Changes....

This weekend we had a lot of family come to stay with us, so in order to give our guests their own rooms I moved Landry's crib out of her room and into ours. Any of you that have cribs understand that this means that I had to take the crib apart and move it, then re-assemble it. I ended up doing this 3 times because she barely got any sleep on Friday evening...I am sure part of it was due to the new room, I think most of it was the noise. JR said that every time he turned over in the bed she would wake up. I slept on the couch because I went to bed after JR and I didn't want to wake her up. So for Saturday night I disassembled the crib and once again re-assembled it in our closet. I know - I know, it sounds horrible but it was the only place in the house where the sound was muffled. 1st, we have a large closet, 2nd we put a box fan in the closet to keep it cool. She slept like an angel...in fact the fan even helped to drown out more noise. On Sunday after everyone left, I was feeling pretty lazy so I just let her take her nap in the closet and afterwards I again, took it apart, transferred it to her room and put it back together again. By this time, JR was home from work so I talked to him about leaving off the front side and converting it to a toddler bed. The more I thought about it the less I wanted to do it...I mean, a toddler bed means that my baby is growing up, and I am not really ready for that yet. So I started to put in on anyway and JR said we should just test it out for one night. That night when I put her to bed, she quickly realized she could get in and out...she got out and ran to the door and cried for about two minutes and was then silent. At 10:30 I went to check on her...I didn't want to wake her, but I also didn't like the idea of her sleeping on the floor...sure enough she was in her bed sleeping like an angel. I checked on her again at 12:30 and 2:30 but then fell asleep and wasn't able to check again. The next morning, (Monday) I heard her at the door so I went to let her out. I was particularly worried about nap time because she would still be able to see around the room. We dont keep any toys in her room except for her puppies that she likes to sleep with so I dont have to worry about her getting up and playing...I was just worried that in the light of day she wouldn't be able to nap in a bed that she could so easily get out of. I put her down for her nap and after about 30 minutes I went to check on her...she was sitting in her bed with ALL the clothes from her drawers in her lap! Geez! So I grabbed the clothes and put them on TOP on the dresser, went back laid her down, gave her the puppies, covered her with her blanket and gave her a kiss. I left the room with out a word. She said "night night" as I was leaving! LOL 30 minutes later I checked on her again, and she was sound asleep! Woo hoo!
Last night when I put her down, everything went well again. At just a little after 12:30 I heard a thud followed by her crying...Obviously she fell out of the bed. I was trying to decide what to do, because she literally cried for about 5 seconds, but I was wondering if she would know to get back on the bed. Again, I didn't want her sleeping on the floor, so I went to check on her, she was sitting on her bed...so, I now know that if she falls off, she knows to crawl back on! I went in, tucked her back in the bed and gave her kisses and left. I didn't hear another peep from her until this morning! Honestly, I can't believe how easy it has been...or the fact that my little girl is growing up so fast! I decided to put off the potty training this week just to make sure she is comfortable with the toddler bed transition...I really dont like the idea of changing up so much at one time... I think it can be confusing. So I will start up again next week, assuming that she keeps up the good work with the bed!