Day 3 and we've hit a plateau

He's still managing to wee and poo on the potty when I ask/remind him, as long as he's bare bummed. But once he's got pants and trousers on, he seems to forget that he needs to take them off before using the potty, or thinks he still has a nappy on. So we've had a couple of accidents today and I'm not sure how we progress from here, to him being able to tell me he needs to go. He's still doing really well and a lot better than I was expecting, so I guess I need to just go with it for the next few days and see what happens. I suppose he's learning how to control his bladder and about the sensation of needing a wee, and it'll take him a while to be able to respond to that quickly enough to get to the potty.

Anyway, it's half term next week so we don't have any groups to go to, which will allow us to have a proper crack at it before he starts preschool.



In other news, the boy has been hard work today! We didn't get off to the greatest of starts, with Daisy waking at just after 5 and refusing to go back to sleep (having also been up at 12.45 and 3.15), leaving me feeling exhausted and short on patience. Jamie has just been into everything though, wanting to "help" wash up, escaping into the garden (quite a comedy sight with him wearing a t shirt, welly boots and nothing else!), demanding Cbeebies and worst of all, throwing a huge strop and refusing to try even one mouthful of his lunch. We sent him to his room to calm down several times, and told him that he wouldn't be having any pudding if he didn't try some lunch. I felt a bit bad tucking into a chocolate gateau with him screaming "Jay-me wanting cake", accompanied by lots of tears and snot, but I'm glad we stuck to our guns because eventually, after an interlude in the garden to clean out the chickens, he did in fact eat ALL of his lunch! It would have been so easy to give in and let him have a yogurt or something, but we didn't, it worked and hopefully he'll have got the message loud and clear that he needs to behave himself at the table and at least try some of his meal.

I really hope Daisy sleeps better tonight because I feel wrecked. I don't know what to do about her sleeping - she can't possibly be hungry, not 3 times a night anyway - so I'm wondering whether we should try a version of controlled crying to knock this night waking on the head. I'm not sure I'm ready to do it yet, but if we have many more nights like last night then something will have to give. In the day she is such a joy, the happiest, sunniest little girl ever, so I can't feel cross with her for her night waking, but it is frustrating not knowing why she wakes or what to do.

Her crawling has come on in leaps and bounds (not quite literally!) and she can now cross a room at speed when she spots something she wants...generally inappropriate objects such as cables, wires, Jamie's potty. She also stands really well holding onto our hands, and I don't think it'll be long til she's trying to pull herself up. It's funny really because she's so small, she doesn't seem big enough to be crawling or walking. I had a look back at pics and videos of Jamie at 9 months, and he was much bigger and chubbier than she is. She's so strong though, very active and always on the move. She's growing too fast...please stay a baby for a while longer!