For a couple of weeks now, I've been telling Mia how it's time for her to sleep in the single bed in her room, and not in the cot - she would hear nothing of it... The one time I tucked her into the bed and left the room for her to have a nap, she cried and cried. I told her that one day she will have a baby brother or sister who will need to sleep in the cot, and I asked her, "where will the baby sleep if you sleep in the cot?" to which she replied, "baby can sleep there in the big bed!"
I was worried about her falling off the bed - so we tried removing the bed's base so that the mattress was on the floor. Mia was NOT happy with "sleeping on the floor". So we put the base back. I looked at Baby City, and their guard railing didn't look nice, it had a railing that I just knew Mia would try and climb. Then I saw a pic of a different mesh kind of bed guard on a friend's photo, asked her where she got it, and off we went to Baby Boom yesterday!
Found the mesh bed guard, and while we were installing it, I told Wyn, you know what, we might as well take the cot out of her room, so that she doesn't have a choice as to where she sleeps. So we made a big deal out of rearranging her room with her, letting her help us move things, telling her how exciting it is and how pretty her room is, putting her favourite dudu toy, "Bubu" (piglet) on the big bed, etc - and she got caught up in the excitement and loved it all.
Come nap time, she asked me to lie down with her, so I did for a few minutes, but then told her it's dudu time, kissed her and walked out. I stood with the AngelCare monitor listening, fully expecting to be called within seconds... But she was fast asleep! Yay!
Bedtime, same thing - I lay down with her while she had her tea bottle, then kissed her and left, and she didn't make a squeak until 6h30 the next morning. Another yay!
The transition was easier than I expected. Hold thumbs it stays this way!
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Ah die kids raak te vinnig groot!
ReplyDeleteEk glo dit sal net aanhou goed gaan.
Wraggies bittersoet dat die baba-dinge so stuk-stuk verdwyn, ne!
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Skuus man, ek besef nou eers, ek het die stukkie gemis in jou email om te antwoord! Mia is such a good little girl, well done to her! And well done for coaching her so that she was so happy to sleep in her big girl bed! Stunning duvet set, love it! xx
ReplyDeleteDie duvet stelletjie is mooi, ne! Skoonma het vir Mia gekoop. :-)
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Oh my word, growing up beautifully Mia! What a pretty room you have. Jess, I have recently seen that a pool noodle under the bottom sheet also helps them to roll back to the middle of the bed if they move to the edge in their sleep. Love that mesh rail, so much nicer than others I have seen. Lotsa hugs. xx
ReplyDeleteSuch a good idea RE pool noodle, thanks!
DeleteYes, was also pleased with the mesh rail as opposed to some of the other kinds available!
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Yay Mia! Such a big girl.
ReplyDeleteI almost wept with disbelief "didn't make a squeak until 6h30 the next morning", I still find it so hard to beleive that children actually sleep through the night lol!
Mia's room is gorgeous, it reflects her girly girl personality through and through!
oops *believe* would be the correct spelling haha
DeleteAw sorry @ "almost wept with disbelief' - although I did speak to soon, last night she was super niggly, but think she's coming down with a cold and that it wasn't big-bed related.
DeleteShame my friend, I really really really wish your daughter would start sleeping through the night!!!
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Big girl transitioned so well :-) Her room is super cute btw ...
ReplyDeleteAlso love that mesh rail ... I've been wanting to get one for Sweetpea ...
Also can't believe the bit about her not making a peep til 6:30 ... not even Munchkin sleeps that well ... Sweetpea still wakes up at least once a night, sometimes twice ... and Mister, well ... we're still doing 3-5 wake-ups a night with him. Feels like I'm never going to sleep through a night ever again ...sigh!
Oh no, sorry that you have to get up so many times a night!
DeleteI had my fair share of no sleep during Mia's first year, and I am so, so so grateful that she sleeps well now! It just clicked eventually...
I know it doesn't feel that way now, but you will sleep through again!!!
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What a big girl hey. We've also got one of those mesh rails on Liams' bed an dhe too made such an easy transition to the big bed. Now, if he would only go to sleep on his own. He falls asleep with DH on our bed and then I have to carry him to his bed. Pffft, at least he sleeps tho. Poor Lunar
ReplyDeleteShame Helen, yeah, true - at least he sleeps!
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