I must say that Bella has given us a plesant surprise.  It took her less than one day to potty train!  About 2 weeks ago I thought it would be about time to begin a more formal potty training regimen.  Bella got to wear big girl undies like her sis and that got her realy excited.  I thought that even though she was eager to use real panties insted of diapers that she would take months to realy get the hang of going potty before she wet herself.  That first morning I did go through several pairs of panties, but by the afternoon she was telling me she needed to go potty and has done so ever since!  Needless to say it was a gret relief to have her out of diapers much sooner than we ever expected.   With Bella I've been more lax about potty trining her than with Rosie.  With Rosie we had her out of diapers during the day before her 2nd birth day and out of diapers all togethr by the time she was 2 1/2.  It was never a stressful time since she was ready and willing just like Bella is now.  With Bella I had casualy been potty training her since she turned one but with two kids and a household to run time flew and before I knew it I became pregnant again and thought that it would be nice if I could have her out of diapers before baby Nick arrived if possible. 

Bella still has accidents here and there and she still needs diapers during the night, but she's very proud to be a big girl just like "tister" and so are we.

The next step for her in becoming a big girl is weaning from nursing.  I'm a firm believer that if possible babies should self wean.  I tried that with my oldest and after Bella was born I nursed her for about 3 more months until on her own she stopped nursing.  It was such a peaceful and plesant process to allow her to stop when she was ready to stop and not to force her to wean and have to go through the torture of it like so many stories I've heard.  I think that helped her not to feel as if  Bella was replacing her, instead she saw that mommy could be shared equaly by both and that I wasn't going to push Rosie away to make room for Bella in anyway, even for nursing.  I plan to do the same with Bella when the new baby is born and if God wills the weaning process will be just as peaceful this time around.

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Posted by tschiller

It's been awhile since I heard from you. So, you're having a boy! Congratulations! Have you found a new homeschooling group? Hope all is well.
Tara

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