Growing up

Yesterday Lydia didn't use the potty at all, well, at least nothing came out, but she slept for almost two hours! Then today she went to the potty, but slept barely an hour. *sigh* It seems to always be one or the other...potty or sleep, you can't have the best of both worlds. Lydia actually enjoys sitting on her Elmo potty and reading her books; she takes after her Daddy. I seriously think that she sometimes says "poo-poo" just so she can read her books on the potty; she did it three times today! Regardless, I'm super proud of my 17 month old and if we can keep up the potty to a least once a day for awhile, we should be well on our way to getting her potty trained before Sophie is here.

Oh, as for the shortened one nap, I check on Lydia when she cries out to see if she has a dirty diaper and then I put her back to sleep. She usually doesn't fall back asleep, but I keep her in her room until the two hour mark, that way I get my break and she learns that I'm not bringing her out until then. Lydia usually talks or plays the remainder of the two hours, but at least she is still "resting" and come 7 PM, she goes right to sleep.