Saying Goodbye to the Crib

Mia has been able to get into and out of her crib since before she was one year old.  We promptly got a crib tent and have been good to go ever since.

Recently, though, Mia started leaping out of pack-n-plays when not sleeping at home.  She would help herself out of bed when sleeping at my parents' house, and then also recently when we were in Tahoe.  Add to that that she is now potty trained (still wearing a diaper at nap and night) and will often call to us from bed that she needs to potty.  Given these developments, we thought it best to transition her crib to a toddler bed and start to teach her that she needs to stay in bed when it's time to sleep.

So, this weekend Mia got a "big girl bed."  She proudly marches anyone who visits up to her room to view her new sleeping arrangement, yet when we are alone and rocking before putting her down to sleep she has asked me repeatedly to tell Daddy to bring her crib back.  I feel badly, like we took away her safe place, but I know that it is something that has to happen eventually anyways.

The good news:  other than some trouble on the first day/night, she has done really well and given us almost no trouble at all staying in her bed.  SUCH a difference from our experience with Luke.

I am hoping that we'll start to work on getting her a real big girl (twin) bed soon!