Transitions

Molly's life has been completely changed with the arrival of her new little brother.  She is doing surprisingly well with all the changes, and has transitioned in even more ways since he's been born.


Big Girl Bed

After Molly fell out of her crib while having a tantrum and landed on her head, we decided to make the switch to a toddler bed. The first night she cried at the door (we locked it) for about 10 minutes and then climbed into her bed and fell asleep.  Since then, she is an even better sleeper since we made the switch! She doesn't even get out of bed until we open her door in the morning, and she has taken a good nap EVERY SINGLE DAY since. She has fallen out in the middle of the night a couple of times, but she sure loves her big girl bed.

We put a pool noodle under her sheet for the first few nights to prevent her from falling out

She slept like this for a while!

Potty Training
Since Matt got 6 weeks off for paternity leave this time, we decided to start potty training while he was here to help.  One morning we just explained to her that she was now a big girl and she was going to wear big girl underwear from now on.  She watched Potty Power that morning and we told her over and over and over "no no pee-pee in your underwear".  This first week she had about 2 accidents a day and we tried to stay home most of the day. We are well into the second week now, and it's been 2 days since she's had an accident that was more that a dribble.  She is really starting to get the hang of it and LOVES the attention she gets from going on the potty (and the fruit snack reward).