june rewind #4: caroline and her big girl bed!
evidences of caroline's baby days are quickly evaporating. she is determined to go potty. she wants a big kid cup just like ethan. and she's in a big girl bed now. (sigh.) there has always been a day bed in her little room as well as her crib, and at the end of june, i got antsy to make more room in there for awhile. in the months to come, caroline will move into ethan's room, and her room will be baby #3's nursery. so i thought it would be nice to take down the crib for a few months and let her enjoy her room full of dishes and baby dolls before transitioning to ethan's room. ethan's move to a big boy bed at 19 months was a pretty painless process, so i didn't hesitate to move caroline at the same age....though i had a feeling that it would take a little more work to teach caroline about staying in her bed, etc.! wellll, i was right! this little sista always has a little something up her sleeve... for the first few nights, we'd think she was asleep only to hear her out of her bed, "cooking" or playing in her garden in the dark. we made it very very clear to her that she was not to get out of her bed, and she eventually got the picture. at least for the next few weeks! then caroline thought she'd test us again for a few nights... and we again made it very very clear that we were not kidding. :) overall, she has done great with the transition. she usually ends up at the other end of the bed or sometimes stuck through the rails of the daybed... it's always an adventure with caroline!
here is caroline after her last nap in her crib. ethan absolutely loves getting caroline up with me in the mornings and after her nap. you can see them so excited to see each other. 
now, everytime that ethan gets her up, he says the exact same thing with the sweetest big brother intonation: "good girl staying in your bed, caroline grace!" i need to get that on video soon.
and here's our big girl in her big girl bed! notice the pillows crammed into the gap between the bed and the wall. :) hopefully she won't fall through anymore! 
caroline says good night! and stay in your bed, everyone!
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They are growing up way too fast, aren't they! Where is the time going? Wait a minute...I sound like my parents!
such a sweet, big girl! Love the pictures. Big brother is so good to his little sister, and you can tell they really love each other. They will be all ready for #3 !! Aunt Norma
Such a big girl!
She really is such a big girl and Ethan is SUCH a good big brother.
Wow! You're ambitious! Mine shall all stay in a crib until age 3, or until they can catapult themselves out... whichever comes first! We've been a 2-crib household for over a year now. I've been trying to prepare Wes to sleep in a big boy bed (he's had one in his room since he moved out of the nursery at 17-months), but he's balking at it. He gets really excited but eventually asks to sleep in his crib. I honestly never imagined that he'd last in his crib this long, but he's been such a good sleeper that I didn't want to jinx it! Caroline is adorable! When do we find out the gender of baby #3??
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