The Grays

Thursday Night

Saturday Night

So my mom went back to Phoenix on Friday and it is probably no coincidence that once she left Lilly’s sleep has been affected.  After climbing out of her crib on multiple occasions we have had to put her in a toddler bed.  Here’s what happenned:

Monday nap:  She was very upset when I put her down and would NOT let me leave the room.  Kept asking to be picked up – after an hour of this continuing I finally gave up and she did not take a nap (for the second time ever).

Tuesday night:  Same as Monday’s nap – after going in her room once or twice I had to feed Robin so Nana Judy went in and rocked with Lilly to calm her down.  She finally went to sleep but woke up in the middle of the night and was up for an hour crying while I sat in her rocking chair.

Wednesday night:  Same thing but this time she climbed out of her crib.  After some time Judy and I finally got her to sleep.

Thursday night:  We were planning to let her cry it out for the first time ever.  I figured she got out of the crib by using the bumpers so I had taken those off but she STILL got out.  I ran into her room just as she was perched on the top rail and caught her.  She was so upset that she fell right asleep in my arms.  When Bill walked in at 11:30 she woke up crying and tried climbing out AGAIN.  We decided that it was unsafe for her to sleep in her crib so Bill put the mattress on the floor and spent most of the night sleeping next to her.

Friday night:  We lowered the mattress all the way to the floor and she climbed out AGAIN.  Put the mattress on the floor and she fell asleep pretty quickly.

So on Saturday we turned her crib into a toddler bed.  I was really concerned about this sudden change (we were planning to move her to a toddler bed in August or September) but she has been doing great!  We decided to put a door handle lock on the inside of her door so she would learn to stay in her room but thankfully the one time she tried to get out she cried for about a minute and then went to bed.  Now she stays in her bed until morning, when she gets out and stands by the door to wait for us.  Fingers crossed!