...a bittersweet one for me, anyway: She has has had several dry underwear nights in a row, so we're thinking it may be finally time to get rid of our spare boxes of diapers, Pull-Ups and, of course, the diaper genie. When you're a new mom, they don't tell you that you'll eventually get rid of all the crap that you start out with -- the changing table, the onesie baskets, the crib, the diaper genie. They're around for so long that you just assume you'll keep them forever. But that's ridiculous, of course -- it seems as if we just got Rachel into a toddler bed and she's growing so fast that we'll have to get her a big-girl bed before the end of the year! Plus a desk and a work table and chairs and bins to put all her stuff in....
Here's how we know we need to get rid of the Pull-Ups: Rachel is now cognizant enough of her need to pee that she will get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom -- without even using a nightlight! I watched her do this the other night; it was around 11:30 and her door cracked open. "I have to go to the bathroom," she said, and hugged my leg. She went to the bathroom, flushed, then grabbed my leg again and went to sleep.
"I am so PROUD of you for waking up to go the bathroom!" I exclaimed gently, and then gave her a soft kiss on her cheek and rubbed her hair. She looked very pleased, as was I.
It was actually the second time she had done this. Sometime last week she'd asked me, "Did you hear me last night?" She said she had tried to be very quiet while using the bathroom so as not to wake us up. So...she is grown-up AND considerate. What a winner!
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