June 03, 2008
Lily Training
Lily is 2 and 1/2 years old and there have been several things I've been working on lately. Also with the baby coming there were some necessary things for her to outgrow. One thing we've been working on for a while is getting her out of my bed. We have a family bed- a queen and twin beside each other. Miriam has slept in the twin and now I have moved Lily over to share that bed. I had to make room for the new baby and wanted to do this early so that she doesn't think the baby kicks her out of the bed. She has done really well with this and it is no problem now. I have also been gently and gradually weaning. She has only nursed at bedtime for a while now so I started skipping nights. Sometimes she doesn't ask, sometimes she asks and I gently tell her not tonight and snuggle with her. Sometimes she does throw a fit and I will go ahead and nurse her. This is usually when she is over tired and she does fall asleep quickly. Now today, I am trying potty training. I have put her in underwear this morning and will will try for a couple of days and see how it goes. I'm kinda worried it won't work yet, because she doesn't care if she is in a soaking wet or dirty diaper. If by Friday, she is not improving, I will stop and try later. I feel bad doing all this at once, but I also feel like I'm not pushing her so it is less traumatic for her. I am a little worried about regression once the baby is here, but I also feel like Lily is truly ready for all this. She has done so well with it now, I just don't think that will happen.
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I felt the same way when I was pregnant with Jacob. I needed to get Ryan out of the bed, to stop nursing and potty train him. We got 2 out of three which wasn't bad, the potty training had to come later though.
Good Luck with everything, I will be thinking about you for sure!
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