The Big Girl

These past 2 weeks Merlova has made the jump from a little girl to a big girl. It started with her and mommy working on potty training. (Now I have to admit I had been going about this slowly, more lazy on my part, not wanting to deal with it) We decided that it was time to give up the paper panties (pull-ups) during the day and to wear big girl undies. So we got several pairs of the Gerber brand thick cotton training pants. She was excited about the idea, and they were soft and pink. That very same week she was warned about saying good-bye to her pacifier. Then later in the day she even helped to cut it up, we celebrated with a lollipop and high-five, she was not made to take a nap that day. Needless to say she fell asleep that night at the dinner table (nice). The remainder of the week was some trouble getting her down for naps. But as of this week, she is starting to sleep for naps and is putting up less of a fight to get to bed at night now without her "binky". Yesterday, she got to pick out her own big-big girl underwear, and she choose princess panties (of course). She said, "Now I have big girl panties like, Vanna has ... I am a big girl." And all the ride home she talked about wearing her new undergarments once home. She still has accidents if not reminded to "go", but we are really making good progress. I think the candy reward is working out as a good motivator as well. We are all so proud of the big girl in our house. Merlova all dress up at the Secrete Playhouse, the week before we hit the potty training.