Big Girl Bed

We endured 18 months of Abby waking up several times a night, sometimes for hours at a time. I mean I could count on one hand how many times that little girl slept through the night. We tried everything that every book has written on the subject to no avail. She always went to bed like a champ, just couldn't stay asleep and definitely couldn't soothe herself back to sleep. Finally one night Chad camped out on her floor so he could immediately look in her crib to see what was waking this little girl up. He noticed she was all over her crib and was scrunched when she would cry out. So after his night of a 2 hour nap he told me we were taking her crib down and putting the double bed in her room, that day. And I'll tell you, he was right. (I haven't said that too many times in our marriage--hehe). Abby was a little unsure of her ginormous bed for 2 nights, but it's been over a month and she goes to bed at 8 and wakes up at 7....every night. No crying, and she wakes up happy happy happy. I am typing with one hand, and knocking on wood with the other.

Her comforter is the same one that Mom and Nana made for my first big-girl bed. How cool is that? And it has already been washed 5-6 times. Little love got sick the week after.

There are many mornings and afternoons that Abby will be asleep much longer than normal, so I will check on her and she is sitting against the pillows, Elmo in one hand blankie going up the nose in the other. Her bright eyes showing that she has been awake for a while.

I think she loves her bed.