Settling in One Room at a Time: Crib to Big Girl Bed

We did it!

We transitioned Miss Ara from her crib to a big girl bed! For reference HERE is the post of what her room looked like as a Nursery complete with Crib : )

Her dresser, book shelf & play kitchen all in their new locations.
Loving the poofs on the ceiling (finally got that pic).

Instead of only changing her bed we of course decided to change EVERYTHING and it wasn't necessarily the easiest thing ever... & not for the reasons you would think.

We did kind of do it in stages.

Close up of this wall decor.
All but the frame with the castle are items that
either Donnie or I had in our Nurseries as babies.

Day 1: we moved the whole room around & put her crib where her big girl bed would go (theoretically) the next day.

Day 2: We were complete dunces & thought we had a head board & foot board for a twin bed but it turned out that it was for a full size bed... we did not discover this until we had already taken the crib apart. So we cried while we took it apart (for nostalgic oh my goodness my baby is growing up and is officially a toddler reasons) & then with frustration that it was 10pm (way past baby's bedtime) & we were going to have to put her in a real bed the next day. Ara of course was a champ & slept on her mattress on the floor.

Her other dresser, tea table & chairs.

Day 3: Uncle Tony was awesome & brought the rest of the bed over, helped Donnie spend Gramma Kim's money to get a box spring/mattress & then helped transport it home & into Ara's room. AKA: VICTORY!!! Transition complete!

Before we switched her we were struggling with her waking up between 2:30-4am ready to go for he day. We were hoping that if we switched her that she would get up & play in her own room and crash out again. Alas this did not fix the issue, but she definitely enjoys her new freedom within her room, we enjoy being able to lay down beside her for cuddles and we don't have to worry about this transition later. She's in her little twin bed to stay :)

Happy Toddler in Big Girl Bed.

 Special thanks to Aunt Becky & Uncle Tony for helping us that crazy late night trying & failing to put together her bed round #1 & also for the WHOLE twin bed headboard & frame. Thank you Gramma Kim for the Mattress & box springs!