Wonder what we've been doing all week? Anna and I have spent a lot of time in the bathroom the last few days. No, we've not been ill. We had a 3-day long potty party. It was rough going at times, but we've achieved a great deal of success and have even ventured out of the house with the only diapers along as spares if necessary. We've got more work to do on this, but we are very proud of our little girl for doing so well. As a reward, she got to choose a special thing from the toy store. We'd been promising her a new doll if she went on the potty, but she chose a Slinky instead! (Her cousin Jenny has a slinky and Anna thought that was really cool! We're not too sad about it because a slinky costs about $3!)
Even though Anna woke up this morning saying she wanted to get rid of her big-girl bed and wanted to have her crib back, she's been doing very well with her new bed. She's been very comfortable in it and has had no problems sleeping and staying in it when she's supposed to (the exception being at nap times, which are almost a thing of the past anyway). Our little girl is sure growing up! We've conquered 2 of the big 3 growing-up milestones in a short amount of time. The third--giving up the pacifier--is the one we figure will be the biggest challenge. I'm hoping to do that before her 3rd birthday, but we'll see. This week was traumatic, so we'll not try to tackle it any time soon.
2 comments:
We're so proud of you guys!! Ella hit all these milestones last year. We asked her recently if she even remembered her pacifier and she said, "No!" Whatever struggles we have encouraging them to become Big Girls are ones they don't appear to remember. :)
Go, Anna! It is so wonderful and awesome to see them doing such "grown-up" things. We are potty training as well. :)
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