Big GIRL days, that is. Loads of stuff happening... where to start? Well... the latest. Today, after the usual music class and lunch, I put her in her crib for a nap. Even though she specifically asked for a nap, she really didn't want to be in there, so she decided to climb out. She tried this once, months ago, and that was it. But today's climb was much more scary to me. Here's how I found her:
Yes, we decided to put the guard rail on her bed after this incident. She LOVED it. Too much, I think.
The guard rail led to a nap 1 hour later due to playing with the bed and running around, and finally falling asleep on mommy. That turned into a short 1 hour nap (normally 2 hours). Fine. Cranky baby rest of day. Transitions. Understood.
Tonite, read to her in her chair, and put her in bed, got a lot of crying and climbing out. Mommy had to lay down with her to calm her down and help her to sleep. Didn't work. Went in to find her 15 minutes later, screaming, crying and snotty, standing in the middle of her room, carrying her blanket. She came out to sit with daddy (dragging her blanket), as I put the crib back together. Daddy and I decided that too much freedom can be a super-scary thing. Completely understandable. So we move on... we'll have a talk with her tomorrow about climbing out of the crib, versus the big-girl bed. Hmmph.
Another thing that accompanies this dilemma is the potty training one. We've been toying with it, and she's been playing with the potty (and actually sitting on it, without a deposit) for a while. Once I put the guard rail on the bed, she insisted I bring the potty into her room and put her 'big girl' panties on her. She is so ready to move on, it's just a bit scary... Here she is with her potty yesterday:
On another note, we've started to think about redecorating her room. We took the baby quilt off the wall and hung the surfboard (uncle) Justin bought her for her birth. She loves to look at it, and when she does, she yells "Ocean!" Guess she's seen her share of surfers out here in NorCal!
We're also planning on painting the wall behind her crib. Russell and I selected colors and I bought paint this week. Now I have to think about when to do the painting... probably when Russell can take her out for 5 hours on a weekend day... we'll plan that one in the near future! Here's the pattern I'm doing on her wall. This shows the entire wall, so the circles are pretty big.
She saw the design and just oooh-ed and aaahh-ed. Really loved it. Can't wait to start painting! Now, I just need to figure out how to make a circle stencil that big. Any ideas? Dad?
More later about our big weekend at Six Flags and Riley taking care of her plants in the yard. She's so good with this... you'll see!
