For about a week Kate had started climbing into our bed and under the covers. Or the guest bedroom bed. Or Grandma and Grandpa's bed. A few days ago (15 April 2014) she was having quite a rough morning - she spent more time on the floor wailing than she did anything else. When it was nap time she knew it was coming and was mad all through her diaper change. When I put her down and started to change Daniel, Kate climbed into our bed and snuggled in. That gave me an idea.
I ran upstairs and quickly took the mattress out of the crib and made it into a bed on the floor. She's never slept with a pillow before so I went and grabbed one. I told her I had a surprise and talked excitedly as we walked up the stairs and into the room.
As soon as she saw the bed she ran over to it and got under the covers. She was super excited.
I wondered how she would do when I left and if she'd realize that she could "escape". But she was soon asleep so I went in to check on her. This is what I found...
She stayed there the whole time. It's been several days now that she's been napping and sleeping all night in her "big girl bed". Not once has she gotten out of her bed. I did find her one morning with the pillow on the floor next to her mattress and her laying there reading a book.
It seems like such a small thin, but it makes me just a little meloncholy to think of her moving into a bed. I know everyone says that kids grow up fast, but it is different when it's my very own little one that is growing up so fast.
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