Maria's Bed

I guess our sleeping arrangements aren’t working out so well. Last night Maria somehow managed to wiggle herself between the armrest of the chair and the end of the bed (which we block off with pillows) and then proceeded to fall on to the concrete floor. Not exactly cool.

This led to the four of us sleeping on our bed, which doesn’t seem so bad… except when you remember that Maria wiggles. so. much. Marco ended up sleeping across the foot of the bed, Cooper and I were diagonal, and Maria was all over the place.

Supply and demand is a pretty interesting thing. Here in this small town in Honduras the demand for cribs is not high. There are plenty of babies and small children, but they sleep with their parents. But this could also be because supply is not high. We found someone selling a used crib. They want 3000 lempira’s for it. Now with the exchange rate it comes out to approximately 158 US dollars. For the US that is a pretty high price for a used crib and for here it’s pretty astronomical… more than a lot of people’s monthly rent.

So, this afternoon we went to town in a friend’s truck and picked up a mattress for Maria and Marco is currently building her a bed. I’m hoping it’s low enough where she can get in and out of it herself, but that it has sides tall enough so that my little wiggle worm will not fall out.

*The bed is now finished. It took a LONG time to get all the materials together. There isn’t exactly a lumber store here. It took almost a week, but now Maria is sleeping all comfy-cozy in her new big girl bed!