“I did it!”

Some of you may know that we tried to move Avery to her “big girl bed” shortly after the room was finished. To our dismay, it didn’t take, mainly because we thought it was so funny to see Avery hop out of the bed, come to the door, expecting to see us there laughing (which we were—not smart; wouldn’t recommend it). And so, we decided to wait until after Labor Day Weekend (knowing that we’d be out of town) to try again.

So, last night we put Avery into her big girl bed, and determined that Dan would be overseeing the chain of events. Avery responds to Dan a little differently than me. Mainly, she obeys him, and sometimes obeys me. We started “talking up” the big girl bed around 6:00 p.m., and then at 7:00 p.m., put Avery into the bed, explaining that it was time to go to sleep, and that she needed to stay in her bed. For the first few minutes she stayed in her bed, and then got up 3-4 times, at which point Dan went back into the room, prompting Avery to race back to her bed, and jump in. I heard a few cute “Hi, Daddy!”—her attempt to soften him up. Needless to say, after a few shenanigans, Avery went to sleep, and stayed there until 7:00 a.m. this morning. I went in there, and congratulated her, and she said, “I did it!” and was as proud as I’ve ever seen her. We’ll see if this is a fluke, or the new normal. Hopefully, we’re embracing the new norm.

PS. Check out Avery's video clip (next post down!)