Bedtime Fun!

There have been some BIG changes in the Wiseman household as of late. We are proud to announce the arrival of our new... BED!!!

Matt and I purchased our first ever king size bed. We needed a new mattresses because our soft queen one has been killing my back - so we took the plunge and got the bed! Matt couldn't be happier - apparently he hasn't been the biggest fan of me taking over the entire bed and laying all over him and never staying on my side - these are all claims he has made - none of which I think are true...

Anyway, we were trying to figure out what to do for a bed for Livy because I wanted to get her out of her crib before the baby comes because I don't want her to see the crib as some sort of territory that the baby will be taking from her - anywho we decided to just put our old bed in her room so that it can be a guest bed as well.

We're laying it on the floor for now - she's already fallen off of it a couple times because she's such a violent sleeper, so we've had to place her in the far left corner against the walls. The transition part didn't go as badly as I thought. The first week was a little crazy, but we've got it down now.

For nap time, I sit with her for a minute and she says "a song, a song." So I sing her a couple songs and then we say night night. Then I turn on this CD we have of Primary Songs but lullaby style that I use to but her to bed with when she was teeny. The second that music starts playing - she's out! Then when she wakes up (2 1/2 hours later), she gets up and knocks on the door and says "Mommy! Daddy! Hello?!?" It's so cute. Our only fear is that she's going to get into Primary and once they start playing music - she'll immediately fall asleep - but that actually might be a good thing for her teachers...

Then for bed time, we've changed from putting her down at 8 to putting her down at 9. We say prayers, sing a couple songs, and then she tells US night night and she falls right asleep! It's great. She usually sleeps until about 7 which we can't complain about.

This next picture documents one of our model parenting strategies. Livy would not stop making crazy noises/whining/saying mommy over and over and over... you get the point - while we were driving one day so we stopped and got her an ice cream cone. We didn't hear another peep out of her until we got home. We also both refused to look back at the consequences of our decision until we absolutely had to. We then had to play rock paper scissors to decide who got her out of the car. Luckily, it wasn't too bad. The destruction of the cone came afterwards after we had put her in her highchair.

And here's just another cute pic of Liv.