This last Thursday we attempted to switch Julie into a big girl bed or rather convert her crib into a toddler bed. So, while I was fixing dinner, Rob made the switch and Julie just loved climbing into bed all by herself and having so much fun. She has been loving playing with a pillow and pretend sleeping with it on the floor.
So we put a pillow in and blankets and when it was time for bed we did everything to get her ready like normal, but the second we put her down in her bed, she just started crying, we still continued with our bedtime routine and told her good night and left the room and closed the door. She just kept crying(sometimes she will cry for a while on occasion), and you could hear her walk to the door and then walk back to her bed. Then she walked back to the door, but she didn't attempt to try to open the door until a few times of wandering back and forth. She can't quite get the door open from her side so after hearing her cry and just sounding scared a little, I went in and sat with her, she hated it when we would even bring her near her bed. Just seemed like she was scared, we would calm her down and then say,"Okay, let's go to bed", she would start whimpering and breathing hard. I left to go grab a few things I needed at the store and Rob continued to try to get her to go to bed, I came home to him sitting in her crib and she was standing right next to the bed. We even stuck a night light in there, thinking the dark scared her(she usually sleeps in the dark), we eventually ended up converting her bed back to a crib and she went down just fine, cried for a second and went to sleep. We are going to give it a month or two and try again, maybe getting a twin size bed an just putting it in her room to get used to. Hopefully the next try will go better.
2 comments:
Awww, poor thing. :( So sad, I'm sure she just doesn't understand and is confused why you're messing with her bed! :) We never did a toddler bed and just went straight to twin beds and I guess hit it lucky with all 3 kids. That may help her to have something new altogether so that she doesn't think her crib is broken or something? And maybe take her with you to the store to pick out sheets and a special pillow or something, and just talk up how great it'll be for her to be in a big girl bed. But who knows, like you said maybe in a few months she'll be more used to it and will be ok. Nothing wrong with taking a little break and trying again later. Good luck!!
We just went straight to a twin bed with Carson. What really helps him is that we sit next to his bed for a couple of minutes after turning the lights off, then stand by the door for a minute or two and then outside his door (with the door shut) for another minute or two...that way if he comes out we can send him right back in:) So far that has worked for us and we are slowly able to cut back on the times. Good luck!
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