Early in November, Kiera...who refuses to sit in her booster seat at our house, but is perfectly fine with it at Jen's...was eating on a chair in the kitchen when she went to get off of it (with my back turned) and dove onto the tile floor...oy!
Then last night she took a flying leap out of her crib...onto carpet, thank goodness, but still! She was screaming bloody murder and I was scared to death! She is definitely going to give us quite a run for our money with the calamities! I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with it!
Kiera has always been THE best baby when it comes to sleeping in her crib. She's been sleeping in there since the night we brought her home. I can count on one hand the number of nights that we've had to get her in her little life...and those have been times of sickness or teeth. We have our nighttime routine and she abides by it to a tee. I'm so nervous about having to put her in a bed. I don't want to have to lay with her to make her fall asleep, she shouldn't need that because she puts herself to sleep perfectly in her crib. But I know the minute I take away the bars she'll be out of there in a flash! I know there would come a time for this...I just didn't expect it to be this soon.
I'm having "sleeping" issues to begin with in my own mind because although we have four bedrooms in the house, only two are upstairs. Therefore Kiera and Baby McHugh Two will have to share a room. So...this will be a whole new dilemma for us! As I said, Kiera's been in her crib in her room from day one...this new baby will be with us in a bassinet or something similar until we know it won't wake up Kiera. Kiera used to wake up in the middle of the night and coo instead of cry and that would wake me up to feed her...but what if we have a screamer next??!! I can't put them in the same room, it's not fair to Kiera. Oy! My father, who has a bedroom downstairs, has offered to give it up to us, but #1 I don't want to take away his room #2 our furniture won't fit in that room, and #3 I don't want to be that far away from the babes! Sean and I may take up his offer in like ten years, bang out the two bedrooms to make them one, put in a bathroom and make it a master bedroom, but for now...we're stuck.
So that's been on my mind and now I need to begin seriously considering toddler beds...might as well get it over with before small being #2 comes into our lives! If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to pass them my way because I am STUCK!
