Caroline has grown and changed SO much in the last few months. I really feel like there is almost no baby left in her! Just a heads up: this post, (like all my posts), is full of things I want to remember about our lives right now; it may bore you to tears!
Yesterday we were all outside while Dan was building a step stool. Caroline decided she wanted to build a bridge! She would line up all the pieces and then prance across it several times only to dismantle it and rebuild it again! Like her outfit? She has on her church dress (wouldn't let me take it off) along with a skirt I bought her Saturday. Love the placement of her bracelet too!
We switched Caroline to a big girl bed in January and she did very well for the first couple of months. The last month or so, however, has NOT been fun! She always takes a short nap at daycare, usually about an hour, but on the weekends she has been way too busy playing with all her toys to take a nap. I have been spending at least two hours going back and forth putting her in bed. I tried standing at her door and telling her to lay down every time she sat up. I tried spankings and I tried taking her favorite sleep toys away from her! Usually by the time I gave up each day, I was exhausted! A few days ago I thought I might need to try putting her in the pack 'n play to see if that would contain her (she climbed out of it once a few months ago while we were at a friend's house). I am thrilled to report that after about 45 minutes of “I need to potty... get me down... etc, etc.” she finally fell asleep! SWEET VICTORY!!!!!!!!! I'm hoping that maybe a few nap times in the pack 'n play will convince her to stay in her big girl bed.
In other news, we gave our first shot at potty training last weekend and it has been going GREAT! Caroline has really amazed me with how easy she caught on! I read “PottyTraining 123” the week before last and since I had 4 days at home for Easter break I decided to give it a try! I was very discouraged the first two or three days but I thought I should keep trying for all four days just to give it all my effort. I think it was especially difficult because she wasn't napping and I was just a bit more frazzled.
She spent lots of time in just her pajama top and big girl panties!
She still wears a diaper at nap time and bedtime so we'll have to work on that later. She has had only a few accidents all week! I'm completely blown away at how quickly she got it! I'm sure all the Easter candy hasn't hurt! :)
This post is getting a little out of hand so I'll try and post more soon. That little girl of mine cracks me up every single day! What a joy she is to us!
