before she figured out that she had a lot more freedom. As expected, she got out of the bed several thousand times and we put her back each time. Sometimes she cried, but mostly she just thought it was a fun game!

She finally fell asleep around 10p. At 11p, she fell out of bed (this is why it's on the floor!). From 11-12a, Matt and I took took turns putting her back in her bed another couple thousand times. From 12a on I don't think Matt or I got out of bed. She would come into our room and we would send her back to bed. We assumed that she was actually going back to bed. At some point around 1a she stopped coming in. Ahhh, sweet sleep.

Needless to say, I turned off my 5a alarm and went back to sleep. Matt woke me up at 5:45a. I assume she was in her bed, Matt checked on her and pulled her door shut. I haven't had the courage to open it.

I can only imagine what a good day it's going to be! Mostly, I'm looking forward to nap time! Can you smell the sarcasm?