At least for my daughter.
I made blue cupcakes yesterday for the Super Bowl (still love my Colts!). They were a complete failure due to a cruddy egg substitute (I will be so glad when Layla's allergy is behind us!). They obviously weren't making it to the party, but they were still edible. I let Layla eat one and she LOVED it. Thank goodness for kids who could care less about the way things appear or if the consistency is as it should be. :-)
This morning I was a little surprised to find her poo was green...bright green!
I learned today that blue=green. At least when it comes to my daugther's input/output.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Big Girl Bed
I just realized I never wrote about Layla's transition to her "big girl bed." She's been in it for two weeks now and I can't even imagine her in a crib now.
The morning of the change, I actually didn't wake up even thinking about transitioning her to a big girl bed. I don't know what got me thinking about it, but once I did, that's all I could think about. There were only a few weeks left of my maternity leave and if there were any major issues with the transition, I wanted to get them worked out before I went back to work.
We ended up getting her a twin bed rather than a toddler bed. Her crib actually transitions to a toddler bed and then a frame for a twin, but there was no way I was going to buy a second crib for Piper! The thought of buying a toddler bed didn't seem to be too wise, financially speaking, because she would quickly outgrow it. So off to the stores I went to buy twin sheets, a pillow, bed rails and a mattress & box spring.
Layla is quite the mover in her sleep. I am 100% confident that she would fall out of bed if all four sides weren't surrounded. Two sides are taken care of by walls, so I bought rails for the other two. However, once we got everything assembled, the rail I bought for the foot of the bed didn't actually work as nicely as it did in my head. So she currently has a night stand and hamper at the foot of the bed. :-) I initially had them weighted down pretty heavily so she couldn't push them away and get out, but have since removed the weight and she hasn't tried to push them. I'm not sure when to clear off the foot of the bed completely. I have walked in to check on her and seen her down there a couple of times already. We just have the mattress on the floor, but with the box spring, that's quite a fall. But I'm getting ahead.
Layla LOVES her new bed. She was jumping around like a crazy child as we were setting it up. She invited several "friends" to join her in the fun. She loves having her own pillow.
The first night was such a breeze! It could have been because it was quite a bit past her bedtime due to my persistence that we set up the bed that night :-). Whatever it was, she put her head on the pillow and went right to sleep.
Nap time the next day...not such a success. This is when I realized I needed something with more weight at the foot of the bed. I heard her cd player increase in volume tremendously which clued me in immediately that she was out of bed. I walked in to her room and she greeted me with a pleasant "Hi!" Apparently she didn't realize she was to stay in bed. Or she was just trying to be cute to prevent herself from getting into trouble. I'm sure it was the latter. :-) I ended up having to go back in there 2 different times. She sat and played in her bed for 2 hours!! She finally gave up and went to sleep...far too late in the day, but I let her sleep.
I knew the first night was too good to be true.
Second night came...again a breeze!!!
And we've had no issues since.
I think the nap time ordeal was just a fluke. She has had one or two other times where she would just sit and talk/sing/play in her crib for over an hour before falling asleep. I think this falling with the newness of a bed she could get out of extended the playing a bit, but not a huge deal.
This has been a bittersweet transition. Just another reminder that my little girl, my first born, is no longer a baby.
The morning of the change, I actually didn't wake up even thinking about transitioning her to a big girl bed. I don't know what got me thinking about it, but once I did, that's all I could think about. There were only a few weeks left of my maternity leave and if there were any major issues with the transition, I wanted to get them worked out before I went back to work.
We ended up getting her a twin bed rather than a toddler bed. Her crib actually transitions to a toddler bed and then a frame for a twin, but there was no way I was going to buy a second crib for Piper! The thought of buying a toddler bed didn't seem to be too wise, financially speaking, because she would quickly outgrow it. So off to the stores I went to buy twin sheets, a pillow, bed rails and a mattress & box spring.
Layla is quite the mover in her sleep. I am 100% confident that she would fall out of bed if all four sides weren't surrounded. Two sides are taken care of by walls, so I bought rails for the other two. However, once we got everything assembled, the rail I bought for the foot of the bed didn't actually work as nicely as it did in my head. So she currently has a night stand and hamper at the foot of the bed. :-) I initially had them weighted down pretty heavily so she couldn't push them away and get out, but have since removed the weight and she hasn't tried to push them. I'm not sure when to clear off the foot of the bed completely. I have walked in to check on her and seen her down there a couple of times already. We just have the mattress on the floor, but with the box spring, that's quite a fall. But I'm getting ahead.
Layla LOVES her new bed. She was jumping around like a crazy child as we were setting it up. She invited several "friends" to join her in the fun. She loves having her own pillow.
The first night was such a breeze! It could have been because it was quite a bit past her bedtime due to my persistence that we set up the bed that night :-). Whatever it was, she put her head on the pillow and went right to sleep.
Nap time the next day...not such a success. This is when I realized I needed something with more weight at the foot of the bed. I heard her cd player increase in volume tremendously which clued me in immediately that she was out of bed. I walked in to her room and she greeted me with a pleasant "Hi!" Apparently she didn't realize she was to stay in bed. Or she was just trying to be cute to prevent herself from getting into trouble. I'm sure it was the latter. :-) I ended up having to go back in there 2 different times. She sat and played in her bed for 2 hours!! She finally gave up and went to sleep...far too late in the day, but I let her sleep.
I knew the first night was too good to be true.
Second night came...again a breeze!!!
And we've had no issues since.
I think the nap time ordeal was just a fluke. She has had one or two other times where she would just sit and talk/sing/play in her crib for over an hour before falling asleep. I think this falling with the newness of a bed she could get out of extended the playing a bit, but not a huge deal.
This has been a bittersweet transition. Just another reminder that my little girl, my first born, is no longer a baby.
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