Update

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Thanks for all of the great comments on the last post. I am glad to know that I am not alone with my guilty pleasures!!

I thought I would do an short update on the happenings in Lucy's little life. The biggest change in the past few months has been sleep issues, which is not a fun change. I have touched on this before, but right before her 2nd birthday we moved her to a big bed, per her request. We were going to do it right after her birthday anyway, so that was fine. It took a little getting used to, but she did and it was fine. When she woke up, she would just go to the door and knock until either Justin or me came and got her. She was sleeping through the night and all was well. Until about 3-4 weeks ago. It started right before she started school, so I can't blame it on school. Now, she is not wanting to go to bed. She will get out of her bed over and over before finally going to sleep. She says that she wants us to lay in bed with her, but she won't settle down and when she finally does, if she hears us move she is right back up and shouting, "Mama lay down!" So, that wasn't working. I started the process of getting her used to us not being in there when she falls asleep last week. The first 2 nights were absolute hell. She was up and down a zillion times. She was very upset. Every time she got up, I would go and get her, tell her goodnight again, kiss her, say I love you, tell her that it was time for bed and put her back in bed. Needless to say, we went through this routine about 50 times. Finally on the third night, she had a break through and she had no tears or fuss about going to bed. It has not always been that easy since, but it is a million times better. One funny thing, I always go and check on her once she has been quiet for about 15 minutes. Several of the nights she went ahead and got out of bed and was playing or in her rocking chair. I have found her passed out in the middle of her train set 3 times and in the rocking chair once. It cracks me up and since she is easy to move, it is no big deal. I can deal with that. I hate how stressed out we both were getting when the process was going on for 2 hours. Now if I can just get her back to sleeping through the night, we will all be happy. The past two nights she has woken up around 3 or 4 and been wide awake. She was wanting to play in the middle of the night. I had to put my foot down with the playing in the middle of the night. I honestly wish she was still in the crib, but it was time to transition her out.

We have not started potty training. In fact, we are just putting it off for the time being. We have a big trip coming up and I don't want to deal with a potty training toddler when traveling. Just not an ideal situation. She does not want to sit on her potty anyways. She has gone in it many times, but she is really resistant towards it right now, which again, is fine with me. When she does decide she wants to do it, she is going to be so easy. She wakes up dry a lot of nights. She is usually dry after nap. She never goes while she is at school. Basically, she can hold it for a very long time. She tells us almost every time she goes to the bathroom. Yesterday, I was getting ready in my closet and she walked in with a diaper and two wipes and said, "Poo poo mama. Change it please." Ha. I got a kick out of that.

She is in the stage where she says "Whyyyyy?" all of the time. I am serious, she says it all of the time. She says it in the most adorable, drawn out way and it really is so cute. She is usually satisfied with the answer I come up with, but if not, I keep getting why after why after why until she is satisfied. She wants to know how everything works and what everything is. She is so inquisitive.

She is making huge strides in how she interacts and plays with other kids. She is doing so well lately. Not nearly as possessive and doing much better about sharing. Her whole demeanor around other kids has changed, and I know it is because of school. Yeah! I have been so proud of her. Her teachers brag on her every time that we go to pick her up. They said that she is so great at following directions, minding, and listening!

We have had some really great days with her lately. Days where she barely whines or fusses and she is giggling and smiling the whole day. It has been so much fun and I love watching her like this. She is such a little ball of energy and happiness. Maybe the really nice weather is making her feel better. I know it has helped me drastically. We have been able to go back to the park and the zoo. I LOVE fall.  Those days that are filled with whining and crying will really take it out of me.  This is such a nice change.   One that is obviously very welcome and hopefully here to stay.  I was starting to get a little worried about the terrible 2s.

These pics are from the park and our driveway yesterday.




This one is for you Seashy

She has no issue at all with laying right down for nap. Naps are so easy at our house. However, she has a problem with staying asleep for long enough. She is often up after only an hour and it is just not enough. Here is the proof that it is not enough.