Toddler Transitions
Last year it seemed like every time we thought we had things down, a new transition would occur and we’d have to figure it all out again. Swaddling to sleep sacks, cosleeping to cribs, pacifiers to only when in bed, breastfeeding to bottles to sippy cups, it seemed endless. So this year has been a welcome break. It’s been a chance to breath and enjoy a bit more. But we are quickly approaching the need for new transitions and I’m being led kicking and screaming into them.
Forest tells us when he poops and is always taking off his diaper. I’m positive the kid is ready to potty train. But I have to figure out a method to use, buy all the necessary “gear”, communicate it with Dusty so that both households follow the same process, and then do it. Logan is not showing any signs of ready but I figure he’ll get interested because his brother is and as long as we don’t hold them to some lofty expectations all will be well. But with Grandma Warren coming to take care of them next weekend, then to Earthsprings for the kids retreat, then to Grandma Trammell’s for Thanksgiving, I figure it’s best to try and wait it out until December when they’ll be home and settled for a bit.
We’ve had the boys sleeping in sleep sacks since 5 months when we gave up the swaddlers. They have loved the sleep sacks & associate them with sleep. And they keep them from being able to crawl out of their cribs. We haven’t had any sleep disturbed by crib gymnastics thanks to the sleep sacks. But the current ones are starting to get small and we need to move them into big beds soon, so I figured it’s time to loose the sleep sacks too. This afternoon I didn’t put them in them for nap and sat down to chat with Brad on the computer. Suddenly, I heard a child trying to open the bedroom door! I fully expected Forest (our monkey) to be standing there but it was Logan! He wasn’t happy when I put him back into bed and into the sack. I guess I’ll start with bedtime instead, which really does make the most sense.
And then there is the crib to big bed change which I’m also shooting for around Christmas. But can you do the big bed change and potty training at the same time? Is that too much? Or usually how it ends up anyway?
If I learned anything last year it was to just pick a process and try it, completely prepared to let it go and try something totally different if necessary. I’ve enjoyed not having to do a lot of “transition” work this past year but the boys are letting us know pretty firmly that they are ready to be big boys now. I have to just go with the flow!
Update: After a great 2.5 hour nap I’m sitting at the computer and hear rustling from the boys’ door. I get up unsure of what to expect and there stands Forest, in his sleep sack, happy and awake. So yeah, we are totally into “that” phase and it’s time to figure out what to do.
Update to the update: I just took apart both boys’ cribs and left the mattresses on the floor. Good bye sweet sleep this week.
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