There are a lot of transitions going on in the Crumb house. A couple of weeks ago, we transitioned Molly from her swaddle, and with the exception of that first night, she has done great! The last couple of days, she has only lasted until 4:00 am, but I am thinking it might have something to do with her allergies because she is stuffed up and it gets worse at night. But, I also am not sure if she is going through a growth spurt so I am going to increase her bottles and see what happens. Then, we started giving her cereal and she has done great with that too. And last night, we made a huge transition with Brody. We did the dreaded transition from his crib to the toddler bed. In the last couple of months, he has climbed out a couple of times, but it has been sporadic and not a regular thing. Well, yesterday morning, he met me at his gate, and then after his nap, he was in the process of climbing out when I went up there and caught him. So, on a whim, we decided to just bite the bullet and take the front of the crib off. I have to say I was nervous about this decision because I like to prepare for things and this was just a random decision. I have to say that it was probably the best thing because I would have driven myself crazy thinking about it until the day actually came.
So anyway, we transitioned the bed yesterday afternoon and prepared him for it last night. We did our normal bed time routine and when he went to bed, he did everything like normal. We said good night, left the room, and I immediately headed towards the monitor to see what was going on. I wish that I could somehow video what goes on in there because last night was hilarious. He immediately sat up, pushed all of his stuff out (instead of throwing it out like he normally does) and then he slipped out of bed, looked down at his stuff, and just stood in the middle of the room like "Now what?" He stood there for a few minutes and then headed to the door. I heard him open the door and try to open the gate, but he couldn't get the gate open. Then, he yelled for us. I went up there, told him to lay back down, gave him all of his stuff back and then headed out of the room. Then, he threw his stuff out one more time, and we told him to lay back down one last time and that was it! THAT WAS IT! He slept the whole night and didn't get up again until this morning! Can you believe it? I sure can't! I was so nervous but he did amazing! This morning, we went in there and turned his cartoons on and he played while we were getting everything ready. He did so awesome! I only hope this continues and that it isn't a fluke! I am sure we may have some rough nights, but last night was pretty great! I can't believe he is now in a toddler bed. My little boy is growing up.
Next transition.....the potty! He has gotten to the point of telling me when his diaper needs to be changed so I think we are almost there. Plus, he should be transitioning classrooms at daycare in a little bit, which means they will start working on the potty training during the day too. So once that happens, it is on! I am hoping that he will catch on pretty quickly, like he has done with most everything else. We will see!
This weekend, Molly achieved a few milestones too. She has found her feet and grabs them all the time, and she has finally rolled over from her belly to her back. She has rolled over from her back to her belly (which her doctor said is harder to do) for the last couple of months, and Saturday, she finally rolled over from her belly to her back. It happened so fast I almost didn't realize it. It just seemed so natural. Of course, I grabbed the camera hoping to get it on video, but had no luck. She only did it once, but I am sure once she starts, she won't stop.
I took a bunch of pictures this weekend that I will try and post later....including a few cute videos.
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