Guess Who?

Guess who is sleeping in their big girl room in a big girl bed?

That is right. It is none other than big girl, soon to be big sister, Rebecca. We were supposed to start in her big girl bed as soon as we got back from Cleveland, but bronchitis had other plans. Then we were going to start on January 1, but because someone(s) did not sleep well the night before, we moved the big move to January 2.

Rebecca has proven John and I wrong and is doing fantastic. We were scared to death that it was going to be a total disaster. The first night she talked and sang to herself for a little over an hour, but never cried, before falling asleep. She slept until 4:45. I went in there and told her it was still night time. She fussed a little, but staying in bed until 6am.

The second night was a nightmare. She screamed when we put her down. She screamed when John dropped the toilet seat. (Our bathroom is right next to her new bedroom. She had just fallen asleep, too. I could have hurt John if he had not felt so bad about waking her up.) He eventually had to go lay down with her so she would go to sleep.

She woke up several more times in the middle of the night, and each time I went in there. I struggled with what to do. I knew she was okay, but I did not want her to be scared. I wanted her to know we still heard her every time she made a peep.

The last time she woke up that night was about 4:30, and she wanted her Daddy. He laid down with her again until she fell asleep. She slept until 8:00am. Thank you, Jesus!

It has been two nights since then, and she has not woken up at all. Every night I tell her that Mommy and Daddy will see her in the morning when the sun wakes up. She has even slept past her normal 7am wake up time.

Who knows what tonight might bring, or tomorrow night, or the next? But I do feel a like a huge weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. My goal was to have her in her new room and settled into sleeping in her big girl bed. Surely, in 5 weeks she will be truly settled in her room.

Side note: Those are her 3 blankies hanging on the bed rail. Rebecca insist on still covering up with her 3 blankies, the sheet, and the bed quilt. Luckily, it is FREEZING here and her room seems to be one of the coldest in the house, so she is fine being all covered up under 5 things.