Big Girl Beds

So, the end of 2008 was fast approaching, and the twins were beyond their second birthday.  I was thinking back to the point in Brianna's toddlerhood when we made the transition to Big Girl Bed.  We did the Step-2 toddler bed thing with her crib mattress and a bed-in-a-bag set that I picked up from Wal-Mart.  I confess I was very eager to get her on to the next step, and so when she told me she wanted the new bed, I jumped at the chance.  She was 22 months and could speak clear enough that I understood, "I want my Big Girl Bed now, Mommy."  I feel the need to tell you this because at 27 months, the twins were barely able to say a couple of words without the need for "Twinglish" translation. 

She had her toddler bed (which later became a funky Step-2 castle bed that looked like this) until it was time for her to move into a twin size bed so that we could have her mattress for one of the twins cribs. 

Back to the twins.  We decided to forget about the Step-2 toddler bed stage and just go with full size twin beds.  A big expense at once, but we felt that they would at least have these beds for many years.  I found the beds at Wal-Mart (geez, I love that store), and the quilts, sheets, pillows and mattresses at Sears.  The beds are actually bunk beds, so we can stack the girls when they get older, and they were only $230.

Kaitlyn (in white) making sure that Daddy was putting her bed together properly, and Ainsley was making sure the mattress rails are strong enough.

I found it funny that we didn't tell them which bed they should sleep in.  It seemed logical to them that since one bed was in the exact spot of Kaitlyn's crib, that bed should be hers.  Ainsley didn't seem to mind that her new bed was not in the same spot as her crib.

 The twins felt the need to get their bouncy bums going... just to test the firmness of the new mattresses, you see.  I was just pleased that they were feeling positive about the switch!

 

 

 

 

 

Now the twins are perfectly happy in their Big Girl Beds and we haven't looked back.  Just one more stage down (of so many yet to come).

Kaitlyn on left...... Ainsley on right.