My big girl! I can't believe how quickly she's growing.
On Friday March 26th we got home from work and were playing in the living room after dinner when she started crawling. We clapped and said "yay Maddie!", she sits up on her own and starts to clap for herself. Then she crawled over and started pulling herself up to her knees on the furniture.
Later that night we noticed that on top of all of that, she popped 2 of her new teeth!
She now has 2 bottom teeth and 3 top teeth all the way through. She's cutting 2 more (at least) on the bottom and 3 more on the top all at the same time. Poor little bird!
She slept through the night for the first time about 2 weeks ago, but that was a one-time occurance. Greatly appreciated, none the less.
Now, in the last few weeks she's graduated from kinda-crawling to full on crawling. As of last week she is walking along furniture a bit and can briefly stand on her own without holding on to anyone or anything!
This weekend while visiting with some of Brian's family she ate a good third of my T-bone steak! I couldn't believe it! She would chew, swallow and yelp for more!
Monday, April 26, 2010
She did it!
A few weeks ago I was changing a particularly gross toddler diaper when I decided something needed to give. We got cleaned up and then I said "Rebecca, starting tomorrow, we are done with paper diapers. It's your choice, you can use cloth diapers again like Madeline does, or you can start using underpants all the time."
She said "underpants!" I explained that would mean she would need to use the potty every time she had to go. She looked at me for a moment and said "Yeah, I don't want to do that."
A few minutes later I was loading the dishwasher when she walked up and said "Mama? I thought I wasn't ready to use the potty all the time, but I think I am."
So the next morning we got up and packed up her paper diapers and put them away. I bounced around like a mad woman excitedly saying "You're such a big girl! What a big girl!" then reminded her that she needs to let mommy and daddy know when she needs to go potty.
She went the entire day without an accident. She skipped nap that day, she was kind of freaked out about the idea that she might wet the bed, but I wanted to see if she could do it. By nighttime though she didn't even bat an eye about going to bed without a diaper. Never once did she ask for a diaper.
It's been about a month (we started on March 28th) and she's only had a handful of accidents! I'm so proud :)
At one point during the first few days of this Brian and I were doing the excited-parents thing telling her how well she was doing, what a big girl, etc and she gave us this look that I could only describe as "These people? OMG need to chill." complete with a slight eyeroll. Apparently we need to turn it down a bit.
She said "underpants!" I explained that would mean she would need to use the potty every time she had to go. She looked at me for a moment and said "Yeah, I don't want to do that."
A few minutes later I was loading the dishwasher when she walked up and said "Mama? I thought I wasn't ready to use the potty all the time, but I think I am."
So the next morning we got up and packed up her paper diapers and put them away. I bounced around like a mad woman excitedly saying "You're such a big girl! What a big girl!" then reminded her that she needs to let mommy and daddy know when she needs to go potty.
She went the entire day without an accident. She skipped nap that day, she was kind of freaked out about the idea that she might wet the bed, but I wanted to see if she could do it. By nighttime though she didn't even bat an eye about going to bed without a diaper. Never once did she ask for a diaper.
It's been about a month (we started on March 28th) and she's only had a handful of accidents! I'm so proud :)
At one point during the first few days of this Brian and I were doing the excited-parents thing telling her how well she was doing, what a big girl, etc and she gave us this look that I could only describe as "These people? OMG need to chill." complete with a slight eyeroll. Apparently we need to turn it down a bit.
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