Then we headed over to Crate & Barrel just for fun and she pulled out a chair, sat at a desk and declared “I’m working” and pretended to type. When we told her that it was time to go she said “I busy mommy.” Maybe she’s building a strong work ethic? Ha.
We ate lunch at Escalantes (their shrimp tacos were on point) and Harper surprisingly enjoyed the salsa which was moderately spicy. She actually ate it both with and without chips with pure delight.
After lunch we visited Pottery Barn Kids where this little one became attached to a cash register and collected money in a tea cup. She also kept declaring “it’s mine” with a confused face whenever she saw something she owned. Explaining to an almost two year old that the “neigh neigh” and stroller were indeed the ones she has, but not hers…
Today we had a play date with Amanda, Ben and Cami and the girls had fun making tea, putting on necklaces, coloring and causing chaos. We ended up packing up a lot of toys Harper doesn’t play with a ton to give our play area a little more breathing room.
And before I go, I’ll share a few recent additions to Harper’s closet and bow collection! I realized this weekend that I still had so many bow headbands that Harper won’t wear as headbands, so I got out my glue gun and some double pronged clips I got on amazon and made all of her bows into clips so she can wear them again. Yay!
I also got these bows in the mail Saturday from the shop Free Babes and oh my goodness they are too cute for words. They have this sweet almost vintage vibe to them and I absolutely love them on Harper.
I forgot to share a few items I picked up for Harper at Target and Baby Gap recently— how cute?!
We had my son change from his crib to a full size mattress a month before his 2nd birthday because we needed the mattress in his crib for our new baby girl who was due 2 months later! We heard that making any big changes like moving from a crib to a big boy bed should be done well in advance of a new baby's arrival or a couple of months after the new baby's arrival because the baby would be change enough for everyone and I am so glad that we did it before she arrived! The biggest thing for us was that he soon discovered that he could climb out of bed whenever he wanted so it took us a couple of ROUGH nights putting him back to bed over and over each time he climbed out. However those tough nights were soon over and we were able to look forward to the next big change, the new baby's arrival! If I was you I would start the transition for Harper sooner then later so that it is out of the way and you don't have any big changes close to the new baby's arrival!
Bailey
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I have a toddler boy (22 months) and baby girl (2 months). We transitioned our son to his big boy bed several months before his sister's arrival, and he's been successfully sleeping in a toddler bed ever since. Details on how we transitioned at https://forthelove.org/2015/02/levis-toddler-room/. Hope this helps!
We purchased my daughter a full sized bed when she was about 2.5 years old. No problems transitioning and we never used rails either. She normally sleeps right in the middle!
We bought her a nice bedroom suite in white from Rooms to Go Kids. The set is very nice and had several features that we liked (built in nightlight, reading lamp…) We decided to go ahead and purchase a set now that could take her all the way through high school. The pieces are pretty classic, so we can just change out curtains and and accessories in her room as she gets older.
Good Luck!