Big Girl Bed

Abby hit another big milestone last weekend and moved into a big girl bed. Gone are the days of being confined in a crib. That complicates my life a bit, but it had to happen sooner or later. We moved her bed into the girls’ room and moved their dresser into her old room. She is very excited about sharing a room with her sisters. In fact, Ben is the only one who isn’t thrilled with the idea. That poor, brother-less boy is a little bitter about having his own room. We tried to soften the blow by letting him have a slumber party in the girls’ room on Friday night. Abby is used to staying up late and sleeping late. We’re hoping that she adjusts to the early to bed, early to rise routine pretty quickly. She’s had a couple of impromptu naps in random places this week.

I was trying to remember how old our other kids were when they made the big move, so I searched our old photos. Ben moved out of his crib the first night in our new house (21 months). Emily moved just before Elise was born (almost 2 years old). I had forgotten that she still loved her bottle, but there it is in the picture. Elise was 2 years and 2 months old. She would arrange all of her babies in bed with her every night. Good memories!