The girls are sharing a room in our new house, which is so fun. Until a few weeks ago, they were in the room that will be the nursery, but now they are all moved into the big girl room upstairs. They love it! Things are going really well and I have to say that I think it is the cutest room ever.
Part of this new room involved Darcy moving to a "Big Girl Bed". For those of you with only one child, here is a classic example of the difference between parenting Child #1 vs. Child #2. With Gwen, we were worried that there would be long term emotional trauma stemming from the new baby "stealing" her crib, etc. So we went through an elaborate transition process involving the book "No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed", setting up her bed right next to her crib to help her feel secure, and then letting her choose for each bedtime and naptime which bed she wanted (crib or bed) until she was completely weaned off of her crib... For Darcy, we unveiled the new room and after playing for a few minutes said "Darcy this is your bed". She got up in the bed to check it out. Lance and I looked at each other and said "Ok Darcy, you are going to sleep here. Good night." and left the room, crossing our fingers. And guess what??? No trauma. I don't even think she will be in therapy over this. Who would've thought?
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