...for a big, big girl who is about to get her very own BIG GIRL BED!
That's right, Zoey is currently napping--possibly for the last time, ever--in her crib, which we plan to replace tonight with a twin-sized bed. This weekend, while we were in Puyallup for Thanksgiving, Bryan picked up a twin bed frame and mattress from his mom's house. (Heather was looking to down-size her amount of furniture at the perfect time for us. Many thanks!!)
So, right now, Bryan is outside probably getting high on paint fumes as he spray paints the black metal frame with a much prettier shade of eggshell. No matter that it is a little drizzly outside and perhaps November is the wrong month to choose for painting furniture--unfortunately for my husband, I woke up this morning with the idea in my head that THIS will be the night we get Zoey in a big girl bed, and he (after 9 years of putting up with me) understands that it is best not to argue. He assures me the paint will be "dry enough" to bring in to her room this evening. We'll see.
(There's a method to my madness, at least a small one. My theory is this: do we really want to put Zoey in her big girl bed on a school/work night, and potentially spend every hour getting up with her to remind her that she needs to STAY in bed? Frankly, I'd rather tackle that obstacle on a Saturday night. And Alisa and JD, if you're reading this, I know what you're thinking...the first few nights of Finley's big boy bed experience were smooth as punch, until day three--or four?--when he discovered he could hop out of bed whenever he felt like it. I am not completely naive.)
At any rate, I am excited for Zoey to make this big leap in to big girl territory! I firmly believe that our days are limited in which she will stay put in her crib...and knowing our child, she'll become an Olympic pole vaulter in the middle of any night now, and end up with yet another broken bone. So, with that in mind, Zoey and I trekked to Target today and picked out sheets and blankets for her new bed. (All of this amidst great excitement and talking-up of the big girl bed...lucky for us, Adley made the switch to her own big girl bed this past week, so Zoey has some frame of reference to measure all this excitement against.)
Here's hoping that she'll STAY in bed tonight!
2 comments:
Ya, when we first switched Finley it was just too difficult so we had to switch back to a crib for a few months.. good luck!
Olivia did just fine with the switch, in fact we have been thinking about switching Zachary but the crib just makes my life so easy! Good luck!
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