Karly has went through a really difficult phase when it comes to sleeping. She has struggled with horrible terrifying nightmares & waking up consistently throughout the night not able to sleep. This is so UNlike my child. I thought for awhile that I was getting paid back for having an infant that was sleeping thru the night at 4 weeks. Kar has always been an incredible sleeper for 2 reasons: #1 we followed "baby-wise" to a T & I am a mother on a schedule- yes that is right I am patting myself on the back! lol. We made no exceptions when it came to her sleep & for that I had a child who slept like a baby (no pun intended!) I had a mission, I am a mother who NEEDS sleep- I am not nice when I don't sleep so I did what it took. Needless to say when these sleep problems started I was not smiling. After about a month or so of dealing with it & trying to figure it out I decided I had no other option we had to get her out of the toddler bed and into a big girl bed, cause I was tired of falling asleep on a hardwood floor in hopes to get her back to bed. I am not a fan of her sleeping with us & it never worked, even when I finally broke down & tried it- I then just had less room, lost my pillow, & soon she was rubbing my head saying "its ok just close your eyes and go to sleep mom" while she would then find my phone and start playing games at 4am-- not a solution! SO we did it, we got Karly BIG GIRL furniture. OK can I tell you how difficult this was, ok maybe I was being ridiculously picky but I knew what I wanted & I was not compromising nor was I spending $5000! We are on a budget people. But I wanted good furniture that she was not going to grow out of in 2 years. So you are asking... Did it help? YES!!!! From the 1st night in her new bed on she has been sleeping perfectly, she is back to sleeping 11 hrs at night & a 2 hr nap-- THANK YOU GOD! She loves her new room, she got to help me pick out her new bedding & rearrange everything to fit. We are so thrilled! She tells me that she just needed a princess bed all along! I swear it is magical...
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| My child LOVES to read so this is one of her fav spots |
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| I love owls & wasn't ready to retire this pix so we found bedding to match |
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| Her beautiful artwork on display- clearing she likes to paint trees |
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| Oh, these are her frogs she got for her b-day, she named them Mickey & Minnie. |
Karly Update:
we just went for our 3 yr check up. She is such a big girl & well, tells her dr lots of fibs, she was hilarious as usual. According to Karly she eats cheeseburgers everyday for lunch & has no friends & can count past 4 but just doesn't want to... oh my we might need to start working on "honesty"! Yes this is all what she told the dr! karly is weighing in at 32lbs & is 40in (a VERY tall girl) & mentally at a 4 1/2 yr old level. Explains why she keeps me on my toes! Her latest craze is she wants to learn to read. For Christmas she got little reader books and she can read books A-K and knows all the letters & sounds of the alphabet. Last week she informed me of how to spell her name. Sometimes she scares me, I am not sure where she picks all this up. But I am SO thankful that God has blessed us with a healthy & brilliant child.
Karly also started gymnastics in addition to her dance classes. I have to say that she is a better Gymnast than she is a dancer- guess she gets that from her mother's side. LOL. But she is loving both. Bars & handstands are her favorite! She has her first "performance" in March & is learning her routine for it-- so funny to me. She is such a little joy!
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