Blog | Big Girl
It is official – we no longer have any babies in our house. Just big girls that sleep in big girl beds! B transitioned to her new bed in August, and loves it! We had to wait a bit for M. First, I had to mentally prepare for getting rid of the crib. Here she is in all her cuteness, napping away in her crib shortly before the transition.
More importantly, however, we had to sew the velcro onto the mattress so the bed will stay attached to the murphy bed door when it is closed. And I do mean “we” – no way I was going to sew all that myself.
It basically took us 8 days, where we spent an hour or so each night sewing approximately two inches of the heavy duty velcro to the mattress. Something like this:
So far, it was worth the effort – it seems to stay pretty well (a vast improvement from when we just relied on the sticky part of the velcro when we did this for B). M was VERY excited to sleep in her new bed.
And she slept quite well.
Naps have gone well too!
Her prize for being such a big girl and staying in her big girl bed all night:
She has been great – much better than we expected. She does not get out of her bed in general, and she never leaves her room. I don’t know whether that is because of the flip flops, or whether she just understands that she is supposed to stay in her room, and I don’t care. It has worked out great! The crib is now officially packed away, and the girls are now settled in their “big girl” room with their big girl beds. They do very well together!
P.S. Now that we officially no longer have any babies in our house, I suppose we should retire the Baby 2 category. Future posts will continue to use the Mackenzie category for M.
