Sleep and beds

I have been concerned about the drop side style crib that Reagan had for a while now. There was a major recall on some of these cribs because the bottom was coming detached and babies could get stuck between the side of the mattress and the railing; VERY scary. But since our particular crib was not involved we did not replace it. Jen brought it up the other night while we were having drinks on their patio (so fun! thanks guys:)) and she told me that more cribs have been recalled. We looked up the model of Reagan's crib and sure enough, recalled. In a way I am glad we waited because now that Katya is in a big kid bed we don't have to waste money on buying another crib. But I do regret keeping Reagan in that crib when I had doubts about it's safety.

Anyways, I did a little looking and ended up buying this bunk bed on Monday!



I am excited about it because now we will have 2 twin beds for the girls that they can have for a long, long time. I wanted twin bunks that could be used side by side, or in different rooms. A lot of bunks don't come apart so it took me a little while to find this one. It should be here in a few weeks and we still need to find a mattress. I kind of want to get a nicer mattress that will last a long time but man, they get REALLY expensive. Even for a twin! We will just buy one for now since it will be a few years before we need to set up the other bed. For now, Katya has our guest bed mattress on her floor and I set Katya's crib up in Reagan's room (We could have given her the guest bed but I really like having an extra bed).

Katya has been doing great in her big girl bed! She has not tried to come out of her room in over a week and I am really surprised how easy it was to teach her this(thanks to Healthy Sleep, Happy Child). She is still not napping well though. She has been napping only a few days a week which has been challenging, but hopefully will iron itself out in time. The problem is that she poops in her diaper at nap time and then won't sleep. Even after I go in and change her. Today she pooped a little before her nap but she rarely gets it all out before she goes down. She did end up falling asleep but woke up a bit early, and dirty.

The reward system is working really well, although she does not always earn both a treat and a movie (i.e., she stayed in her room, and eventually slept but did get up and look at books). She continues to have a harder time falling asleep if she does nap, while the days she doesn't nap she is out by 7pm. We have been putting her down closer to 8pm on the days she naps and she has been doing pretty good at staying quite until she falls asleep. She is waking up SO much happier than she use too. Even the time she doesn't get any reward, she is in a better mood and let me tell you, this is SUPER nice.