big girl bed

day 1 nap 1: i almost gave up on transitioning e.t. to her new toddler bed. seriously. after 25 minutes of being in her room i found her on her knees with her top half laying on the bed screaming. not normal screams. desperate, i am going to die screams. i had no trouble with her playing while she was supposed to be sleeping. no. she was scared to sleep in her toddler bed. so i went in laid down on her bed with her till she calmed down. she eventually sat up and started to try to play with me. at that point i got up, tucked her in again, and left. it only took 20 minutes after that for her to pass out. she woke up and went back to sleep 3 times during that nap. needless to say i wasn't excited about bedtime.

day 1 bedtime 1: she took 20 minutes to calm down and then SLEPT ALL NIGHT. she didn't wake once. what a relief.

day 2 nap 2: not happy about nap time but out in 5 minutes.

day 2 bedtime 2: out in 10 minutes.

day 3 and on: she still doesn't like the idea of getting into bed but i think she just doesn't want to miss anything. one night right after she went down i swore i heard her moving around furniture in her room, but really as long as she is in there and goes to bed quietly she can move all the furniture she wants. the really really good thing about the toddler bed- she has been taking 2 1/2 hour naps at least. i had a long stretch of her only taking 1 1/2 hour naps and waking up super grumpy. she has never napped well but the bed seems to be helping!