Asleep in the New House

R has been taking to the new house like a dream. When we first got our furniture in and officially "moved" there, we would pick her up from day care and tell her we were going home. She'd then shout, "NO! Go to the NEW HOUSE!" and we would explain that "home" and "the new house" were the same place.

The first night we stayed in the new house, we decided to go ahead and have her sleep in her twin bed (which, incidentally, is the same twin bed I slept in until I was nearly finished with graduate school) because we had the crib in the baby's room and we wanted her to sleep in her own room.

I was a little nervous about how the new bed would work out. We have a bed rail for her in case she rolls over too far, but we were still not sure how well she'd sleep or if she'd try to stand up in the bed or figure out how to get out of the bed or whatever.

Turns out we didn't need to worry. She was snug as a bug in her big bed with all of her stuffed animals all night long. Not a peep until 6 a.m. the next morning. And since then she's been excited about her big bed. When we tell her it's time to get ready for bed, she says, "go to sleep in the BIG BED!" and we say, "yes, in the big bed!"

J taught her how to climb out of the bed because he was worried about her trying to lean too much on the crib rail (which is fairly sturdy but still!) and because well, it's just good for her to know how to get in and out of the bed.

So, now in the mornings she sometimes crawls out of the big bed and J wakes up to her rattling her doorknob. The other afternoon for her nap, she, for whatever reason, didn't want to sleep in the big bed, so J pulled out her nap pad (remember that thing?) and laid it on the floor, along with all of her stuffed animals and blankets (of COURSE). She slept like a log-- in fact, taking a longer nap than usual. We peeked in on her a little after 4 (she is usually up around 3) and this was the scene in her room: