Raina sleeps ....
... or, more accurately, Raina does not sleep. She is refusing to sleep at naptime, claiming it's too loud. "A dog is barking, Mommy." or "I hear people talking." or whatever excuse comes to her mind for not sleeping. It's quite frustrating because having Raina-free time is glorious each day and I'm quite fearful that it's disappearing. Anyway.
In a recent attempt at napping, or, more accurately, when Raina's parents thought she was napping, Raina went exploring. She got out pens and wrote on papers, she read books, played with toys, and climbed in and out of her crib. Multiple times. Raina has never really shown interest in climbing on the crib -- especially since she was sleeping on the cot -- but that incident told us to dismantle the crib immediately. So, we asked Raina "do you want a big girl bed?" A resounding yes was the answer, and off we went to the mattress store.
We prepped Raina all the way there: she'd get a twin sized bed, just like Sammy's, and, although it wouldn't be purple or pink (what she clearly wanted) we could buy her a purple or pink blanket for her new big girl bed. When we arrived at the bed store, Raina was amazed at all the beds and the sales person was unenthused when we said we wanted the smallest, cheapest bed possible. We were directed to the cheapest twin. Raina removed her shoes, climbed on up, bounced around, and tried it out. Her assessment: "I like it. It's too big." And suddenly she was a little frightened that she'd have to sleep in a bed so big as that one.
Through the conversation with Raina it became clear that she wanted to sleep on her crib mattress, but just to put it on the floor. And, hey, that certainly was easy for her parents! No delivery required!
Here's Raina's new big girl room. It has a cot AND a bed, and she can choose on which one she sleeps (or doesn't sleep) for each nap and night.
In a recent attempt at napping, or, more accurately, when Raina's parents thought she was napping, Raina went exploring. She got out pens and wrote on papers, she read books, played with toys, and climbed in and out of her crib. Multiple times. Raina has never really shown interest in climbing on the crib -- especially since she was sleeping on the cot -- but that incident told us to dismantle the crib immediately. So, we asked Raina "do you want a big girl bed?" A resounding yes was the answer, and off we went to the mattress store.
We prepped Raina all the way there: she'd get a twin sized bed, just like Sammy's, and, although it wouldn't be purple or pink (what she clearly wanted) we could buy her a purple or pink blanket for her new big girl bed. When we arrived at the bed store, Raina was amazed at all the beds and the sales person was unenthused when we said we wanted the smallest, cheapest bed possible. We were directed to the cheapest twin. Raina removed her shoes, climbed on up, bounced around, and tried it out. Her assessment: "I like it. It's too big." And suddenly she was a little frightened that she'd have to sleep in a bed so big as that one.
Through the conversation with Raina it became clear that she wanted to sleep on her crib mattress, but just to put it on the floor. And, hey, that certainly was easy for her parents! No delivery required!
Here's Raina's new big girl room. It has a cot AND a bed, and she can choose on which one she sleeps (or doesn't sleep) for each nap and night.
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