New Bedroom

We updated Camden's bedroom this past week.  It was finally time to get out of the crib altogether.  I found a fun comforter at Target and coordinated the room around it.  Camden immediately fell in love with her bed.  She walked in the room and said, "Wow-wee" over and over.  She climbed up on the bed and rolled around, jumped up and down, and giggled.  "My bed?...Wow-wee."

I didn't want to keep her old white changing table/dresser, but weren't sure what our other options were.  It was so huge, but we also had two pieces of an entertainment center that we didn't want to depart with, but really didn't have room for either.  I decided to make the most of it and use containers to make them her dresser.  The one set holds her toys in clear plastic tubs.

The other holds her clothes in colorful boxes that match her comforter.  We weren't sure how many we would need when we purchased them, so at the time of the photo, we were one short.  I have since bought another polka dot one and the shelf looks great. 

She has lots of floor space and room to spread out and play with her toys.

And sure enough, within 5 minutes (literally) of being shown her room, every toy was off the shelf, out of the containers, and dumped on the floor.

Life with a toddler!  At least pick-up is a little easier...just throw everything back in the tubs. 

The best part of it all...she LOVES being in her room.  In the past, she always wanted one of us in the room with her.  While she still prefers that, she now goes in by herself and spends some time there.  Could be her age, too, but it's a nice little progress forward.  She also has been willing to sleep in her bed.  On more than one occassion she has requested to go to her room for her nap or to sleep at night.  One morning I found her back on the couch, so she didn't stay in her bed the whole night, but at least half the time she sleeps in her bed.  HUGE step forward.

As you can see, she has also moved every stuffed animal to her bed.  They are no longer on the big shelf, but sleep in her bed, along with most of her books.  I still need to get her pictures up on the walls, but all in all, the new bedroom is a smashing success.