The sleeping arrangements in the Held household have been less than ideal for the past couple of months (and I'm not proud of it). A while back, we moved Leah out of her room into her new 'hot pink' big girl room. We already had a queen size bed in there and decided just to keep it. We went back and forth if we should get her a toddler bed, but decided against and figured we would get some side rails and have her sleep in the big bed. Leah loved her room, but we had trouble getting her to sleep in it. She always wanted to come and sleep with me and Rob. I think the queen size bed is just too big for her and she likes having the comfort of us being there. (She would sleep great when she was in our bed though and I think that is why we tolerated it). Then to add to our sleeping mayhem, Rob started sleeping in the other room (Leah's room). When I was further along in my pregnancy, I started snoring really bad and he couldn't take it. Then after Mason was born, Rob continued to sleep in Leah's room. We have Mason in our room in a bassinet and since he gets up a few times during the night, Rob has been in the other room (because gets up so early for work). Leah would flop back and forth between sleeping with me or sleeping with Rob.
We figured this had to stop - we can't have Leah sleeping in bed with us. We need to break this habit or else she will always want to sleep with us! We decided to go get Leah her very own toddler bed. We picked out a new Minnie Mouse comforter set and set up her bed in her room. (We pushed the existing queen bed over along the wall and made room for her bed. We didn't want to move the queen bed out since Rob still sleeps in there). Leah was SO excited about her new bed and couldn't wait to sleep in it! I'm happy to report that the toddler bed has been a huge success!! She has slept every night in her new bed and goes down easily for naps! She hasn't asked if she could crawl in with one of us. We should have gotten the toddler bed from the start!
So, for now Rob and Leah have been roommates. She sleeps in her toddler bed and Rob sleeps in the queen bed. Hopefully Mason will start sleeping through the night soon so Rob can finally move back into our room. (Mason has good nights and bad nights, but has been showing improvements). I am looking forward to when we can have 'normal' sleeping arrangements once again!
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