When you have children you have to learn to transition your child or children to different stages as they get older...well as a lot of you know I have a 2yr old little boy and we were lucky because I got to bypass the whole pacifier stage, he just wouldn't take one, thank the Lord, so he had a bottle up until he was one year old, as soon as he turned 1 I took the bottle and he used a cup, that was easy. Then he was in an infant seat from the time he was born up until he was about 10 1/2-11 months old then I transitioned him into an infant/ toddler seat, where it looks like a regular carseat only the baby still has to sit facing the rear until they're 1 year old AND 20 lbs or more so when Cristian was 1 we turned his seat around to facing forward and he was much happier because now he could see everything that was going on-so that was easy too. Now, Cristian is 2 years old and we are trying to potty train, not so easy, I bought him lil boys underwear with Elmo on them (he loves Elmo) so I figured he'd want to wear them and he hates to be messy or wet so I also figured if he peed on himself enough times that he get the idea that he needed to tell someone, NO not exactly he'd pee on my carpet then tell someone he peed on the carpet and I bought him a training potty and I put his name on it with stickers and some Elmo stickers again I figured he'd like it, which he does he just doesn't understand the concept yet but we're working on it...NOT SO EASY! Another thing, yesterday we turned his crib into a toddler bed. He figured out how to climb out his crib about a month ago, so I had my dad lower his mattress and I thought we were good to go, NO, Cristian figured out how to get out that way too, plus he's been sleeping in my bed for about a month now, every night because I can't get him to stay in his bed. So yesterday we took the front rail off and put on the guardrail, so now he has big boy bed, but of course he doesn't care...ARGGGHHHHHHHH! So again NOT SO EASY! So I'll keep you updated on our progress but if anybody has any suggestions on how to help us with these particular transitions, I'd really appreciate it!!!
Until next time...
