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I knew this day would come and I've been dreading it. But it's gone remarkably better than I anticipated. A few days ago we moved Eden out of her way-too-small portacrib and into a toddler bed. Her first sleeping attempt was for naptime and after 1 hour of coaxing and discipline, she fell asleep in her bed. I kept the crib in her room to use as a back-up. At one point I told her she was going back to her crib, and actually put her in there, but the pitiful plea she gave me to peep in mah big gurl bed! was so heart-wrenching I relented. The first night she slept pretty well in her bed. I think I only had to go in to her room once, when she turned on her light and called for Mommy at 4:30am, announcing to me, It's time to get up. Oh no, I responded, It's not time to get up. She actually went back to sleep until the more reasonable hour of 7am.

Last night was a little rougher. Eden required 3-4 visits in the middle of the night. She's taken the admonition to stay in your bed! so seriously that if something falls out of her bed (cup, blanket, doll) she won't get out of bed to pick it up. We're still trying to work that one out. She also fell out of bed several times last night. She didn't do that at all the first two times she slept in the bed, so I don't know what that's all about. We haven't yet located the little guards that came with the bed. We're also trying to convince her that if she falls out of bed she can put herself back into bed without help.

Today she fell asleep for her nap after an hour of protesting. I finally had to wake her at 5pm and she was precariously close to the edge of her bed, head pointed towards the floor. I literally caught her when I woke her up or she would have slid head first into the floor. For bedtime tonight she settled without any visits from mom! Hallelujah for small miracles! I guess next step will be to move the crib out of her room and into the new baby's room. But it still comes in handy for time-outs... [Theresa, 4/11/2008 10:40:17 PM]