Not losing any sleep over upgrading from a crib to a bed.

With the new baby coming, we thought we’d better step it up a notch in Lorelei’s growing up process.

First, get rid of the soother

Three weeks ago we decided it was time for the soother to go. I think we would have gotten rid of it regardless of the baby coming because this is about the time when Delena’s went in the garbage! I kept putting off the process because I knew she was pretty attached to it, but Delena helped me get it over with. I had told Delena that we would probably be getting rid of the soother once we came back from Nana’s (after our trip to Florida) and I hadn’t done it yet, so she kept asking me about it. Finally, I decided I would make it happen on a Thursday so that if crying ensued, we wouldn’t have to get up the next morning for preschool.

Well, it didn’t quite happen that way! On Wednesday, after Lorelei woke up from her nap, Delena asked Lorelei if she wanted to put her soother in the garbage. The answer, of course, was a firm shake of the head. A few minutes later, snack was mentioned, so the girls hurried towards the kitchen. Delena asked Lorelei again, while holding open the garbage lid, and this time, I’m sure with snack being on her mind, Lorelei quickly popped out her soother and in it went. Easy as pie! Of course, 15 min later, Lorelei was poking her head back in the garbage, but there was no soother to be found as I had quickly hid it while the girls ate their snack! There were a few days of tears, but she has moved on now.

Then get rid of the crib

This past weekend we decided it was time for the next transition –into the toddler bed! This one definitely would not even have been attempted yet if it weren’t for the baby coming, but we thought we’d see how it went. The first night went great! She laid down without a fuss. The next afternoon was a different story! It was Saturday afternoon, so Jason offered to listen while I had a nap. I went into the bedroom where the dehumidifier was running so I heard nothing! Jason fell asleep in the living room, so when he heard noises, he just got Lorelei up from her “nap”. It wasn’t until later that he realized that not enough time had passed for her to have had a nap! I also noticed, when I got up, that her bottom clothes drawer was totally emptied!

Bedtimes have continued to go fairly well, probably because it’s dark, but nap times seem to be more of a struggle. I think we may have to hide the diaper pail because we’ve caught her carrying around diapers in her room. I even discovered a diaper hidden under the covers at bedtime – a diaper I had already put back in the pail after I’d caught her with it in the first place! But, all in all, she’s doing quite well growing up!

What next? Potty training!

Lorelei has been doing a lot of teething the past little while.  I’ve been meaning to take a picture of her top teeth because they showed up in an unusual order.  Her bottom teeth were straightforward.  The bottom middle and then one on either side.  On the top, she first got one eye tooth and then the other.  It looked like two little fangs and, unfortunately, I never was able to capture it on camera.  Now the middle two are finally coming in.  I had her laughing at lunch a couple days ago, and decided to grab the camera.  This is what I managed to capture (excuse the food!):