BigSeefut

For a while now, we have been trying to get Katie to take a shower instead of a bath but she never wanted to.  Then randomly a few weeks ago, I asked if she wanted to take a shower with me and she said yes!  Showers use way less water and the whole process is so much faster.  Now, if I tell Katie it is time to take a bath, she says, “No mommy, baths are for babies.  I’m a big girl.  I want to take a shower.”

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Katie has always been a pretty obiedent kid.  When we moved her from the crib to a twin bed, I  would tuck her in, say good night and tell her not to get out of bed until the morning.  I guess that really stuck because in the mornings, she won’t get out of bed until we go into her room.  The usual routine is (between 5-6am) she yells, “PEE PEE! PEE PEE!”  Then we go to her room, she gets out of bed, pees in the bathroom and then we tuck her back in bed because it is not 6 yet.  Then she just lays there and watches the clock (sometimes she’ll fall back asleep).  Then at 6am, she yells, “dada!! It’s 6!”.  Again, she doesn’t get out of bed until we go in there.  Well, I’ve been telling her everyday that if she has to pee, she can just go the bathroom by herself but she never does….until this morning!  At 5:40am, I heard her jump off her bed and then I saw her bathroom light turn on.  She pee-ed and then yelled for me to wipe because she couldn’t reach the toilet paper.  Pee-ing by herself was a start!  Now we have to work on reaching the toilet paper in that bathroom.  Hopefully after she masters this, Pish and I will get 10-30 minutes more sleep each morning.

I love that she’s growing up and becoming more independent.