Yes, that's right. Cosette graduated from sleeping in a pack 'n' play (where's she's slept most of her life) to a crib.
We did have the crib set up in Henri's room. We have tried to have them share. And it has sort of worked.
It stopped working though when Cosette would wake up in the night crying. Since I didn't want her to wake up Henri, I'd go get her and put her in the pack 'n' play. This would lead to us never letting her cry it out, and her sleep (and ours) becoming more and more interrupted. So we moved her into the other room (which was an office/guest room) where she could sleep in the pack 'n' play and cry it out and learn to sleep through the night again.
- Then we moved the "office" into our bedroom. (I'm still working on that move--lots of paperwork & files left in the closet still.)
- Then I decided to make that room her room when she was ready to move out of a crib. I would just move her into the full size bed already in there.
Then I finally thought of an arrangement that might work in the room. Wanting to get on it right away (much like the time I decided to move our piano across the living room) and without assistance, I found the tools and instructions for the crib, took it apart, moved it into Cosette's room, and reassembled it all before nap time. Cosette was very tired and pointing to her folded up pack 'n' play, seemingly upset that it wasn't set up.
Ahh, but now my little girl is finally sleeping in her crib, and we can use our pack 'n' play at our small group meetings and for traveling up to my parents house instead of having to take it down & reset it back up all the time.
Picture Fact (above): Cosette is carrying around her old pink sleepsack (her lovey) and wearing an outfit that Ava used to wear.We don't know what to do with all the space in Henri's room now that the crib & changing table have been taken out.
Picture Fact: The bedspread on Henri's bed used to be Johnny's in college. The bed stand is an antique that my Mom & Dad got for my bedroom when I was in 9th grade. It was painted white then, but I painted it brown to try to make it more masculine for Henri.
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At one point in our lives, about 8 years ago, we decided to count the number of times we had moved. We included our individual college moves, and summer moves, and then our moves during marriage.
I'd have to say that based on this blog, we were in the minor leagues compared with Cosette.
Nice to find your blog. THanks for saying hi this evening at church.
I feel ya! Since we only have a 2 bedroom apt, the kid's "share" a room, but it is really still Alexanders. The crib is there, but Lilly rarely touches it. Instead she naps in our bed (because Alexander gets home from school right in the middle of her naptime and I don't want him to wake her) and the pack and play is permanently set up in our room. These poor second kids!
Jude is still in the pack n' play. I was starting to feel guilty. Now I don't feel so bad! :)
Ha! This is OUR sleeping arrangements:
Britten (age 2): has a room to herself. Lucky girl.
Ella (4) and Chloe (6 months) share a room, with Chloe's crib in Ella's room. Chloe is a HORRIBLE sleeper and wakes up every hour or so crying. We can't exactly let her "cry it out," in fear of her waking up Ella, so we then move her to the pack'n'play, which is permanently set up in our bedroom as Chloe's 2nd bed. Chloe STILL continues to wake up every hour, and before I know it, I'm taking her into OUR bed at 4:00am because I CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE!!!! She'll sleep "peacefully" next to me until morning, waking up maybe one more time.
It's a frustrating deal. My other two girls were such good sleepers, I was bound to get one that wouldn't be.
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