It worked

Doesn't this look comfortable? This is how we found Charlotte at 645 this morning when steve was leaving for the day.

 

Charlotte has been in a her toddler bed for a week now. And, I wish that I could say that things had gotten better, but it seems they have only gotten worse. She is coming out of her room much more often,  and getting up earlier and earlier. This morning she was up and roaming the house at 545am. Good things Steve was up, or who knows how long she would have been up alone. After 3 failed attempts to get her back to sleep we were all up by 615am.
Later in the day I had mentioned to someone about our morning events and they gave me great advice. Put a baby gate in front of her door. This way she can look out but can not get out. So, this afternoon we tried this since she has not had a successful nap in a week. After an hour of her opening and closing her door and playing in her room, she finally crawled into bed and feel asleep for 45 minutes. She also manage to tear her room apart.

Transitions - Big Girl Bed

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I must say that I am surprised at how smoothly this transition has been. I was expecting many nightly trips from Charlotte to my bed. But, alas the little lady has not gotten out of her bed once in the night. When bedtime comes, she climbs right into her bed and lies down. However, I do have to sit there with her for about 10 minutes while she starts falling asleep then she is there the rest of the night.