Lots of exciting changes in the Koch household the past couple of weeks. Maddie is officially a big girl now! She started potty training last week while GaGa visited. She did so well all week and has not had any accidents for a few days now. We have been so excited for her amazing progress! Over the weekend we switched her crib to her in her Big-Girl bed. She is still in a diaper at night, but won't be for long so it was a necessary move. Lots of changes in a very short amount of time--we know. But Maddie was just adapting like a champ! Just when we thought everything was going just a little bit too smoothly, last night came upon us.
I don't know if it was a nightmare or if she was having a bit of insomnia or if she is finally a little bothered by everything being so new and different. But the dookie hit the fan. It started early when we put her down for bed. About an hour after she had gone to sleep we heard a thud and went in and found her crying on the floor. Her first fall out of bed. Which is pretty impressive since there is a rail and only a small area she can actually fall out of. Then later we thought the night was breezing by without further incident until about 1 when she started screaming. Shrieking is really more like it. And that was the end of our restful night's sleep. She didn't want to have anything to do with her bed for the rest of the night. Kevin and I took turns being up with her and trying to get her to lay back down, but it was hours before we got her back to sleep. So we are all overly tired today.
She had been sleeping fine for the past 4 nights, so I hope last night was a fluke. She has always gone in spurts where she has a lot of trouble sleeping. But being in a regular bed now, we can't just put her in her "cage" and let her cry it out. This is going to be a hard if she continues to have trouble because WE NEED SLEEP TOO!! Explain that to a 2 year old.
All in all, we really can't complain too much. My mom did the bulk of the hard work potty training. (thank you mom!) And Maddie really is doing awesome with all of the changes. I thought potty training was going to be a complete nightmare, but I have been totally surprised and pleased at how fast she learned it. We are so excited about her progress. We are so proud of her, but she's growing up way too fast!!
