Progress Report...

I am happy to report that Merrin is officially crib free! Although my Sweet is not the best sleeper in the world, she still prefers her "big bed" over her crib. I've asked her on several occasions if she wants to sleep in her crib and she immediately yells "NO" and gets this look on her face like "I can't believe you even asked that!" Nighttime seems to be the best for Merrin. After a little whining and fussing she drifts off to sleep and is sleeping through the night without getting out of bed to come find us. Nap time however still proves to be a challenge. Ever since Merrin was about 17 months old she has typically put up a small fight before nap time but since she was in her crib it didn't really matter. Now, on the other hand, its a bit more challenging because she can get in and out of her bed. Yesterday she got down and started playing with toys instead of napping so after about 30 minutes we had to go in and remove her toys. Today she acted as if she was very excited about her nap. She even took her "baby" in her room to go "nite nite" with her. She climbed up in bed and acted as if she was all ready but after having to put her back in bed three different times, she started to not like "nite nite" anymore. She is now snoozing away...which I guess isn't too bad considering this process started at 1:00 and its now only 1:37 but still...please pray that Merrin will continue to transition smoothly and that her nap times will improve over time (for my sake as well as hers). Thankfully nighttime is not a problem, otherwise I don't know how I would function!
I sure do love my "big-little girl" and am proud of her although I think she'll always be my "baby"!!! Merrin below at 8 weeks old...