It is time.
Up to this point, Zoë has been quite happy and contained in her lovely crib. She is tall, but hasn't had the arm strength to pull herself up...until today. I decided it was time to test her abilities and asked if she could climb up onto the diaper changing table this morning. After a little bit of effort, she did. Eek!
So, Daddy spent a few minutes unscrewing the front, and viola! Big Girl Bed! Zoë was VERY excited and immediately put all of her stuffed animal friends on the quilt and started jumping. (So, we had a little conversation about one of her favorite songs "Five Little Monkeys" - "Remember Zoë what happened when the monkeys fell off the bed? Yeah, 'ouuuwww' is right! We don't want you to get owies on your head either." :)
Currently, Zoë is in her room with the shades drawn attempting her first nap in the Big Girl Bed. So far, nap time has consisted of several attempts to open the door and repeated knocking. But now she is quietly talking to her friends. I'm getting hopeful - at least for her to have some "quiet time" if not a nap. We'll see what happens!
It is all a little bittersweet. Happy to see our little girl grow up and become her own person, but sad to see her moving out of all-things-baby. We cherish the sweet memories of her almost-two years of life, and at the same time, look forward to the crazy adventure still ahead of us!
What a big girl!! So how did it go??
ReplyDeleteNap time went pretty well - we told her she had to stay in her room and be quiet - read or talk to her friends, but she had to be quiet. And if she was tired, she could lay down and go to sleep. After about 10 minutes of moving around, knocking on the door (fortunately she doesn't know how to open it yet :) and talking with her buddies, she quieted down and slept 1 1/2 hours. Night times have been more difficult - Zac has to rock her until she is pretty sleepy and then lay her down. She refuses to lay down otherwise, even if we are there to read or sing to her.
DeleteGood luck with Julianne! Let us know if you discover any secrets that help!