Big Girl Bed

We decided to move Brinley into a bigger room so she would have more room to play and just be a kid. We weren’t in too big of a hurry to get the room done, but on Monday night Dustin picked up the mattress we bought and when he brought it home Brinley was so excited about it. She couldn’t wait to sleep in her “big girl bed” I had no intentions of putting her in this bed for a long time because I just didn’t think she would stay put. It turns out that this bed has been one of our best investments. We just told her if she threw a fit at bed time she would have to sleep in her crib and it has worked like a charm. You have no idea what we had been dealing with every single night at bed time. She would cry because she wanted to sing more songs or read more books. Then she would cry because she wanted more water, then her water wasn’t “big” enough, then she would cry because she’s hungry, then she would cry because she wanted the humidifier on, then she would cry because she wanted her closet doors shut, then she would cry because her lips hurt, then she would cry because she wanted a different stuffed animal, then she would cry because she wanted a Kleenex, then she would cry because you forgot to tell her to close her eyes, then she would cry because she wanted to snuggle. I’m not kidding. This was our nightly routine after we had already gone through her routine of books, singing songs etc. So, even though her room isn’t painted or cute yet, it has been so nice to put her to bed and have that be the end of it. But I’ll be honest, this empty nursery is breaking my heart. I feel like I should be running in there several times a night to rescue a screaming baby. Where have the past 3 years gone?