Monday, October 27, 2008

DIY Weekend!

We got Ai Ai a toddler bed last Saturday after we saw her attempting to climb out of her cot.
She seems quite determined and just needs a little more arm strength and momentum to achieve that feat.

Actually we only got her an Ikea toddler mattress on Saturday morning, but she was simply uncontrollable!
She kept running about in her room and refused to even take her afternoon nap.
Guess she's never had that much freedom with her cot :P

In the end, we had to buy this Ikea bed frame that same Saturday night and Roy fixed it on Sunday morning.
The corner of the guard rail seems quite sharp, so I decided to make her a "bed bumper".

This is the bed bumper I made from scratch. Didn't know it's such hard work to quilt the cloth and cotton stuffing together!

I decided to make it reversible in solid pink in case we need to match it with her bedsheets in future.


This is how she looks when she sees her new bed. She'll keep saying "Daddy built bed".

By the way, I also sewed her fitted sheets.

Ikea cotton toddler sheets can get quite warm, so I made her this fitted sheet from an old cotton sateen bedsheet we had.

The cotton sateen should keep her cool during her noon naps without the aircon.

2 comments:

The Beauties In Our Lives said...

Wow, the bed looks real cosy! Am sure Ai Ai will love it! And I am IMPRESSED by the speed of your sewing skills! Super fast! And you can even sew one fitted sheet! SOLID!!!

YM said...

Hee, fitted sheet is easy.
The bumper is the difficult one... I actually spent 2 nights on it *sweat*
I'm gonna start my next project... training pants for her... not sure if I can make it! :P