Well... The time has come to take Eva Kate out of her toddler bed and convert her bed to a full size bed. We have been talking about doing this for a few weeks now. Today I ordered new "big girl" bedding and we went to my mom's and picked up the full size mattress and box springs.
It was late when we finally got the mattress unloaded and Paul got the toddler bed converted into the full size regular bed... about 10:15 p.m. EK seemed exhausted so I thought putting her to bed would be no problem at all. As soon as she saw me move the crib mattress out and bring the sheets in for the big bed she had a complete FIT! Screaming and inconsolable crying for 20 minutes or more. I tried reading her a story, laying down with her, getting her to jump on the bed and sing 5 Little Monkeys, listening to her nighttime music, etc. She wanted no part of any of it. Finally I brought her in the den and held her for 10 minutes and she calmed down.
Paul was finally able to get her to go back to her room, but it looks like he will sleeping with her tonight in her big girl bed. I guess this situation is better than having to convert the full size bed back into the toddler bed at 10:30 p.m. Paul- You are an amazing daddy and husband. Thanks for hauling all this home tonight, assembling it, and then sleeping with her tonight to make her feel better.
Tonight was the first time I've ever seen EK "lose it" over something so trivial. I had to take a step back and try to see how this change could be devastating an autistic child. What was she thinking? Why was this new bed so frightening? I feel like such a horrible parent for making her so upset and rocking her little world at 10 p.m. I'm hoping that tonight she sleeps well and realizes how much she likes her new bed and all the room she has to roll around on.
LC
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