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Nadine Silverthorne’s love of journaling began in Grade One with the entry, “I am the greatest dancer!” Two babies (and countless diaper changes) later, she has found her home away from home as editor of SweetMama. Don’t miss her humorous bi-weekly accounts of the joys and pains of working while raising them fabulous.

Bedroom Blues

canada (Jan.12.09)    


We just got one child's sleep issues resolved, when we realized that the older one might be a problem too. Now that Lucy is sleeping through the night and going to bed without a fuss, I was hoping we could evict Nate from our room and reclaim some adult space. But there are some new realizations/developments:
  1. We've been getting Nate ready for bed in our crowded room. This means he's become very used to having his stories read in our bed and sometimes falls asleep in our bed.
  2. Our bed is a lush, pocket coil, pillow top, with 300 thread count sheets and a plush goose-down duvet.
  3. His bed is a plastic-covered, firm (read: hard) department store-issue mattress, with flimsy Thomas the Tank Engine sheets and comforter.
  4. He's still in a pull-up at night. We get him up to pee when we go to bed to save ourselves from changing the sheets at 4am.
  5. He's been coming into our bed at 6am, because, hey! It's just a hop from his bed to ours.
So while I'm on a spending freeze until March, I'm mentally planning Kid's Bedroom 2.0. Here's my list of things I'd like to get to make this transition smoother.

1. Since the kids' room is narrow and long, and they're too young for bunk beds, I've been eyeballing this pretty trundle bed. (And this one and this one too!)
2. These Batman sheets from Pottery Barn would blow my little Bruce Wayne's mind!
3. I am drooling over this latex/soy mattress, or this natural rubber one, but ack! The prices! (At around $1000/mattress, that's $2K in kid mattress costs.)
4. This Magic Light Penguin (we're having a penguin phase), has a soft body and can be kept in bed thanks to the energy efficient and cool LED light inside.
5. A great armchair for reading stories to both at once (a friend said his mom called this "double snuggles") and every Oliver Jeffers book there is.

There will be some growing pains for sure (especially when it comes to nighttime potty training and a sound-sensitive toddler), but envisioning the room to be full of lovely things makes me happy regardless. I'm hoping a design show will come to our rescue...


Tags:  boy, sharing a room, nadine silverthorne, batman, bedding, foamite, toddler, magic light led, organic mattress, eq3, nightlight, pottery barn, kids room decor, eco mattress, sweetmama blog, girl, preschooler



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