Bed Time Changes

We have been having some bed time issues with Ally lately.  Not that she has issues going to bed but once she is in bed, she doesn't like to go to sleep.  She has been singing and talking to herself for hours and scooting all over the place.  She had never tried to climb out of her crib so we never really worried about converting her to a bed.  We decided it was time this last week in hopes that having the open side would limit the amount of wiggling around.  I've been hesitant to do this because having the open side means that obvious- she can get out.  We took the plunge on Friday and replaced the front of her crib with the open rail that it came with.  We did it just before we went to get her from school so she would be surprised.

Her reaction was hilarious.  We went upstairs when we came home from dinner to do something else and she went into her room for a toy and started yelling "its broken, my bed is broken."  It was pretty funny and she was very excited that she could climb in and out herself.  She thought that meant the bed was now for jumping on so we had to put a stop to that quickly.  We purposely let her stay up a little later because of the weekend but she did great and went right to bed as usual.  No falling out and no climbing out.  Even in the morning, she waited until one of us came to get her just like always.  We hoped she would continue that behavior and so far we are right. 

Now that its been a few days, we are still having the same issue of her not going to sleep but she has yet to figure out that she can get out if she wants.  She won't even reach her arms out to pick up her blankets if they fall off.  On Sunday night I did our usual routine and put her in bed around 8:45 and she finally kicked it and 10:45- 2 hours of singing and talking all about the weekend.  She isn't unhappy in her bed so we aren't worried but it is really getting annoying and makes her a crab when she doesn't get enough sleep.  I don't feel like I can go to sleep until I see on the monitor that she is out so it makes me tired too.  I don't know how long it will be before she starts getting out of bed but I guess if I have to pick one I will choose her in bed and talking over getting up to find me.