Big Girl Bed

July 4th weekend we changed Kylee's crib into a "big girl bed" as she has been so desperately asking us to do for months. I had actually been wanting to wait until she was 3 because I figured if she's not trying to climb out and she's still sleeping good at night why change a good thing?!


We put Tyler into a toddler bed when he was 2 but that was because we needed the crib for Kylee. Things went great when we made the switch with Tyler but Kylee is a lot more...energetic than Tyler so I wasn't eager to change things up so quickly with her. Her nap taking was minimal at best (about once a week-despite my efforts to give her one every day) and I knew that if I put her in a bed she could get out of at will, I could kiss those naps goodbye for good!


Finally we gave in because she wanted to sleep "in a bed like Tyler" SOOOO bad! And she has totally surprised us with how great she has done!!! She naps every.single.day. and hasn't tried once to get out of her bed and play with toys. She still sits in her bed in the morning and calls for us over and over till we come in and tell her she can get out of bed. We're working on that because that was the main reason we wanted to put her in a bed she could get out of! So every night we tell her, "kylee, in the morning when you wake up you can just get out of your bed all by yourself. Don't call for us to come get you, just come in our room." :) Her little independent personality is loving this and we love that she did so great!