Big-Girl Bed

Claire and Molly had some major transitions last week. They moved into the same room together, and Claire moved out of her crib and into a bed. Claire's actually doing so much better than I expected! I thought it was going to be an all-night party in there, and constant fighting about staying in bed, but we've had hardly any problems. Molly actually has very little interest in playing once they go to bed, so Claire will try to harass her then give up after a little while. Molly also loves to tell on Claire, which is nice if Claire's getting out of bed, but not if she's telling on her for things like standing up in the bed. We finally had to have a talk that calling for mom was for emergencies only, nothing else. The most effective deterrent for Claire has been the threat of going back to the crib. She gets a chance or two to get out of bed, then it's back to her crib if she keeps doing it. I think she's only had to go back to the crib twice to realize it's not nearly as fun as the bed, so she's been staying in bed.


I snuck in the kid's room and got a picture of them sleeping. There is absolutely zero space in that room. The door doesn't fully open, and the nightstand (which is Claire's dresser) has to overlap the closet to get the door closed. Definitely not an attractive room, and it's horribly mismatched, but that's a worry for another day.