Rose has been climbing in and out of her crib for a long time now. But things really got crazy when she got soother obsessed. For a long time Rose was fine with the "no nummies out of the crib" rule. But then as her 2 year molars really started coming in (she has 2 of them now--bottom ones), and when her temper tantrums really started to kick in full force, she was desperately asking for the soothers. She would climb into her crib to suck on them for a little relief. Or we would put her in there to calm down with them for a bit. But then she would climb out and sometimes she would fall a little bit. The last straw was when she climbed out during nap time and was just playing in her room, and I had no idea. We figured it was time for a big girl bed. The plan has been for Rose and Paige to share a room, but we're really not ready for that. Rose still naps, and we didn't want to put out the expense for a bunk bed (and Rose is not mature enough to sleep in a room with a ladder and bunk!).
So on my birthday after a trip to Cora's for breakfast, we decided to just go to Ikea for the cheapest bed possible! The hope was to find a toddler bed so we could use the crib mattress, but they only had small kids beds that were longer. So we had to buy a mattress and bedding as well as a bed. But it really only cost about $150 all in. And the best part is that she loves it! She loves climbing in by herself, and she's been sleeping exactly the same as she always has, which is through the night every night. Actually-- last night she got turned around and confused, and woke up for a minute, but that is the only time in over a week. She's out of her sleep sack for the first time too, and that is going fine. She picked out her own pink covers too which maybe helped with the transition. The only thing is that she doesn't like the pillow or having any stuffy guys on her bed.
Rose was prone to skipping the odd nap before she switched to the bed, so she still skips about the same amount of naps...a couple a week. The only difference now is that if she doesn't want to nap she just plays in her room and looks at books, or comes out of her room. We may get a child proof door knob cover on her door so she doesn't come out. Especially when Paige is back to school, I sometimes go in the basement, or do some weeding or something, and I wouldn't want to worry that she is getting out of her room.
She really does seem like a big girl. We measured the girls at the cottage and she is about an inch or so taller than Paige was at the same age. The hand-me-down shoes we thought she could wear this summer were a full size too small. She is still very insistent on "do it self" for many things. She is sitting in a booster seat at the table and refuses to be strapped it and likes to "sit on knees!!!" all precariously on the side of her seat. She's at the extremely strong willed stage. She's really tough and can take a big fall without crying. Also, she's got a lot of energy in terms of walking and running. Nice that she can keep up on family walks to the duck pond, and to the school.
She loves to copy Paige and repeats a lot of things Paige says or sings. Sometimes they will yell out silly things in tandem over and over again. I find it hilarious that Rose now says "this is boring" even though she doesn't know what that means, and just says it about random things.
Oh--she's also at the stage where she wants everything the opposite of what you want her to do. for instance if I ask her to wear a shirt and she says no, when I go to put it back she says "Yes! Yes!". So silly.
Not sure if I mentioned the potty training as it was a total bust. We tried for about 4 days--hardcore no diapers, etc. and it didn't really work. 1 poo and 1 pee on the potty, but nothing consistent. We decided to just leave it for a month or so to erase the bad memories and give our carpet a rest. We'll probably wait until after we return from Alberta to attempt that again. Now that I've said that she'll be show signs of wanting to do it in the next 3 weeks and we'll have to deal with going on the airplane toilet...
