How Ironic!

Even though I got more sleep on Monday night than usual (in part because I let him cry once), I was still really tired yesterday, and I was fearful of experiencing deja vu in class last night. So I decided to take a nap - something I hadn't done in weeks, and I really wanted it to be longer than 30 minutes, which is how long Ian's naps have been almost all the time for the last couple of months. I called Gabby after I put him down, and asked if she could come over in 20 minutes and take care of Ian for about 30 minutes while Nadia and I napped. It seemed like a good plan, but somehow Ian figured out that there was a babysitter waiting downstairs. I slept for one hour, and so did he. I didn't need to pay a babysitter to take a nap after all, LOL! On Sunday he did have one nap that was one hour long (the nap he took before we went to church), but all of his naps on Monday were 30 minutes long. I thought the one hour nap on Sunday was a fluke. It turns out though that his naps are getting longer. YAHOO! He took another one hour nap yesterday afternoon (albeit that one was in Beth's arms), and today his first three naps were each 40-60 minutes long.

Last night Ian slept for four hours the first stretch, three hours the second, and one hour the third. He got his usual 8 hours of sleep. There wasn't any crying involved as I had decided his first stretch had to be at least 4 hours long and his second had to be at least 3 hours. Did he know that too, LOL? He was up from 12:15-1:45am.  Thankfully the second feeding was much shorter. I still felt very tired again today and was hoping to have another nap since I felt sooo much  better yesterday after that one hour nap. Ian cooperated, but unfortunately potty training interefered with my nap.

Nadia didn't have any accidents Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday. You'd think I'd be thrilled, but during that time span she only used the potty twice. She just has amazing bladder control and has decided to only pee and poop when she's in her crib. Although I appreciated not cleaning up any messes, it seemed like a regression to me as the first nine days or so she pooped in the potty every day. Now she hasn't done so for several days. I know she CAN do it. She's choosing to go when she's in her crib instead. She even told me several times "Nadia pee pee in bed." It's very purposeful. I hadn't planned to work on naptime training yet, but it seems that if I want her to start using the potty during the day then I need to have her sleep without a pull-up or diaper. I decided last night that I would just start with her nap. I took all of the stuffed animals except for doggie out of the crib and also removed her sheet and blankets. I figured this way the only laundry I'd have to do would be her mattress cover and her underwear and clothes. Well one hour into her nap (and only 15 minutes after I had put Ian down) she was crying because she had an accident. I gave her a quick 30 second shower to clean her up and also as negative reinforcement since she doesn't like showers. She ate two popsicles this afternoon. I am really hoping she uses the bathroom before we head to church for the choir picnic. The picnic was supposed to be held outside at my choir director's house, but unfortunately it's cold and rainy today. It's supposed to be back up to 80 degrees tomorrow, but today isn't picnic weather At All. I'm hoping that tomrorow she'll choose to use the bathroom in the morning so that she can stay dry during her nap. I am thrilled that Ian's naps are getting longer!!!

I could have titled this post "Bodily Fluids Part 2" as this morning Nadia threw up (my least favorite thing to clean up) and then while Nadia was napping Ian peed all over the place while I was in the middle of changing his diaper. Ironically, I had just thought while changing his diaper this morning that this hadn't happened for a few months. I decided to give him a bath, and just as I was about to put him in the water, he peed again! This time he got the rug in the bathroom. So between Nadia's nap time accident and vomiting this morning and Ian's two incidents, I definitely needed to do a load of laundry today! I LOVE being a mom, but I'd really like to know where this image of mom's staying home eating bon bons came from. It's truly not a relaxing or glamorous experience to care for little ones all day long! I wouldn't trade it for the world. In fact even though I am still in the sleep deprived stage with Ian and the potty training stage with Nadia (neither are fun), I have to admit I am really struggling to accept the fact we're not going to do IVF again. I really want another baby.