Yankee Drawl

Posted By jayna on September 2, 2010

After writing this post, shutting down the computer and crawling into bed, I fully expected to be woken within the hour. The same way I was every. single. night.

Hours later, I found myself staring at the clock in disbelief. Had she really? It couldn’t be. There was no way.

That little stinker slept for five straight hours.

Obviously, she had to prove me wrong.

I could give all the credit to her . . . but that wouldn’t be any fun. No. Instead, I’m going to claim this one, assuming it was all thanks to the bright idea I had the day before. The bright idea that left me scouring Craigslist and sending countless emails in search of a toddler bed.

I had had a theory that it wasn’t so much the sleeping with us that kept her out of her crib, but that it was a pure hatred of the horrid thing. She would sleep by herself in our bed all day if we let her, so long as she could lay sideways across the top. In fact, it was all the better to her – the less people in bed, the more room she had (and the fewer faces to kick). I began to wonder if we could instill the same sort of love for a bed with one of her own.

So, there we were, dismantling the crib, rearranging the room and fluffing the pillows on a new-to-us toddler bed. Up she crawled, running over and flopping down on the pillow.

She knew.

This was all hers.

Still, we weren’t brave enough to try bedtime in it from the start, so after she was sound asleep in our bed, the stealthy transfer was carried out. In she snuggled as we waited. No crying, no waking, no big deal.

Hours, people.

These have been the most glorious three nights of my life.

FIVE hours in a row.

And, now I’m about to a) jinx it by talking about it and b) really screw it up by taking her on two vacations in the next three weeks.

But still, these three days have been wonderful.

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