Lillian just recently made the transition to crib to crib with an always-open escape hatch. It was good timing as it took place a week before we left in vacation where she would be sleeping in a bunk bed. The bunk bed was not as appealing as we hoped. Or maybe it was too appealing.
She wanted to sleep in the top bunk which we flatly said NO. That she could only climb in the top if mommy or daddy was with her. The first night she was wwaaaaaaay over-tired which meant no sleep at all! Lillian refused to sleep in the bunk bed - she wanted to sleep on the floor. So we pulled the matteras off the bottom bunk and put it on the floor. Then she wanted to sleep in just the wooden box. So after 2.5 hours trying to get her to sleep on the matteras, I said finer go sleep in the box. And she did for about 2 hours and then was up and I managed to get her to sleep on the matteras for the (very short) rest of the night.
Nap and bedtime the next night went smooth; she slept on the mattress on the floor.
Three days after we returned home, we found ourselves unexpectedly having to travel overnight again. We bought a twin air mattress for Lillian to sleep on, not fully convinced that she would actually sleep on it. Once it was blown up and sheets put on, she snuggled down on for stories where she discovered it had lumps. She did not like the lumps and said it made her feel funny. But when it was time to go to sleep, she did. She did have one interruption when she came out to show us the squirrel she made in her hair (she and I both twirl our hair into twists and she calls them squirrels). But once she showed everyone her hair-do, I took her back to her "bedroom" and tucked her in and there she stayed all night.
It's so nice to have the option now to spend the night places and not to worry about needing a crib. Look out world, here we come.
