The {almost} big girl bed

We took the front off of Lilli's bed a few weeks ago.

She was so excited! She loves jumping on it and enjoying a few books there from time to time. 

She's also sleeping pretty well on it! In fact, one night (around 7:30) she told us she was going upstairs (we assumed to play, 7:30's a little early for her) but instead, she went straight to bed... with her clothes and shoes still on!

The first night without the railing, we heard a huge crash, but when we ran into her room she was fast asleep. We think she fell out of bed, and crawled back in, all without fully waking up-- such a Dotson! Since then, she's only fallen out once. Luckily, she didn't get hurt, but she was really scared and upset, it took me about 30 minutes to get her back to sleep.

At first, nap time was not happening at all with the transition, but she's getting better. In fact, some days she'll just tell us goodnight and go right up to bed! 

She wakes up much earlier now without the railing, but it's ok. I LOVE hearing her feet pad up to my side of the bed each morning and getting a big smiley "HI!"