If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that sleep has always been an issue for Baguette–and, by extension, for Mr. Sandwich and me.
Baguette naps at day care, but not at home, and nighttime sleep is very hard to come by. Although we never planned to bed-share, it turned out that doing so got all of us more sleep than any other approach we tried.
But she kept growing, and the bed didn’t. Eventually, none of us was getting enough sleep. And then, on a trip to visit family, she suddenly decided that she would rather sleep on the hotel room’s couch.
We capitalized on this by moving her to the couch when we got home. One of us has to lie with her until she goes to sleep, and that can still take a while. Our girl does not slip off into dreamland, not even when she’s clearly exhausted.
And, frankly, the couch is not really big enough for two to sleep, even if one of us is still pretty small.
Mr. Sandwich therefore took his experience in building a toddler bed and put it to use in building a twin frame. One of my cousins made a beautiful elephant quilt, because elephants are Baguette’s favorite animals. We bought a mattress and some sheets.
And then this happened.
Now, if we can just get her to stay there. Wish us luck.
That bed looks awesome, wishing you all the best of luck!
Thanks!
Who are these people whose kids take 2 2 hr naps each day and then go to bed at 8 every night? What drug are they on? The parents, I mean, because none of my kids will do that, and I’m sure no drug would make them. I try really hard to get them all to take 1 nap, which never happens at the same time for all of them, and lasts 20 min if I’m lucky. Then, if I get them to sleep by 10, that’s a banner night. And Will still doesn’t sleep through the night, which is why he’s still in our room.
Apparently when I was a baby, I went to sleep at 6:30. I think this is a myth.
It’s beautiful! Good luck. Lack of sleep is the. worst.
No argument here.