The big girl bed, Part II
We made it to my parents’ house (that makes it sound a lot further away than it is - about 30 min. by car, and that’s mostly because of traffic), and MM is successfully sleeping in the big girl twin bed here!! Up until now, she’s done naps (and sleepovers) in the crib, because we didn’t have a rail for the platform bed in the same room. I finally got my act together, had one sent here, and my mom installed it yesterday. I made a Big Deal out of the big girl bed (she’s still doing naps in the crib at home, too, because she kept getting out of the toddler bed and Mommy needs the nap), she climbed in, and then promptly climbed out. Only to discover that I’d put a gate up for the first time.
I went back up (ugh…stairs are getting hard), put her back in bed, made a joke about helping her get up so high (made her laugh and then say “I not cry anymore” - yes!), and then told her goodnight again. And THIS time, she went to sleep!!
If she can get used to sleeping in the big girl bed for naps here, I may have an outside chance of getting her out of the crib altogether at home. Which would be nice, since I’d like to use it for 2.0 naps and I don’t want her to feel like she got booted or something.
Other than that, I’m tired. Achy. It’s hard to move at this point - it’s not my belly, it’s my hips. For whatever reason, my hips are actively trying to kill me and they’re having some success. I can only take Tylenol, which is about as effective as waving a burning branch over them and chanting something unintelligible. So I just kind of hobble around and whine about how I miss being able to do things. At which point M. says “Welcome to my world” - yeah, yeah, yeah.
At any rate, we’re here, and the countdown is on. T-10 (11?) days and counting. And I believe we have a name, if M. doesn’t change his mind.
December 7th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
not that I’d know from experience… but I’ve heard that the older sibling will sometimes ‘reclaim’ their things from the brand new sibling…
Ah, the sibling fun will start soon… oh, I’m sure MM will be the sweetest big sister!
Ooh, having a name is SO exciting, isn’t it?
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December 7th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Honestly, I think she’ll be more of a “helper” big sister than jealous. It’s just a hunch, but that’s my feeling right now. Of course, that means I won’t be able to leave them in the same room together for more than a second, because she’ll start “helping” him out of the crib, “helping” him eat pizza, and “helping” him drink out of a cup. I don’t trust the kid further than I can throw her…
I like having a name! M. is still kind of fence-sitting, but that’s his way (ie: Me: “Do you want rice and X for dinner tonight?” Him: “Maybe.” = “Yes.”). But he did say this morning that, yes, he could go with the name, so I’m taking him at his word on this.