Ch Ch Ch Changes

Our kids are growing up!  Did you know that?  I might be forcing it a little though.  In preparation for our trip to TX, where Kayla will need  to sleep in her own bed, not a crib or a pack and play, I thought we'd start getting her used to a bed now.  Yes, I could rent a crib in TX but we're not staying in one place the whole time so that wouldn't really work.  And, we have to move her out of it so we can move Tyler into it in a couple months anyway.  So, now's the time.  Maybe the day Daylight Savings Time ends wasn't the best night but there's never a good time so whatever.  Unfortunately, I made this decision at around 6:45pm that night when bedtime's at 8 so it was kind of a crazy night.  I entertained the kids while Eric took the front railing off Kayla's crib... but I didn't entertain for long enough because we were in her room playing while dad was still trying to get the guard rail put up.  There are no "during" pictures - too much craziness!

So, the finished product...

And the happy child...

It turns out we put that guardrail up on the wrong kind of bed, it's supposed to be put on a regular adult bed, but we're going to try it anyway.  I'm a little worried that Kayla will lean on it too hard and meet the floor rather quickly but we'll see.  We both told her multiple times not to lean on the guard rail, no pushing on it, no kicking it, don't even touch it.  Of course she can't not do any of those things it but hopefully she won't break it.  I'm going to try this for a few weeks then we'll see about taking it off.  It's on there so that she doesn't fall out right?  But it's so big that it's almost like her actual crib.  So, I want to try it without it for a couple weeks before Christmas so that when we are there and she's sleeping on a blow up mattress by herself, she's used to it and we aren't dealing with repeatedly putting her back in bed every night we're there.  I'm sure it will still happen but to a lesser degree.  And, so far so good because even though there is a little opening on the side so she can get in and out by herself, she hasn't yet.  In the morning and after naps I go in there to find her quietly "reading" on the right side of the bed - that's always been her little spot (to sit and "read" not to sleep - she sleeps all over the bed, in all kinds of directions). 
In related news... we moved to Tyler to the pack and play about two weeks ago.  He was hitting his head a lot in his sleep and waking himself up.  We were using the padding that Christine made for it on 3 sides but if we used it on all 4 there wouldn't be much more room left for Tyler.  So, at 11pm one night after he had woken himself up 3 times since 8pm we made the switch.  And you know what, he generally only wakes up once a night now.  Well, 2 but I give him his pacifier the first time and then feed him the 2nd time.  But it's better than every couple of hours.  I don't love the pack and play - it's slanted so he only sleeps on one side of it - but it's temporary.  It depends on how this bedding situation goes with Kayla, and how long Tyler continues to need to eat in the middle of the night.  As soon as he's sleeping better (through the night), and we're comfortable with Kayla in her own bed, we'll move him to the crib and they'll be sharing a room.  And that, my friends, is a whole other blog post. 

GOODNIGHT!