We're trying to move Kyra into her big-girl bed. It's a daybed so the first couple of nights we turned it around so it was like a crib. This seemed to work okay but doesn't really solve the problem of her being in a crib and learning to sleep in an open bed. Last night, we turned it around. She made me stay in her room, sitting in the rocker, until she fell asleep. Then she woke up at 10pm and 3am -- both times, easily went back to sleep. At 5;30 I heard her open the door to her room (yes, she quickly learned to open doors after she learned she could escape). I went to her room to check on her and found her sitting quietly with her blankie at the top of the stairs. When I tried to put her back to bed, she kept saying "chair" -- so now there's a precedent of sitting in the chair while she goes to sleep in the big-girl bed. I did refuse at 5:30 am to do this but lay down on the floor next to her bed which satisfied her. Needless to say, neither of us went back to sleep but she stayed there quietly. Tonight I went to put her in her big-girl bed and she said "crib" so that's where she's sleeping tonight.
