Transitions

BB smelling new bouquet of flowers

I have been thinking a lot about transitions lately. For instance, when will our baby be ready to transition from bottle to cup? While she drinks regularly from a straw and can expertly use a sippy cup, she still drinks a bottle of milk before bed, and upon awakening. When will she transition from diapers to using a potty consistently? When will she stop pointing and start telling us what she wants with actual words?

This last week, one of my queries was answered. Surprisingly early. I had been wondering when she would transition from her crib to a toddler bed. Prior to baby #1's birth, we had purchased a 3-in-1 crib unit. It started off as a small bassinet on wheels for the first three months of her life, and with the addition of side rails and minus the wheels, transformed into a crib up until recently. We thought that surely she would use her crib until at least age 2. Then just this last Monday, our active, fearless baby stealthily climbed out of her crib. My husband was playing with her in her room at the time. But she happily repeated the feat in my presence. That night, we placed large cushions around her crib, and checked on her multiple times. 

On Tuesday, I purchased the toddler bed conversion kit, and my husband installed it the same day. She seemed pleased with her new bed, and climbed in and out several times during the day. Her first night in her new bed, she slept soundly all night, and called for us at around 6:15 the next morning. The second night went equally well, but when she woke up a little before seven in the morning, rather than call out for us, she climbed out on her own, and walked to our room.  She hadn't slept this well in over one month.

Now if only all transitions could be this smoothly...