OK, so who had the brilliant idea to put Carrie in a toddler bed less than a week before we went on a five day trip?!? (I’ll give you a hint. It wasn’t me. If it were me, I’d keep her in the crib until she mentioned that none of her school friends sleep in a crib anymore…)
I knew it was going to be a disaster when, on the ride down, Carrie refused to nap in the car. She was sobbing that she wanted to sleep in her crib. At home. At home with the doggies, Mommy! There’s really nothing sadder than a baby who wants to sleep but can’t.
The sleep “issues” continued for the rest of the trip. But Carrie had such a great time with her cousins, so it was worth it. In fact, one night Carrie was calling from the room she was sleeping in, “Lizzy, Michelle, come sing alphabet song with me! Everybody sing alphabet song!” (This might have been cuter if it wasn’t already 11:00…)
We are all so tired it’s almost ridiculous. In fact, the toddler who wouldn’t go to sleep before 11:00 any of the four nights we were gone was sound asleep by 8:30. In her toddler bed, of course. We’re still using the inflatable bed – I think we need to do something about that as soon as possible. But that’s something to worry about after a good nights’ sleep!