We started potty training January 1. After the first couple days I felt like maybe we started too early and she wasn't ready. So many accidents! And I read some stupid method of doing it that was completely stressing me out and making me frustrated. Finally, I just said forget all the different 'methods' and we did our own thing. This has worked so much better for both her and I! I'd say it is about 50/50 when she tells me she has to go and when I suggest she goes potty. She gets an M&M after she pees; she has totally figured this out and loves the candy system! Not sure when we are going to phase that out, but it works great right now, so whatever. Our biggest hurdle is she doesn't want to poop on the potty, and never has yet. But I guess we will get there someday....
She has also switched from the crib to her big girl bed! She is now in a twin bed. She's been doing great with it, the first couple nights she had a hard time settling down and falling asleep. At first she didn't figure out she could get out of bed whenever she wanted and still waited for us to come and get her. But now, as soon as she wakes up she pops out of bed. It has been ok though, no super super early morning wake ups or anything yet. It is kind of nice, she comes up to our bedroom and climbs into bed with us (usually around 6:30am, way earlier than I would like....but could be worse). She is VERY adamant about having warm milk first thing in the morning...it is the first thing she asks for when she comes upstairs.
I will say, this 2yr old/toddler stage is far more challenging than the infant stage Leah is going through! Holy cow, by the time Brie is down for the night I am completely exhausted!
Leah is getting into a nice routine (I use that word loosely). We are in bed around 10:30pm each night; she then usually get up between 2:30-3:30am, and then again 2hrs after that feeding. She usually does a couple longer naps during the day (2ish hours). And many cat naps. She struggles sometimes if she isn't eating or sleeping; she is fussy sometimes, wants to be held and walk around. She loves the swing, and that is usually where she naps. She does need to be rocked to sleep at night before going in her bed. I'm just enjoying all these baby things because I know how fast she will turn into a potty training, talking non-stop, high energy toddler :) Love my girls so much!
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