December 20, 2006 - First nap in my new bed!

Well, as you know we are soon going to be needing Allison's bed for our new addition. Even though the baby will be in a bassinet in our room downstairs for the first few months, I like to have the crib sit empty and waiting for the new baby for at least a month before it's arrival to make for an easier transition for the older child. This meant that Allison needed to give up the crib and adjust to a new bed soon. This will allow her time to see the crib as NOT hers for a while before we put someone else in it. I got 2 toddler beds from a friend of mine before Gabrielle was born. One was being used here, and we kept the other one at my mom's house. Thanksgiving weekend we brought the second one home and set it up in the girls room. Allison loved it right away, but only if she could get in, stand up and jump. If you tried to get her to lay down for a nap or anything like that she didn't want anything to do with it. We let her just get used to the bed being there for a while and then a couple of weeks ago we started trying the new bed at nap time. We would keep putting her back for 20-30 minutes and then finally give up and put her back in the crib. On Dec. 20 she finally gave up the ghost and fell asleep for her first nap in her new bed. The first of many..... ( as you can see her "friends" take up more room than her, she always comes up with something new that has to be in bed with her).