A Bed

Well, we did it. Finally. Madeline has a toddler bed, one of those conversion from crib to toddler. Well lets face it, the mattress is for SIDS prevention, not a good night sleep! It is like this rubber coated board! In addition, she is quite a roller, her usual sleep position consists of her feet in my belly, and head in dads belly. So in her bed, she would roll into the crib walls and wake up.

When we asked her about getting a big bed, her response was popcorn jumping and exclaiming she wanted lots and lots of sheets and blankets like mommy's bed!

Thus we went out and stimulated the economy, one purchase at a time! It was a rainy day here, and the cloud cover was so thick, it looked like dusk from 8:00am on. So headed out through the fog, and rain to one of the only local furniture places.

Madeline, of course was three, took her shoes off and had to jump on all the beds, much to my frustration and husbands challenge of trying to corral this bounding three year old. In the end, we picked out a Twin, however the sales woman told me that EEEVRYONE buys a full for their kids now. "Um, thats nice, but I plan on only stimulating the economy with a small amount, not an extra $200!".

But the place was busy, people kept on coming in, and the funny part is they were not looking at sofas, dinning room sets, but beds. The sales guy with a grin and a touch of exhaustion looks at our sales clerk and comments "holy cow, I have not been this busy in forever!"

So her big girl bed will be here on tuesday. We went to target and picked up dora, princess, and other girly bedding, although husband and Maddie tried convincing me she needed Spiderman sheets. Pink and purple will have to do!

One more minute way my baby is not quite a baby anymore.