The time has come. Ava just keeps getting bigger. I think she must have gotten a hold of some child development books recently and set to working on her new milestones. Now she is three!
Right after her birthday, Rudy the swim instructor said he could tell she just turned three. It was her confidence among some other things.
Also she has decided she'd like to dress herself (when she feels like it). It's still a work in progress but the words "I'm gonna do it!" are ever present in our daily situations.
Ava is a goooood sleeper. And I think if it's not broke, don't fix it. So we let her stay in her crib, which she loves and has never once offered to climb out of. I like the idea of containment.
But for the past few weeks, I'd go in to get her after her rest and she'd be fussing with her head all jammed up in the corner and saying, "My bed is gibin (giving) me a hard time!" She is just shy of 39" tall now and like I said, the time has come.
So last night we met Dan at your favorite store and mine, Ikea. (Ava calls it Ikuna).
On the way, Ava saw her first ever rainbow! I hope that's a good omen of things to come.
(Don't be scared, I wasn't moving while I took this picture! For once I was happy to be stuck in traffic.)
She tried it out in the store.
And then this morning I put it together with the help of my trusty assistants, Luke, Ava,
and the potty chair.
I left the crib up so she could decide where she'd like to sleep. She chose her new bed that makes her "feel like a princess". I tried to give her, her paci's and she told me "No, I'm a big girl now."
I tried to hide my shock, and kept going with the "magic words", tucking her in, getting her animals, and she even asked me to take her picture which is funny because she hates getting her picture taken.
Now, probably to some people's chagrin, I'm not too concerned about a 3 year sleeping with pacifiers. Sorry to disappoint you. I figured that I would let her keep them to make the transition to the new bed and then in a few months we'd kick them all together. So for those few minutes I was thinking, "Hey! This was waaay easier than I thought it'd be!"
But as I was just about to leave, she said, "Um, Mommy, sometimes, big girls need paci's in their new big girl beds. I can have my paci's please?" I gave them to her because I had never planned to take them away at this point and now she is sleeping peacefully in her new bed.
My girl's growing up and there's no stopping it now.
7 comments:
"My bed is gibin me a hard time!"
LOL. She's tall, and she has the personality to match her height. ;)
I've loved that bed since my first trip to an Ikuna. Ava, you make that bed look like a princess bed! Sweet dreams!!
Hey watever works for you...Congratus to Ava and her new bed. She is a big girl now.
Even though we had Daniel in the habit of leaving his "binky" on the bed and not carrying it around all day long, by age three, I figured it was time to get rid of it. So we did. However, he still had a little sister with binkies. Several times I found him hiding under her crib sucking away on her binky. My heart broke for him so we gave him his binkies back.
Six months later, when the Easter Bunny came, he left lots of candy---in exchange for all of the binkies in the house. Surprisingly, he was okay with this and didn't even hold any grudges against the Easter Bunny.
Inportant to note: my son stopped taking his glorious 3-hour nap from the day the binkies left the house--and none of his sisters were ever the kind of nappers that he was.
If I did it again--I'd let them keep the binkies until they voluntarily gave them up--but I'm a much more laid-back mama than I was back then!
Hooray for a new beautiful princess bed!!
I think that is one of the great things about kids all being individuals (and mommas too)-you can do what works for you and them!
Hey Elise!!! Looks like you and your family are doing well :) That is too funny about Dan and my brother...he totally did work at the Porche call center. You're right, it is a small world.
I am so happy for you and Ava! You both are growing up! Your very own girl has her first big girl bed. I'm so proud of you I could bust. Maybe you think the milestones are all Ava's but they really are yours too. The Mommy milestones are important to recognize so that when you wake up and have a bad day you can know it is just that and you have brought your beautiful children far. I love you little Muffy I am proud of you.
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