Not a baby!

SL has decided that she is no longer a baby. For a week now every time we put her in her crib, she's climbing out of it before we can get out of the room. It takes at least an hour and a half to get her to stay in bed, stop opening the blinds, and turning her noise maker off. Even with all our efforts we find her asleep on the floor or in her chair every single night and during nap times too.

Last night

This afternoon

She gets up at 6:00 in the morning and there is no convincing her to go back to bed. We thought about getting a crib tent to keep her in, but anyone who has heard her scream knows why we chose not to go that route. We'd be deaf or at least having a nervous breakdown in less than 24 hours.

So tonight we took down her crib and brought up a mattress and boxsprings for her. Once she learns how to sleep without rolling off the bed we'll move the mattress and boxsprings into a frame. Hopefully she'll be happier with the bed and actually sleep on it. Today I finally found where I put the toddler proof doorknobs. It kept her in her room today at nap time so I have high hopes of us being able to sleep past 6am tomorrow morning.

Also this week, we've had to take the booster seat (that we could buckle her into) off her chair. She refused to sit in a chair that wasn't like her sister's or brother's.

The word we hear most is "Share!" Especially in reference to food. If it's on your plate you can be sure that she will demand you share!