Sophie's Toddler Bed

Jeremy and I bought Sophie a toddler bed yesterday. We even let her stay up an hour past her bedtime while he was putting it together. She was so excited to sleep in it. We still have to take apart her crib, so please excuse the messiness of the picture. We also thought it might be good to keep it there the first few nights, just in case she didn't adjust well to her new bed. Last night was her first night in it. She woke us up about 1am to go potty, and then went right back to bed. I also went online to look at toddler bedding and let Sophie pick her bedding out. She picked Dora. Of course I would have picked the lavendar gingham bedding, as it would have matched her room perfectly. But, oh well. The colors in the Dora bedding will match, too. I'm just not a big fan of character decor. But seeing Sophie excited makes us happy.




Sophie giving the thumbs up

How could I forget THIS !?!

Sophie is potty trained! Sophie first used the potty November of 2007, then lost interest. I thought she was on her way to being potty trained again several months ago. She went like 4 days with only a couple accidents. But at that time we had her in pull-ups. Then she got sick and lost all interest, and has had little interest in using the potty ever since. Because she had done it before, I knew she could do it. So beginning last Friday, I said no more diapers (day or night), not even pull-ups. Friday and Saturday she went in her pants almost every time. Sunday she only had a couple accidents. And since then, she's only had one or two accidents. And believe it or not, she only wet the bed at night two times. I thought night time would be harder. So it does get better! You just have to be dedicated, and not go anywhere the first few days. And I think my big mistake in the past was using pull-ups. It gives them a crutch. My little piece of advice from what I've learned, if you're really serious about potty training, do it when you don't have to go anywhere for several days, put them in undies, and get out the mop! No more diapers for Sophie, yeah!