first off, i will admit that one of these wouldn't be an obstacle if i would have delt with it earlier in the year. enough about me and my faults. let's continue with the story ...
in preparation for the new baby, karsyn is in need of some upgrading, updating, moving, growing up, whatever you want to call it. i don't think i like "growing up", but we could call it adjusting. preparing. whatever, you get the idea.
here are the things we need to work on. although not a necessity, it would be easier after the baby comes if karsyn did the things soon.
yes, embarassingly i admit that karsyn still takes a bottle before nap and bed. with water. but still. does anyone else have an almost 2 year old with this habit? i guess it's no worse than a pacifier, right? i can't bring myself to take it away from her, or maybe it's because it's so dang easy to give it to her. almost like a switch. she takes her bottle and automatically goes to sleep. it'll probably be harder on me than on her to take it away. does this categorize me as a bad mom?
ok, so i know a lot of kids stay in their baby bed until they can climb out of it. karsyn stays in hers, but the new baby will need a place to sleep too. we have a toddler bed, but karsyn cries for her own bed. her baby bed. i can totally understand where she's coming from. i like my own bed too. thought about just buying a second baby bed. is that terrible? another easy way out. **thanks to my sweet friend, DN and her girls, we got the baby bed moved out of karsyn's room so we'll see how she takes to her toddler bed. she knows where it the baby bed is though! :)
this is one of those "we've tried, but she doesn't really care" kind of things. some people say to get her out of diapers before you have two in diapers. so, we have a potty. she knows. but she has no desire. and i don't think i'm in a big hurry.
we'll have our work cut out for us, that's for sure.
Here is my opinion..... (you asked ;)
ReplyDeletewait on the potty. I did that when I was pregnant with Braden and Callie just trained herself. Everyboyd said she would revert back when baby came home anyway, so I just waited and it worked out beautifully. It is easier when they are older. Having 2 in diapers isnt too terrible. I also didnt want to take Braden's crib (security) from him when we brought Gray home. So, Gray slept in the pack & play until I felt Braden has adjusted to the new baby and change. Worked out great! (they are 23 months apart) Now, on the bottle.....if you can transition her to the sippy cup of water, that would be better for dental and speech pallet reasons. But, overall, dont stress. Relax! Enjoy this last bit of baby time with Karsyn!
Ditto what Nicole said. Sophie took a sippy to bed with her until she 3 and yes, it was b/c it was easier on me but really I don't think there was any harm in it. You can transition with a softer sippy so it's more like a bottle. We always had 2 in diapers with a newborn and it really wasn't a big deal. It's so much easier to potty train when they are ready and just do it instead of when you are constantly having to remind them and deal with accidents. For the bed, we started in the toddler bed for naps but stayed in the crib at night until they were comfy with the toddler bed. But, if she's not ready yet, you can always do what Nicole said. I bought a sleeper for Will that just went in the bed with us and it was wonderful to use for the first two months. You are welcome to borrow that if you would like!
ReplyDeleteYes, girl! Let Karsyn lead on the potty training thing. And as far as the bed goes, if you are going to transition before, I would do it now with plenty of time for her to break the bond with the bed. You don't want her to resent the baby "taking over" her bed. You will probably have a good 3 months before you move the baby to the crib anyway so you have some time. Kathleen had a great suggestion with starting with naps. I did that with Sweet Pea to transisiton from bassinet to pack-n-play and from there to crib. Works great! Something else I did with all three kids was to make sure we had a comfort item for bed. Zman had a paci, Hgirl had a blankie, and Sweet Pea has a blankie. With sweet pea, I make sure I take it out with us (car, nursery, etc.) but other than that, it is for bed. Kinda a signal that everything is ok and she is ok no matter what is going on around her. And then, of course, the noise machines.... ;-)
ReplyDeleteJust my 2 cents!
I agree with most up there. WAIT on the potty training until she is ready! Less of a battle and stress on you both.
ReplyDeleteI went cold turkey on the bottle with both of mine when they turned 1! Solely sippy cups after that. Yes, it's hard. There may be a few nights of crying but, it' worth it. Substitute with something else. Try a sippy but, that will be hard to take later too. Agirl only cried for hers one or two nights.
Crib can probably wait as well.