sneak peek

We (I) made the decision that Little Bird will get her own room. 

The girls sleep patterns have changed and having them in the same room has been kind of torturous a challenge lately. The new nap routine bombed so it's time to make a drastic change.

We've been going back and forth about putting the girls in their own room, but I finally decided that it's worth a try. They aren't able to sleep when they want to because they are either too distracted by having the other in the room, or the other wakes them up too early.

I would say Little Pie needs a nap 2 or 3 times a week while Little Bird needs a nap 2 or 3 times a month. When they are in the same room, Little Pie is too excited and entertained by her sister to fall asleep. If she does happen to fall asleep (happens rarely) she doesn't get enough and then wakes up super crabby.

Little Pie also wakes up early in the morning and is ready to play with Little Bird whether she is awake or not. Little Bird could use a little more sleep (since she doesn't nap), so I'm sure she would appreciate not having someone start singing the MN Rouser at 6 am. 

I tried to have Little Bird "nap" in the guest room on her nap mat, but she wouldn't do it and recently started to get into things. I stopped trusting her in that room.

So it's time to turn the guest room into Little Bird's room! (We never have guests sleep over so the room is basically storage).

Last weekend we (I) cleaned out all the junk and this week we went to Home Depot to pick out the perfect shade of yellow paint. After a coat of primer and THREE coats of paint, the room is almost ready for Miss Little Bird.

This weekend we will move her bed in and convert it to the toddler stage. Since Little Bird also likes to climb/fall out of her bed, it's time for her to graduate out of the crib. 

We've been talking about this transition for a long time. Both girls seem really excited about it. I'm nervous about it actually working out. I'm hoping that we can all be better rested after this change.

And if it doesn't work out, we can always move her back in with Little Pie.