I have been avoiding this for several months now. Hannah has shown signs of willingness (followed by signs of non-willingness), but with a coming baby and my own lack of energy (as well as Daryl's), we just haven't started. This past week Nana (my mom) has been here and with her huge help, we have started and are showing signs of success!!!
We started a sticker chart with the goal of 10 stickers = Candyland! Hannah was SO EXCITED to see her prize waiting for her and asked every time she got off the potty if she could have it! It was a difficult concept for her to wait for the "big" prize, but she did it and yesterday afternoon she received her Candyland!
Today we went on an adventure to the park and she used the public restroom 2 times!!!! The first time we asked her if she needed to go and the second time she told us. It was very exciting for her to wash her hands in the big bathroom. Hey, whatever motivates:-). Today she woke up with a dry diaper both in the morning and after "rest" time. We are definitely moving in the right direction.
Grace is doing well also. Last night she woke up at 1 and 4 to eat, sleeping well in between. I need to figure out a way to ignore her sleeping grunts and just wake up for her hunger noises. Any tips are greatly appreciated.
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Yeah Hannah! Dana, you're a brave woman. I am STILL trying new things to get my girl to go on the toilet. She is such a stinker.
As far as how to ignore Grace's grunts and wake only to feed...um, I never could do it. That's why my babies went into the crib in their room the first night home from the hospital. They were never more than right across the hall.
Are you using a crib or bassinet in your room? Maybe move Grace into the living room to sleep? I never could stay awake to nurse unless I was sitting in a lit room. The light helped Adam stay awake for the feeding too.
I still chuckle whenever I think about how many times I ended up in the glider in Adam's room before I truly woke up. I'm sure I must have looked like a drunken sailor staggering around, bumping into the doorframes...LOL.
This is getting really long, but one more thing. Pete was a tremendous help at night until Adam got into a sleeping/eating routine. We used a white board on our bedroom door to track feedings. That way if Adam woke up before his next feeding, Pete would walk/rock him until it was my turn again.
The things we do for our children.
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