Jillian is a Big Girl!

Last night wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be. I put Jillian in her bed, and again we did the "Good nights" and "I love yous" and I left her room and stood outside her door listening. She sang (a song that I couldn't decipher) for a couple minutes, and when she got quiet I went to my own bed. After a few minutes she started saying "I want pizza, Mommy!" I just ignored her and hoped that she would go to sleep. A little while later, I was half asleep when I heard her walking down the hallway. I went and put her back in her own bed and told her that it was time to go to sleep. She started to cry a little bit, and I told her that Brelyn and Amaya (my friend Kim's daughters) sleep in their own beds like big girls, and I asked her if she wanted to be a big girl, too. "Yay-uh-ssss" she answered. (Because I've been correcting her "yay-uh" and telling her to say "yes" instead. At least she's on her way!) So I left her in her own bed again and went back to mine.

It was quiet for a very long time so I decided that she was asleep. I went to sleep, too. Just after I fell asleep, however, I heard her walking down the hallway AGAIN! When she saw me she realized that she was caught, and she started to cry again. (I don't know where she was going, or what she was planning to do!) I put her back in her bed and told her that it was time to go to sleep (AGAIN), and she asked me for her cat (toy) and said "My baby is behind you," which meant that her doll was behind HER and that she wanted me to get it. So, I left her again with "Good nights" and "I love yous" and her cat and baby tucked under her arm. That was the last I heard from her all night. At about 7:30 I woke up confused and trying to figure out where I was. (I'm used to being woken up by little toes poking me in my back or side all night long.) Then I realized that I was in my bed, Jillian was in her bed and we made it through the night!

I slept for another hour before I decided to get out of bed. When I went to check on Jillian my heart skipped a beat... She wasn't in her bed! I started to panic until I saw the top of her head poking out from under her blanket. She was on the floor wrapped in the blanket with her head resting on the foot of the mattress like it was a pillow! I went and grabbed my camera and took a couple of pictures before I called my mom to tell her how the night went.





Right about 9:30, Jillian came walking into the living room to find me. She said "Good morning, Mommy" and still looked a little out of it. I asked "Where did you sleep last night?" as she climbed onto my lap. She said "I don't know!" "You slept in Jillian's bed!" I said. "You're a big girl!" She smiled and said "Thank you, Mommy!" Then she got a "candy prize" (Brach's Dessert Mints, yuck! She loves them.) for being such a big girl!

I hope she continues to sleep in her own bed from now on. So far it looks like it won't be much of a problem!