Little did we know...

Little did we know that showing her the big girl bed and the room almost finished would cause her to want to actually SLEEP in the bed. She is napping right now. As I type this she is physically in the big girl bed with her eyes closed and sleeping. After a late night last night and an early wake up this morning we went to our Monday morning class. All was well there until I had to go to the bathroom after the class and Paige went ballistic (I'm pregnant--these things can't wait). I had to carry her out screaming in front of the seniors swim class and force her into the car where she screamed the entire way home. When we got home she was screaming in argument at anything I suggested. She finally asked to go upstairs and pointed to her new room. She lay down in her bed after I changed her into her "super cozie's" and calmed down for a bit. I asked her if she would like some lunch before a nap and she did.

After the lunch we got ready and went to read some books in her new bed (she told me she wanted to nap in the big girl bed). After reading the books she wanted to read some books in bed on her own. I hesitated since they have been causing problems at night, but it was nap time and I was desperate for her to remain calm. After she was done with these she tried to get out of the bed to "play with toys", and i said no she would have to go in her crib then if she was going to be getting out of bed. After a brief 30 seconds in the crib she asked to go to the big girl bed with her book "one grey mouse". 10 minutes later I checked on her to find her passed out with the book propped up in her hands. I carefully took the book away and she's been snoring in there for the past 45 minutes or so.

It's a miracle! First nap in 2 weeks. She was really really tired, and maybe the new bed had something to do with it. I wasn't planning on busting out the big girl yet especially since there is no bottom sheet (she is sleeping on a blanket), the sheets and blankets haven't actually been washed, and there is no bed rail (I put some safety pillows on the ground for now--I'll get mike to put the crib mattress down there later...and I ordered a bed rail online, and am hoping for a speedy delivery).

We'll see what happens at bed time and how the night goes. I'm not adverse to putting her in her crib for a bit if she isn't fully comfortable with the bed. We have some time.

Progress update!

I love the way it all turned out! Mike did such a good job. The bed isn't fully ready with sheets, but I put the quilt, pillow and blanket on to get an idea of what it looks like. Now we are ready to match some drapes and a little rug to the colour scheme! Paige saw it for the first time last night and loved snuggling up in the new bed.

BTW, don't you love Paige's "view". These are the things that make us want to move one day in the future....bigger yard, maybe looking out the windows at trees or nature, and not brick walls...

So funny...

Tonight I warmed up some Dora pasta for Paige while she was waiting at the table in her booster seat. I told her, "it's too hot, so I'll just leave it on the counter until it cools off a bit". Paige replies, "I can't blow on it from back here!"

Something about that reminds me of those "kids say the silliest things" stories I have read in Readers Digest while at the doctor.

Num num update!

Night 2: Fell asleep right away. Woke up at 1:00 for 2 minutes and mike put a book in her bed. Fell asleep.

Night 3: Fell asleep right away. Slept all night long.

We're through the transition! She has yet to nap without the num num, but like I say, not napping is a normal thing.

Update!: The following nights up until last night have been relatively brutal! Without the num num she needs us to comfort her, and needs books in her bed. It has been a bit of a trial and error process, but we're hoping that we have figured out a solution!

I can't believe we did it....

Yesterday we decided to go ahead and get rid of the night time num nums. I was "conveniently" out for bedtime and told Mike that if he wanted to assess the situation and see if he thought he could do it then he could go ahead. I was very surprised to return home and have him tell me she had fallen asleep without it. He said she put up a bit of a fuss for about 10 minutes but fell asleep. He had promised her a trip not only to the toy store, but also to the train store in the morning. I couldn't believe she fell asleep...this was too good to be true. It was about 11:30 when I got home and we decided to go to sleep. As we were getting up from the couch to go to bed, the screaming started. We had a really really rough night, but got through it, and we didn't cave in. First thing in the morning she mentioned the toy and train stores. We took her there and got 1 toy at each store. She was very excited. She didn't mention the num num for her nap, but then again didn't sleep either. We'll see how much fuss she puts up tonight!

five naps. FIVE!

I may not have posted about sleep in a while, but Paige had almost completely stopped napping. She would have 1 nap a week on average, and the day that she napped she would go to bed for the evening at 10:00.

She must be growing though because last week she had 5 naps, and she has slept for 2 out of 3 days this week so far. Her night time sleeps have been pretty good as well.

I decided to start to phase out the "num num". I have heard cold turkey is best, but Paige relied on not only one in the mouth, but also 1 in the hand for comfort. I figured getting rid of the one in the hand was the first step. We were at Bath and Body Works yesterday and she liked the looks of a very fluffy sheep stuffed animal. I asked her if she would like it to be her friend in her crib. She said yes. So I told her she would have it instead of the second num num and she could hug it. Yesterday's nap came around and she asked for "secondary num num", and I reminded her to hug the sheep. She was fine and fell asleep. Last night, same thing and she was again, fine. She used to hug her stuffed Abby, but after seeing the real Abby again recently, she hasn't relied on her so much. It was probably good to introduce something new in this case. Maybe we'll stop the num nums on the weekend, I don't know. So stressful.

That night Paige wore her beaver suit and made mischief of one kind...

For the past 2 days Paige has asked to wear her beaver costume after her nap up until dinner time. I can imagine that she is sweating in that thing.

We got the shot...!!

Yesterday Mike and Paige braved the cold and 4 hour line up and got the H1N1 flu shot. Paige was very well behaved apparently, and Mike held her for a large part of the time as they were right beside a road. Now his arm is very sore from the shot and the holding of Paige.

Today I had my first appointment with my OBGYN and she told me to go ahead and get it, so Maura and I went together after she was done work. When it was all said and done it took us about 3 hours, but at least we had each other to talk to in line.

So, I can't believe all 3 of us have had it! Now we won't worry so much if we go to the Royal winter Fair, or Craft show, or any of these big events we normally do.

While Mike was with Paige getting the shot, I went to a baby shower where the mom-to-be was sick and not there, and the dad-to-be (my 3rd cousin Matt) had to fill in. He wore a sash and opened gifts and had cake. What a good sport. It was quite amusing.

Halloween fun!

We carved the pumpkin first thing in the morning. Too bad it was too windy at night for the poor guy to hold a flame.

Paige's costume this year was a beaver. She was really excited to go out, and was also looking forward to trick-or-treaters coming to the door. In fact, when we had a mattress delivery at about 12:30 she yelled, "they're here! Happy Halloween!!" We had no problems convincing her to put on her costume (unlike at gymnastics the day before where she refused to wear it).

Mike and Paige took to the streets at about 6:30 when it got dark and the streets has started to become busy. They went to our immediate few neighbours, but then went across the street and did the inner circle of our crescent. They even went to "big green spider's" house, but Paige wimped out and apparently wouldn't go to the door, since it would involve passing the spider at close distance. The night was quite windy so once the inner circle of the street was done they were ready to come home to warm up. Mike said she was very polite and said "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" at all of the houses.
After returning home she had fun emptying and refilling her lot bag, as well as eating a few treats. She helped me hand out candy to the rest of the kids, and then had a really hard time going upstairs..."no, I stay here!! Leave the costume on!"

My favourite moment happened when Paige was helping with the candy. She wanted to see more kids so when I opened the door for her to look outside she grabbed a big handful of candy and yelled into the street, "Trick-or-Treat!!!! I GOT CANDY!!!!" to entice the kids over.

My other favourite moment had to be when she wouldn't take off her beaver costume but snuggled up with me and watched Mike playing a video game. She was so cuddly and warm.

New room progress and helping Daddy...

Building the new media cabinet. Paige likes passing Daddy the screws. She also liked shining the flashlight when he asked her to.

Mike has now installed all the chair-rail and painted it white. He put in all the squares underneath too, but they will be painted green like the rest of the lower half of the room.