Toddler Transitions

     It's that time. I didn't know it would come so fast and so sudden. Taylor will be transitioning from her crib to a toddler bed. Some people may laugh or say I'm being too dramatic, but I'm sad. She has managed to climb out of her crib, so it's time to upgrade her bed. My momma heart just cannot get past it. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was transitioning her to the crib and now it's time to move to the next stage. 

    I thought moving from co-sleeping to crib life was hard. Now that she can get out of the bed, it's a true struggle to get her to sleep at night. I have endlessly had to return her to the bed. Sometimes even an hour past her usual 8 o'clock bed time. It's exhausting and my nerves are shot. Routine is key and so is consistency. It will all pay off in the end, but for now I'm going to take it in stride. Motherhood has really humbled me as a person. There was this underlying person all along that was nurturing, caring, and mothering. I never saw myself as a parent. 

    I was a foster parent for a few years and being an actual parent is so different. The type of unwavering love I have for my child is somehow different. I know this will ruffle a lot of feathers by that comment. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Even on Taylor's worst day, she's still the best person in my life. So as she cries and screams about sleeping in the toddler bed, I will be trying to remember that this too will past by in a blink of an eye. 

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