My big girl

We have quite a few changes at our house the last 3 weeks. We first started off by giving up the binky. We sat her down and told her that as a big girl she didn't need the bink anymore and that we were going to throw it away. She was actually the one that throw it in the garbage can. She asked for three times and that was it. Sure she was the one that had to give it up but in some cases it has been hard for me then her. Although she mostly only used it at nap time, I would give it to her to calm her down if she got upset or was hurt. But over all I think she transitioned very well quite quickly.

Then it was on to the bed. She started climbing on everything including the crib. Although she never climbed out I caught her several times trying to shimmy her way up the bars. So we decided it was time to change out the crib for a toddler bed.

We purchased this second hand one for $20.00. (I love a bargain). Of course it needed a coat of paint.

And I thought it would be fun to have Izzy help. It was only a matter of minutes before she had it in her hair.


The finished project. Doesn't she look cute in it? It looks so great in the room. Izzy has really taken a shine to it. We have had to take the last week or so to teach her not to get out of bed after we put her in it. But she had handled it so well. It amazes me how well children really do adjust to change. I really need to learn that from her.