Toddler Beds, Day 1

I'm psyching myself up for a LONG week. The toddler beds are in full force. Since we were up late last night nursing Gavin's itchy feet (due to playing in an ant pile this weekend), the kids were especially cranky this morning. So, I decided to put them down for a short morning nap. Emery wasn't happy about nap time and was throwing a fit when Pete put her in bed. A couple minutes later, I decided to check the video monitor......I had to look twice because it looked like she was standing on her head! I ran into her room to find her hanging upside down in the corner of her crib, with her leg stuck (bent at the knee over the top of the crib) between the wall and the side rail of the crib! Luckily, Pete heard my reaction to what I saw on the monitor and followed me into her room. He was able to slide the crib away from the way so that I could rescue her. I put her back into the crib after she calmed down, but she immediately tried to climb out. So......nap time was spent on the couch today.


By the time their afternoon nap rolled around, toddler beds had been set up and we were ready for a trial run. We used one crib converted to a toddler bed with the bed rail that Pete made. The other crib was kept intact and moved into the guest bedroom, where Gavin takes his nap. For Gavin's bed, we used a Little Tykes car bed that was handed down from Gavin and Emery's cousin, Christian. I was afraid that this would create some issues because everyone would want to sleep in the car bed, and no one in the converted crib........and I was right!

The toddler room......

Not bad for a free bed rail, huh?Don't let them fool you.......they were just "pretending" to sleep........

Nap time with just Emery in the room went great. After one reminder that she needed to get back in bed, she grabbed all of her blankets and stuffed animals, climbed into the car bed and took a nice, long nap. No problem!

Now, it is bedtime. After going in to settle them down 784 times (exaggerating a little), Gavin has been moved to the crib in the guest room. Both settled in and are going to sleep, Emery in the car bed and Gavin in the crib. I guess separating them is the way to go for now. Baby steps, right??

This is where I am reminded that having twins is STILL more challenging when it comes to some things!