a BIG girl bed

The time had come. She is climbing, exploring, and becoming more daring. I was so scared she was going to try one of her climbing acts in the middle of the night and fall flat on her face out of the crib. Yes, I could have gotten a crib tent. I could have kept her in her crib forever, but she was ready.
So, last Thursday afternoon, after telling her therapists what I wanted to do, they agreed she was ready...Lilah got a new bed.
We don't do "toddler" beds in our family. We see them as a waste of money. We just buy a twin, place the mattress and box spring on the floor, use a guard rail, lay pillows down in case of a roll out and there you have it.
For Lilah we made one exception. Lilah has a gate at her door, which she can open, but I can hear the CLING if she opens it in the middle of the night.

Lilah LOVES her new bed.

So much so that when we went to the store to get it( the local Sam's) she kept repeating, "be, be" her version of "bed, bed" over and over again. If we mention her bed now, we get an immediate, "be, be" she adores her bed. She feels free.

Yes, Lilah knows how to climb in AND out of it. We have taught her to roll to her tummy and slide "hiney first" on her belly so her feet will touch the floor first and she can turn around from there.

I watched her after a few days and noticed something....


She would crawl up on her bed and try to touch the dot she has been looking at for months.

Then she did it....she stood straight up and touched that dot.

Look at how strong, powerful, beautiful, and perfect she is. THIS image shows how FAR she has come.

Thank you God for this journey...and all it has taught me.