Now that Liam has arrived, it's becoming more and more obvious how big and mature Callie is! I keep telling her that she needs to stop getting so big.....her response? "No, I want to get growy like you so I can open the blinds and drive all by myself!"......hmmm, not quite ready for that!
But this weekend was a BIG weekend for Callie, Saturday I was feeding Liam and Callie was changing her babies when she ran off to the bathroom. After a couple minutes Preston ran to check on her and we found that she decided she was done with her pacifier and was throwing it into the trash (we had previously gotten rid of it until we found out she was afraid of the dark, and on our pediatrician's advice, gave it back to her after a month of no sleep). We went with it and Saturday she had her first pacifier free night......it was rough! Unfortunately Preston had to deal with the brunt of it, as I was up with Liam. Not much sleep in the graham house! We were motivated though.....Sunday was also a bit rough so Monday we decided to put 2 blocks on her night stand. We talked about how each time Preston had to go in in the middle of the night to give her a hug he would take a block away. Once they were all gone, she needed to be able to fall asleep by herself and Preston wasn't going to go in there - that night......no crying and Preston only had to go in once! The next night, no crying and he didn't have to go in at all!! We are so proud of our little/big girl!
Since we didn't have to bribe her with anything and she totally did it on her own, we decided, as a surprise, to take Callie to the toy store and told her she got to pick out a big girl toy. As we pulled into the toys r us parking lot, it kind of hit Preston and I that this might be a bad idea - ha! We started envisioning her picking out super expensive toys and melt downs in the aisle! None of that happened, of course, although she did keep pointing to things and saying she was going to ask for that for her birthday! One smart girl we have!
Out of the entire toy store......here's what she picked: (not the best picture)
But this weekend was a BIG weekend for Callie, Saturday I was feeding Liam and Callie was changing her babies when she ran off to the bathroom. After a couple minutes Preston ran to check on her and we found that she decided she was done with her pacifier and was throwing it into the trash (we had previously gotten rid of it until we found out she was afraid of the dark, and on our pediatrician's advice, gave it back to her after a month of no sleep). We went with it and Saturday she had her first pacifier free night......it was rough! Unfortunately Preston had to deal with the brunt of it, as I was up with Liam. Not much sleep in the graham house! We were motivated though.....Sunday was also a bit rough so Monday we decided to put 2 blocks on her night stand. We talked about how each time Preston had to go in in the middle of the night to give her a hug he would take a block away. Once they were all gone, she needed to be able to fall asleep by herself and Preston wasn't going to go in there - that night......no crying and Preston only had to go in once! The next night, no crying and he didn't have to go in at all!! We are so proud of our little/big girl!
Since we didn't have to bribe her with anything and she totally did it on her own, we decided, as a surprise, to take Callie to the toy store and told her she got to pick out a big girl toy. As we pulled into the toys r us parking lot, it kind of hit Preston and I that this might be a bad idea - ha! We started envisioning her picking out super expensive toys and melt downs in the aisle! None of that happened, of course, although she did keep pointing to things and saying she was going to ask for that for her birthday! One smart girl we have!
Out of the entire toy store......here's what she picked: (not the best picture)
Minnie now "helps" her sleep at night
Funny, I would have bet money that we were going to come home with something princess, Barbie, or dress up - but no, she wants those for her birthday! Ha!
We are so proud of her! although, we need to watch her because yesterday she threw Liam's pacifier in the trash too!
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