Last night was the "spring forward" night most of us dread. I put Nadia to bed at 6:45pm, which is a little earlier than usual, but that was really 7:45pm according to the new time. Springing forward was a good thing for her. She slept almost 12 hours!! I am certain 7:40 won't become her new wake time, but maybe she'll at least sleep intil 6:00. She woke up in a happy mood. :-) I put Ian down at 9:15pm (new time), and he slept until 1:30. It was very hard to get him back to sleep after that. I finally got him down at 3:00am, but then he only slept 45 minutes. After he was up for another hour I got him back down, and this time he slept about 90 minutes. When is he going to get back to giving me a 6 hour stretch? Last night wasn't as bad as Thursday night, but it still wasn't enough sleep for me. Part way through the night I felt like totally giving up on nursing so that Paul could help out more with the feedings. I was encouraged when I got him dressed this morning. He's wearing a 0-3 month outfit for the first time, and aside from the sleeves being too long - it fits!! YAY!! I'm very accustomed to rolling sleeves up as long sleeves rarely fit Nadia. I will definitely take and post pictures of him today in his new outfit. His Grandma got this for him a few weeks ago. I think he looks very handsome!
Yesterday Nadia took a couple of steps backward in terms of potty training. I figured that would be the case since I decided to have her wear underwear. She never had a #2 accident this week when she wasn't wearing underwear. Normally she goes #2 in the morning, and I figured she'd definitely be going yesterday morning since she had to go on Friday night (kept saying "poop") but never actually went. She went 3 times yesterday morning. The first time she started in her underwear and I noticed and she finished going on the potty. The second time I noticed and got her on the potty on time. Both of those times I gave her a lollipop since she did poop on potty. I wanted to help her understand that lollipops are for pooping on the potty. I figured she was done pooping, but I was wrong. The next time that I realized she was pooping, she had already finished going in her underwear. I didn't give her a lollipop that time. Paul was watching her when I was getting a shower, and she said something and came over to him, but he had fallen asleep in the family room so she peed on the floor. He said that accident was his fault not hers.
I don't know if she kept her underwear dry during her nap because Paul didn't hear that I had asked him to take off her diaper (which was over her underwear) when she got up. I was napping while the kids were napping. I got up when Ian got up, but Nadia took a shorter nap than Ian & I did. When I got up, her underwear was wet. The rest of the day she kept saying "pee" or "poop" and then would go sit down on the new potty. I thought that was a step forward that she was taking the initiative and had no objection to sitting, but she never actually went on the potty. After it had been quite a few hours, I let her watch some VeggieTales while she sat. I was very, very frustrated as she did the same routine of standing up and immediately peeing right after she had been sitting for awhile. She walked around the family room leaving a trail on the carpet. She definitely went backwards yesterday in potty training as she never peed in the potty all day long which was the first time this week that happened. Not counting going in her underwear when she had a diaper on over it, she had two peeing accidents on the floor. I had planned to have her wear one of the waterproof training pants to church today, but in light of how exhausted I am and the fact that she went backwards in her potty training, I think we might stay home today.
She's definitely learned to hold the pee back as earlier in the week she had 6 accidents in one day whereas the last couple of days between accidents and going in the potty she's only peed 2-3 times a day (during the 12-13 hours we were working on potty training each day). By yesterday night I was again wondering if I should postpone the potty training until May. I'm going to see how she does today and then make the decision since I go back to school tomorrow. Today is day #7 of potty training, and although she's made definite progress (staying dry during naps, only 1-2 accidents a day, asking to sit on the potty to pee or poop, etc.), I'm still thinking she might not be ready. I do hate the thought of starting this all over again though.
Last night she and I had a battle over eating one bite of banana. She had eaten most of a banana for breakfast, and at dinner I wanted her to finish it before she ate something else. She ate the first bite, and then refused to eat the second (last) bite. I kept telling her that she could eat what she wanted to after that, but she refused. It wasn't about the food in my mind, but rather about her learning to obey. However, I have decided that I need to get her used to being told what she eats for dinner every night. I'm planning to continue to let her pick (between options that I give her) what she wants to eats for breakfast and lunch, but eventually I'd like us to all sit down and eat dinner together, and when that happens I won't be serving a different meal for each person. I want her to learn to eat whatever is served for dinner, and more importantly I want her to learn to obey. She never did eat that second bite last night. I gave up when she fell asleep in her highchair. I woke her up and took her up for a bath and put her to bed. So she had a very tiny dinner (a few bites of yogurt and one bite of banana). While she was screaming I told Paul I'd rather fight this battle now than when she's sixteen. It still wasn't fun. I honestly was surprised she could be THAT stubborn.
I finished
the photo book that I got for free (only had to pay for shipping). Click on the link if you would like to see the album I made of Ian's first three months.
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