Sylvia’s big-girl bed

Sylvia stopped napping sometime in July (sniff!!).  And around the same time, she climbed (successfully) out of her crib a couple times.  It is indeed a startling thing to have one’s child appear before you when you think they are tucked away snug in their bed.  So we decided that it was time to transition our girl from her crib to a big girl bed.  The crib was Maretta’s (circa 1985).  It’s served us well for two babies, and it was a little sad to say goodbye.

Here’s Sylvia’s changing table.  She’s been potty trained since last spring, and I turned her changing table into a shrine of sorts for her favorite things: shoes and handbags.

Our babysitter Shara came over and watched the kids while I put together the new bed.  Our friends Benson and Veronica gave it to us, and it’s so cute in this little room!  The stitchery above the bed was made by my mom.  It’s a sampler with a little girl taking a bunny rabbit for a walk.  I’d asked Mom to make it, and I think she worked on it in 2004.  I found it amongst Mom’s things and had it framed last winter.  So it’s finally up in a place of honor in my little girl’s room.

Note that Poodle and paci are perched on my girl’s pillow.  Poodle is no longer pink.  It’s now a kinda dingy brownish gray.

Here’s Sylvia leaping in delight onto her new bed.

And there her brother joins her!  How exciting!

Here she is alseep.  Looks like she needs to get used to the absence of bars!  She fell out quite a few times the first few weeks, but these days she’s staying comfortably in the bed.  And (thank heavens) she’s done a good job of staying in her bed at night and in the morning.  Yay for my big girl!