Milestones !!

My parenting style was fairly similar with my first two children. Adding a third in so close together, some of my techniques changed to help reduce my stress level. Example: When Evan and Andie were between 9-12 weeks of age they starting sleeping through the night. On occasion they would cry for a few minutes. (I followed Baby Wise closely.) I could never stand to let Dean cry for fear of waking everyone else up. Well, he was 9 months old and was still getting up 2-3 times a night. I finally realized my decision to keep everyone sleeping, was getting me no rest. Would you know it only took 2 nights of giving him his paci instead of feeding him - and he instantly started sleeping 12 hours?!?

And I'm very happy to say that my 3 1/2 year old is officially and completely potty trained! It has been a long, hard road. But what a victory it feels like now! He had a HUGE emotional hang up with doing the #2 thing on the potty. I truly think a child psychologist would have been intrigued by him. He has conquered his whatever the hang up was - you should see how proud he is.