Big Girl Bed

So, Ian and I have been trying to decide when to move Sophie over from her crib to a "big girl bed." We knew it would be before we left for Strasbourg since the apartment only has twin beds in the second bedroom and with the amount of traveling we'll be doing, it will be a hassle to try to figure out a crib for each place we stay. I thought that maybe we'd start the transition around her 2nd birthday, but we recently changed our minds. I bought a bed for her dolls recently, which she's really enjoyed using (for her dolls), and on our spring break trip, we stopped at Ikea to have lunch (Sophie really goes for those meatballs!) and had to walk through the kids section. She really wanted to climb in and out of the kids beds, so I thought, why not try it?

I changed her crib to the toddler bed on Saturday morning, and so far, she's loved it! I was expecting to have to go into her room constantly to drag her back into bed now that she can escape, but so far we haven't had any problems. She seems actually excited to go to bed now in her "big girl bed" and doesn't get out until we come in to get her. (Actually, this is sort of a problem because she will stand up in bed when she's ready to get up like she did with the crib...I'm kind of afraid that she's going to fall out on her head!)

Here are some pics of her enjoying being a big girl: