Holy Cow: My baby Is growing up.
My daughter is officially in a toddler bed… okay “in” might
be the wrong word. She sleeps in her big
girl bed for most of the night and then will fall out. One night she made a noise and fell back to
sleep next to the rocking chair curled in a ball. Another night mom wasn’t as lucky and the
poor kid was awakened and scared herself.
She has oddly transitioned to her new bed fairly well. A little fighting here and there but she does
well over all. She appears, so far, to stay in bed until we come get her if she wakes
before us. Which of course she usually
does. One more step in getting ready for
baby number two. Aside from not always staying
next to me in the store and needing to be potty trained, I’d say we were in
good shape. Over Christmas we will
officially get Number 2’s room ready. At
present my daughters room went from busy to crowed when we moved in the toddler
bed. We will be removing the crib this
weekend.
So tricks to getting your kid to sleep in her own bed? Well patience in one. We started out with letting her ‘play’ with
her bed before she was put to sleep in her crib. Slowly that turned into letting her fall
asleep on my lap and laying her in her big girl bed until she woke up. Naps were key. We didn’t try nights until after a week of
naps had been successful. After another
few days of successful nights in her bed with her already asleep I started to
transition her to the bed awake. This
was a little more difficult and involved some crying. But in the end the subtle transition paid
off.
Anyone else have any tips to share on transitioning a toddler
to their “Big Kid” bed?
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