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LIAngel
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By the time Nicholas is 3 y/o, I have the following goals...
LIAngel
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In no particular order and they are somewhat flexible (meaning if they are not met by March 2012, that's fine)
1) Toddler bed. Ideally I'd like to have him in a toddler bed (and used to it) by the time he is 3. We go to visit family in NY every summer and I think that this time next year he will be waaaay to big for a PNP, so I think he should get used to being in a bed before we go up there. I think we may try to transition after the Holidays- but I'm still in the "thinking about it stages" but will definitely kick it into high gear in March 2012. Of course if he climbs out of his crib before that, we'll do it then.
2) No more pacis. I tried this around 18 months and it was a big fail. Not sure yet how I plan to approach this one, but I'd like to get rid of by this time next year.
3) Potty training. Hoping to have him fully PT by next fall (when he's 3 1/2).
I may try the toddler bed/no paci thing at the same time "You are in a Big Boy bed now, you don't need a paci. Paci's are for babies and you are not a baby". Who knows.
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Re: By the time Nicholas is 3 y/o, I have the following goals...
Those are great goals. Im a someone who thinks one change at a time is better.
If it were me I would take the paci now and do the bed when that is done. We ditched the paci not to long ago with the paci fairy. We talked her up for about 2 weeks. When the time came we took the boys to target and let them choose the pillow pet they wanted. We had them name them and when we got home I ran in their room and tossed the pacis. When it was time for nap I just told them the fairy came and you got a pillow pet because you are big boys. We had 2 hard days but nothing like when we tried at 18 months and that was it. They would ask a few times and eventually when they would ask I would turn it back to them. They would respond "the fairy came and I a big boy". It was beautiful.
The twin beds/toddler beds took longer than the paci. The boys like the freedom. It makes naps harder. Night time is easy. When you switch once again talk it up. Then the first day we let them explore the beds. After they had explored we took them out to tucker them out. This was a 2 or so week transition.
For p/t the hardest part is making sure they are ready and then finding their treat that they want to work for. Owen was/is great with candy. You offer him a treat and he will do whatever you want. Ethan wants the good job/high 5/ dance/praise.
Ashlyn will be 3 in July
She gave up her Pacci at 28 months
We did the Girl bed transfer (didnt do toddler bed, straight to a twin) at 20 months (which was too early, but we needed the crib)
She potty trained herself at 2 1/2 because her friends at preschool were all potty trained (the teacher was VERY good about encouraging this!)
So of the 3, the by far hardest was the pacci, followed by the bed.
We had a toy she picked out and then we said when SHE was ready she could throw away the pacci's and that would be it and she would get her toy. She gathered them up, and threw them away and that was it. However 3 hrs later, she wanted them back and I had to remind her she chose to do that. So then she started trying to sneak brothers, but the whole big girl thing really helped and encouraging family members to say how proud and how much of a big girl she was.
It ROYALLY sucked for 3 days, but then it was all good and I couldnt believe it. I would reccomend doing this first though because at 28 months it was already starting to affect to teeth/speech (she is fine now, but if we waited until now when she is 3 it would be pretty bad.
Good goals!! We have reached 2 out of the 3!! Boys gave up pacis very early on-I like before they were a year old so not an issue for us. Yow know my story with te beds-It hasn't been easy but I think for us a big part of the issue was they are twins an weren't separted. I separte them at naps now and they nap everyday! One sleeps in the pnp , the other in the bed. They are much better at going down to sleep for the night (I suspect because it is dark) I think transititioning a single baby woul have been much easier.
I want to potty train ASAP but the seem to have zero interest/readiness plus I'm lazy and tis a lof of work but my goal is by the time they are 3 (February) in case I am pregnant (doing in an FET in August) I would like to have the out of diapers but the time a new baby woul dcome!!!!