The poor nursery was sadly abandoned for the past year as we tried to move the crib to our bedroom and converted the crib into a toddler bed to sleep train Sophie. It didn't work out and she has been sleeping with us for the past year.
Now that baby mei mei is coming, we decided that Sophie should learn to sleep by herself so she can sleep with mei mei in future too. So off we went to ikea and bought her a new toddler bed. We bought the bigger sized one and Sophie and one of us can squeeze inside.
Sophie was excited about her new bed, particularly because she also has a bedside lamp that she can turn off and on herself. She liked the idea of climbing on the bed. At least she didn't detest the bed, I thought. Funny how the new bed and the crib-converted toddler bed are both beds but perceived so differently in her eyes.
For the first few nights, we brought in books and lied down beside her and read together. But right when she was about to fall asleep, she would wake up in shock and demanded to go back to our bed.
But for the last few nights, we read books and chatted and sang songs together until she was really tired. And now we have this!
Off to la-la land...
