Room to Spare

We took the brave step of moving Stella from our bedroom into Francis' bedroom (there are only 2 bedrooms in our house). Fitting everything in took much deliberation with the tape measure (hint: the change table is now in our bedroom). There is no way we can fit a single more thing into that room (which is smaller than my MIL's walk-in closet!).

The goal was for everyone to get more sleep -- when Stella would stir during the night I felt pressured to soothe her (generally involving breast-feeding), which meant that Stella and I were both not sleeping through the night.

So, because Stella is now 21 months old, and healthier than she was then when she was younger, and because I am so very very tired, we thought it was time to move her out. Even though it was my idea, it was harder on me than I thought it would be to let my baby go. The first 2 weeks were hard, but she does seem to be sleeping better/longer now -- but be careful what you wish for! because now she is waking up at 5-5:30AM!

We also hoped that Francis might be happier about sleeping by himself in his room if he had a roommate (Francis likes to sleep with us because it is "so, so cozy, Mama"). We also decided to upgrade Francis' bed from the toddler bed with the infant mattress since he is bigger now. (I am a big believer in investing in good mattresses). We let him choose his bed -- he wanted a "big boy double bed", which is basically a bunk bed. We choose the "introductory bunk bed" (ie, shorter than normal) one from IKEA.

One day we might live in a house with a bedroom for each of the kids, but until then I am still lying awake at night -- scheming of ways to squeeze more shelves/storage into their room!