Bethany turned two on September 19th. We had a small party with friends and gluten-free cupcakes. It's hard to believe we don't have a baby in the house anymore! It's funny to think that if we were still following the pattern of the past few years (a baby every 26 months), we'd have another one by November! Instead, I've put all the maternity and nursing clothes away for the first time in 7 years.
The crib has been packed away, and Bethany now sleeps like a big girl on the bottom bunk. But her newfound freedom has meant that she pops out of bed like a Jack-in-the-Box when it’s time to go to bed. Once she finally goes to sleep, though, she typically stays in bed until early morning. She’s been fully weaned for a couple of months, but she still likes to wander down the hall around 4am, crawl in our bed and cuddle.
During the day, Bethany is a typical 2-year-old fighting for independence. She gets into anything that’s not locked up or put up high. I have to cook using the back burners because she likes to stand on a chair to reach things on the counter or get a better view of what I’m doing. We had to put the diaper pail on the top bunk because she started getting into it, pulling dirty diapers out and bringing them to us.
She figured out how to take her diaper off and likes to sit on the toilet like her big sisters, except she’s afraid of the hole in the seat, preferring to perch on the rim. She hasn’t figured out how to go yet – just likes to sit there and pretend. Last week she wouldn’t let me put her diaper back on and spent almost an hour just sitting there, before she decided to come out to the living room and peed on the carpet next to the couch. Yep, not quite in tune with bodily signals yet. I’ve resorted to putting her in one-piece outfits with snaps so she can’t pull her pants and diaper off and have another accident.
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