The Calliope Chronicles...

The past few months since Calliope has turned two, have had ALOT of change for our resident "mini diva".  For those of you that know us well, you know the Calliope has SERIOUSLY attached to her "dink", a.k.a. pacifier. So, after her birthday we eliminated the dink during naps, and that was a little bit stressful but we all survived.

In September, I randomly put her on the potty before bath, and she actually went!  I made a really big deal about it, and she was feeling pretty cool about it.  So, we launched into full out potty training, without even really planning it. She has done SO well, and most days we are accident free.  After Christmas we are going to lose the pull-ups, as I think they aren't needed.  So tickled how effortless this was for her.

A picture of her imitating daddy :)

We then decided to make the shift to a "big girl bed", as she was more and more trying to climb out. And yet again, she surprised us!  She made this transition with the greatest of ease.  Just a couple of little hiccups here and there, but so proud of her. We are going to be looking for a twin sized bed after the new year, as she is a little wiggle worm, and needs a little more room. :)

Here she is laying in her new get up, the first night after Ken removed the front side of the crib.  Her face says it all, lol.

And last but not least, we most recently decided to totally do away with her dink... This was not really planned either, however, I went with it. (That will teach me to mention something in conversation to Ken) This has by far been the biggest challenge for us. She really, really, REALLY relied on it for night time... So, per her daddy, we just went cold turkey.  He cut the tips off of her remaining one, and that was it. We were able to get her to sleep without it, as long as we were sitting next to her.  Well, this was just not working for Ken and I.  Some nights we would sit in there with her for HOURS, and things were not getting any better.  So after a couple of weeks, I brainstormed some different ideas, and made some changes to her night time routine.  I am happy to announce that we are now dink free!!! It is SOOO nice to have that behind us.  We will definitely be doing things differently with Nicholas to avoid this same fiasco again!

So, we managed to make it through three really big life changes for a two year old in the past few months, and we are all still alive! This is living proof that prayers do get answered.

Now, if we can get through her recent bouts with the "terrible twos", and her all of the sudden putting EVERYTHING in her mouth... pray for us!