So, the babe is in her own big girl bed tonight for the first time.

[Maine-ah]

I'm a bit worried. We took the bed apart today and put the mattress and box spring on the floor. I think she's a bit young, 17 months old, but she sleeps much better in a real bed. Even if we leave her in our bed by herself she sleeps longer.

So, hopefully, tonight I'll get a full night sleep with just the hubbie in bed with me and not a flailing child that kicks me in the head several times a night.

Anyway, keep your fingers crossed for me. I haven't had a full nights sleep in over a year. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Maine-ah!

Good luck!

I'm thinking she'll end up in your bed...

Transitions are always tough!

Hang in there...

My kids are 35 and 41...and I can hardly remember when they were 17 months old!

:hug:

[Maine-ah]

3. thanks, CP!

I'm betting she'll end up in our bed too! At least I'm prepared for it anyway...and if she doesn't, then it will be a pleasant surprise!

I can not imagine a time when she'll be 35. I'm sure it will all wiz by me as fast as the first year has!

:hi:

[mainegreen]

2. Will do.

We do not miss the head kicking. It's wonderful not having it.

I wish the same for you. I'm sure you desperately need the full nights sleep.

:D

[Maine-ah]

4. Hey MG! Good to see you

How long did it take for little MG to adjust? :hi:

[mainegreen]

5. Still working on it.

x(

[Maine-ah]

6. How old now?

I was thinking he was almost a year older than BB Maine-ah. A friend of mine told me her kids didn't sleep through until they were about 4.

:scared:

[mainegreen]

7. 20 months.

He's at least sleeping until 5am-5:30am.

Better than the old days of getting up at 3!

[Maine-ah]

8. lol, I get that!

she normally will sleep in her crib from 8-10pm, sometimes later. Then she'll wake up, and you have to put her down again, then she only makes it a couple of hours after that, and then I give up and put her in bed with us. Since I work nights, at this point I'll take any sleep I can get. And she's still not going to sleep on her own. It's still rocking and singing until she's asleep and then you can put her down. We've tried everyone's suggestions of letting her cry it out for a few nights or putting her down just before she completely falls asleep. Non of this has worked for us. I know eventually it will happen.....she is a rather stubborn little girl. Much like her Da.

[yardwork]

9. My son started sleeping through the night for the first time when we moved him to the big bed.

I predict that your daughter will sleep through the night!

[Maine-ah]

10. I hope your prediction comes true!

:hi:

[riderinthestorm]

11. Well, I wish you luck but still taking bets on how many hours before little Maine-ah climbs in

with you.

I wish it were different but with my youngest, even though we also put her in a "big girl" bed by 15 months (she was dangerously launching herself out of the crib), that bed co-sharing thang was just really hard to break.

Fortunately for us, SHE actually became uncomfortable sharing our bed with dogs, cats etc. It was too crowded for her! And now (she's 11 yrs old) she is the mistress of her bed space. Woe betide anything that invades HER space! While the animals huddle amongst the various family members overnight, nobody dares snuggle with the wild one!

My oldest girl, she actually revelled in the whole "big girl" bed concept. She embraced the independence, the "responsibility" of her own room... it was weird. It was like every oldest child/responsible girl childhood model we read in the books was manifest in her. In reality, I was a bit freaked out because she followed the textbooks so closely.... I was actually relieved when my youngest climbed into bed with us that first night! Small fun factoid; my oldest girl accumulates all of the cats sleeping with her when she's home from college. I welcome this as they aren't draped all over me!

[ThomCat]

12. Good luck!

I hope you get a very restful night of sleep. :hug:

And I hope you get a lot of quality time with your husband after you've caught up on your rest. :P

[yardwork]

13. WEll? How did it go? Did she sleep through the night?

[MorningGlow]

14. I think it's the crib mattresses

There's all this paranoia about kids suffocating if the mattress is too plush (which I have NEVER understood--there is an innate human drive to breathe, after all--not talking about the SIDS-risk phase of course), so all crib mattresses are hard as a friggin' rock.

I do hope your babe sleeps comfortably in her own bed! MG Jr. is 4, and he makes it through the first sleep cycle, but when he cycles into a lighter sleep--boing!--he's up, running down the hall, and dive-bombing into our bed.

The only time I've had a full night's sleep in five years (counting in vitro calisthenics) is just before he gets sick, because that's the only time he sleeps through the night. Then I end up with a sleep deficit again, when I take care of coughing/sneezing/barfing in the middle of the night for another week.

Good thing he's cute, that's all I've gotta say.