Toddler Bed

This post was originally started on 5/23, but I guess I got busy.  Emmy switched to a toddler bed.  I wasn't sure we were ready, but Tom wanted to transition well before our scheduled trip to the beach in August, so that we didn't have to take the pack and play with us.

The first week was a little rough.  Emmy seemed to have some trouble adjusting.  She kept waking up in the middle of the night and crying until we came and talked to her.  She would stick out her tongue and tell us her "mouf hurts," and ask for medicine.  Since this coincided with a sinus/eye infection and antibiotics, I'll admit that we fell for it for the first couple of nights.  But it became clear rather quickly that the tears would stop long before any medicine could have kicked in.  This will also mark the second time I've been convinced that her second molars were coming in, and as yet, we have seen no additional teeth beyond the first set.  (One might think that I actually have no idea what I'm talking about...)

Before I agreed to the switch, we had to install a gate at the top of the stairs, which, so far, has been great.  We actually put it in the hallway perpendicular to the stairs, and it's working really well.  We only use it at night, when we leave her door open, so she can come visit us if she needs to, but can't get to the stairs. 

Since she can get to us now, she comes to see us every morning on the weekends, as soon as she wakes up.  Then she climbs into bed and we watch Sesame Street or whatever other show she requests.  So far, (and knock wood) she hasn't come to visit us during the night.  She will occasionally wake up and cry, but she hasn't ventured out of bed yet.  We know that she has gotten up because we'll often find her in the morning with toys and books she didn't have when she went to bed, but, so far, no night time visits.

I have lots more things to post, but if I tried to put them all in one post, it would run dangerously close to novella length, so....