Comments on Girl's Gone Child: Here's the Before, Let's Hope There's an After

Can't wait to see the 'after'!

2009-06-16T11:11:18.125-07:00

Can't wait to see the 'after'!

I just transitioned my kiddo into her crib last mo...

2009-06-15T13:16:55.350-07:00

I just transitioned my kiddo into her crib last month (She is about a month older than Fable) It was totally less horrible than I thought it would be. I feel super great about it...like a little accomplishment. Good luck, hope its as smooth for you.

she looks like she's all, "you're gon...

2009-06-14T18:47:33.668-07:00

she looks like she's all, "you're gonna put we where?!?" in taht first picture. good luck with the switcheroo.

We just made the big move ourselves. After sharing...

2009-06-14T10:21:49.978-07:00

We just made the big move ourselves. After sharing a room with Emma for 8 months, she now has her own space, and yes WE HAD SEX IN OUR OWN BED! I love her having her own room.

Do I spy Isa Booties in that last picture? If so big shout out because I have these booties and I LOVE THEM. Sorry for all the caps!

I LOVE the green armoir!!

2009-06-14T05:01:16.207-07:00

I LOVE the green armoir!!

I love the Beatrix Potter looking clock and the gr...

2009-06-13T22:38:49.731-07:00

I love the Beatrix Potter looking clock and the green book hutch...and the picture of Fable on your bed, I didn't even see her at first glance she's so tiny! Cute!

Anonymous- Uh, she will make the after. I'm pr...

2009-06-13T17:00:52.560-07:00

Anonymous-
Uh, she will make the after. I'm pretty sure it was a joke. As in, "this is going to be a huge project switching the bedrooms- hope we all survive" type joke. It had nothing to do with letting her kids dictate how the household is run! Congrats on your four wonderful kids. Perhaps you should blog about all of your fabulous mothering secrets for the rest of us idiots who choose a different path than yours.

GGC,
Good luck with the move and enjoy having your bed back to yourselves!

P.S. The "We love you" picture on Archer's wall is adorable:)

Uh, "loved to duet while cosleeping" - w...

2009-06-13T16:30:18.888-07:00

Uh, "loved to duet while cosleeping" - wow, that's pretty fucking disgusting! As for "hopefully there will be an after" - you are the parent, make the "after." I raised four wonderful kids, never had to spank or use the CIO method or cosleeping or any of that crap. They didn't dictate how my household ran, I did! Yeah, good luck. She'll be in your bed until she leaves for college.

Fable has the coolest modernest wardrobe of any ba...

2009-06-13T12:32:50.516-07:00

Fable has the coolest modernest wardrobe of any baby ever lived.

I was a reluctant co-sleeper w/ my now 3 1/2yr old...

2009-06-13T09:44:31.631-07:00

I was a reluctant co-sleeper w/ my now 3 1/2yr old daughter. I moved her to her crib at 18mths and she's done really well. Be prepared that even though you are ready for her to "move on up" that you will be a little sad. As uncomfortable as I had been for months, that first couple of nights was a little tough....then I got over it and LOVE having my bed back!
btw...I love your blog, though I'm probably one of your ancient readers (43, lol)

Love the Dwell bedding! Also, I just saw your pre...

2009-06-13T08:26:51.621-07:00

Love the Dwell bedding! Also, I just saw your pretty face in my latest Real Simple in a Turning Leaf ad - how cool!

Forget the room change...WHERE DID YOU GET THE MON...

2009-06-13T06:25:43.942-07:00

Forget the room change...WHERE DID YOU GET THE MONKEY HAT????

Sorry, that had to be asked in all caps.

I know all about small spaces living in NYC. We l...

2009-06-12T23:36:43.010-07:00

I know all about small spaces living in NYC. We live in a one-bedroom, which we're converting to a two-bedroom. Moved our bed out to our living room, and made our living room half our size so we have some sort of a bedroom. And Sojourner, of course, gets the big beautiful actual bedroom! We still have a long way to go til it works better (though it's working pretty damn well considering).

All the best! Pain in the butt to move everything ...

2009-06-12T22:20:05.474-07:00

All the best! Pain in the butt to move everything but change is good right?

We have 4 bedrooms in this house and hubby and I sleep in the smallest of them. Figure we just sleep (and sometimes fool around) in it. Space better utilized by the kids.

You have some gorgeous things! Love the old gramophone (?) and painting by your Gramma.. And your bedding.. don't get me started on your bedding..

We just moved the toddler to the big girl bed in a...

2009-06-12T21:55:09.212-07:00

We just moved the toddler to the big girl bed in a new room, and she has only fallen out once! Soon we move the baby out of the sidecar on our bed and my fingers and toes are crossed that she might (!?!) sleep better if she doesn't listen to me snore, because we surely could use more sleep. But I love having her close. I am such a sucker for the babies. I do, like other commenters, tend to worry overly much about things like this.

I love Fable. Just absolutely love to see her pictures. Nom.

Good luck with the transition! I've still got ...

2009-06-12T21:53:02.398-07:00

Good luck with the transition! I've still got my eleven month old in bed with me, which is lovely, but also tiring. Actually, a book I read recently may come in handy for you, too: it's called Bed Timing, and it's all about the best times to change up a baby's sleep schedule according to their developmental stage. Eight to twelve months is apparantly a pretty sensitive time, so if Fable resists, that might be why. Not that that makes it any easier. Here's hoping she's happy to have her own space! -Chan

my approach with moving is to let my husband and h...

2009-06-12T21:20:20.571-07:00

my approach with moving is to let my husband and his friends do it while I take the kids to do something fun. this is a wonderful approach that greatly reduces my stress and participation in the heavy lifting and I highly recommend it. best of luck! by the way I'm actually kind of jealous that you are turning 28, which is weird because I've never felt old before (not that I am particularly old either- 31). Oh well. getting older is better than the alternative, right? Can't wait to see the pics of the new arrangements - and Fable- she is so beautiful!

i'm crossing my fingers for you - having just ...

2009-06-12T19:47:07.128-07:00

i'm crossing my fingers for you - having just moved house the thought of moving stuff again gives me the heebie jeebies.

The Gramophone DOES work. Not only that but I regu...

2009-06-12T19:37:06.284-07:00

The Gramophone DOES work. Not only that but I regularly play records on it. Especially after dinner parties when I'm tipsy. Every dinner party should have a gramophone. No lie.

Echoing earlier comments, we moved our girls into ...

2009-06-12T19:22:56.967-07:00

Echoing earlier comments, we moved our girls into one room. There are three of them and they have never slept better. All is as it was meant to be. And, in the after, there is sex. Furtive and quick, but dude, it's sex.

(It is in these moments that I loathe FriendFeed)

Please tell how you'll get her to stay in her ...

2009-06-12T19:00:58.881-07:00

Please tell how you'll get her to stay in her own crib! My 6 month old starts there every night...and as soon as we go to bed he ends up there with us..attached to the teet! BTW, loved to "duet while cosleeping."

Good Luck. Our soon to be 2nd daughter will be ...

2009-06-12T18:17:34.457-07:00

Good Luck.

Our soon to be 2nd daughter will be sharing a room with our first. We are lucky we have a dormer that fits the older one's bed, so there is more floor space. I am running out of room for all the clothes, though. The trials and tribulations of being a girl.

I thought my husband's head was going to pop off when I suggested switching the girls' and boy's room. It would have meant painting and the switching of ceiling fans. I don't think my son would have liked sleeping in a yellow and pink room with a pastel butterfly fan. I still think his room is bigger, at least the closet, but I am not going to push it.

Here's hoping! Margs is in the playpen in our ...

2009-06-12T18:05:36.921-07:00

Here's hoping! Margs is in the playpen in our room for oh, um, 3 hours before we get in there and then ends up in the bed with us attached to my boob.

Good luck with the move! I love-love-love and wa...

2009-06-12T18:00:01.136-07:00

Good luck with the move!

I love-love-love and want to kiss that gramophone! Does it work?

Good luck with the move. Mostly just wanted to pos...

2009-06-12T17:24:53.921-07:00

Good luck with the move.
Mostly just wanted to post because, OMG, fable is so freekin cute!