Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The TERRIBLE 2's!!

I love Brianna to peices! Let's make that clear from the beginning. She is so sweet. But she has hit the terrible two's and she has hit them HARD!



She is so cute!


But she also has a major attitude.


We finally got her off the bottle, FINALLY!! But now her current struggle is bedtime. Surprisingly, she doesn't ask for her bottle much, and if she does, once I tell her they are for babies, she doesn't ask again. The problem is, if she isn't ready for bed, which is every night, she gets a major attitude. I will tell her it is time for bed and she will say, "NO! Daddy's bed!" So I will tell her, "No, you need to sleep in Nana's bed." Which she again responds with, "NO! Daddy's bed!" She will sit up, laugh and get out of bed. If I close the door she will just stand in there screaming until I come in or let her out. I have no idea what to do. I get so fed up with the same struggle EVERY night. I need to figure out an easier way to get her to go to bed when it is bedtime and without a fight!


Hopefully she will get better the longer I work with her. She has never really had a "bedtime" and she thinks she can run the house. I am hoping that if I stick with making her go to bed and not give in, she will eventually know that she doesn't run the house. :)


Potty training is another issue we have. I haven't really gotten serious about potty training her because I don't feel she is completely ready, but when I have tried, she is totally against it. I know she knows when she needs to go, because she will tell me right before she does it. The problem is, whenever I sit her on the potty she will NOT go. No matter how long she sits there, she never goes. To show you how stubborn she is, here is a story.


The other day, I had just finished bathing her so she wasn't dressed. I was heading in her room to get her dressed and she started peeing on the floor. I said, "Brianna, no." I went and grabbed her and ran her into the bathroom and put her on her potty. She sat there for about 5 minutes and would not finish peeing. Finally, I just took her in and got her dressed. About 30 seconds after I put her diaper on, she had filled it!


So either she is not ready, or she is just stubborn. Either way, I don't really feel like dealing with that right now. She is still kinda young anyway, so I will try to tackle the bedtime struggle before getting serious about potty training.