Paige during bedtime
So we upgraded Paige to the Big Girl Bed yesterday (queen mattress on the floor). It was not something we planned on doing or even remotely wanted to do but we were out of solutions. She had such a fit in her crib the night before she gave herself a bloody nose. And we just can’t handle the screams and body slamming anymore. So we moved her into Drew’s room; which is further away from the rest of the rooms and moved Drew into her old room. This was hard for me to do because I finally put the last touches on Drew’s room last week. We moved the bed frame out of the room and all the furniture that wasn’t bolted to the wall and placed the mattress in the center of the room on the floor.
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Paige during naptime!
Nap time yesterday went great. She was soooo tired from her swim lesson (we had a private swim lesson yesterday–everyone must be out of town?) she went down with no problem. The weird thing is that she is so noise sensitive, but in her new room we put a baby gate across the doorway and because of the gate we can’t close her bedroom door. But she slept great at her nap yesterday and she slept pretty good for Paige standards last night. The only problem is keeping her from tantruming (and to keep her on the bed) we have to be in the room with her until she drifts off. That’s great for Paige because she goes to sleep quietly but I can not do that for her starting on Monday. There is no way I can lay next to her or sit on the edge of her bed with Drew. I dread Monday because I think she is going to be spoiled from these last couple of days where Eric and I “help” her fall asleep. I would love to help her everyday but that’s not reality. It’s going to be ugly. The other good news is that when she wakes up she waddles herself over to the baby gate and yells until someone gets her. I much prefer the yelling to the ear piercing screams. This Big Girl Bed just might work. We’ll see. It has to work because I don’t see her letting us put her back in her crib anytime soon.
Well, if the queen bed doesn’t work out, there is always the choo choo wagon.
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Praying it all works out you guys. How does the time pass so fast?
Good look today!
Sounds like you found something that may work! Could you lay next to her on your side and maybe get Drew to nurse? If you could get him to lay still for a few minutes doing that you could get her down it may be a perfect solution.
Funny you did this, because I was going to suggest it last week, that perhaps a big girl bed will work. With regards to keeping her in bed, maybe you don’t need to right off the bat. If she doesn’t feel restrained maybe she won’t throw tantrums. Meaning, maybe for the first few weeks, she will fall asleep on the floor next to the baby gate or by her toys, etc. The goal is to have her fall asleep without throwing tantrums and maybe this is the way to do it. Eventually, she will fall asleep in her bed. Just my two cents. I hope, regardless of what you do that it works out!
My daughter absolutely hated her crib too. She used to wake up many times a night screaming or screamed/cried forever when you put her in it for the night. My husband somehow figured out that my daughter liked sleeping on the floor a lot better. She fell asleep very quickly this way and she went back to sleeping about 12 hrs straight again. Although it is not ideal, it’s this or wake up several times a night and we chose to just let her sleep on the floor. I hope this works out for you guys!
she sleeps in the crazy-all-over-the-place way that my daughter does. looks like you are off to a good start…here’s to keeping it that way!!
One thing that worked for us, push the bed into the corner. It makes less edges to fall off of. Our kids are crazy sleepers (all over the bed) so that helped.
Kelley - just pushed it into the corner tonight to see if she sleeps better. Fingers crossed.
LOVE THE PICS!!!
Good job for reading your child and making the adjustments, or at the very least, trying something new. It is the hardest thing I find as a parent.
Any updates on the night of the 26th?
I’m trying really hard not to crack any jokes about padding the room…
Love the first photo! She looks exactly like Cooper when she sleeps- all over the place!
I am crossing my fingers that this works.
Love the pics. I hope this morning was good. She just wants to be a big girl….that’s all
Although I know you worked your buns off on the rooms, thank God paint is cheap!!!!!!!
Peace,
Shannon
I am glad this is working out for you guys! You should get those white things that go over the knob of the door so she can’t open the door and you’d be able to keep it closed….would that work?