Wednesday, January 31, 2007

3 year old developments

I regressed in my toilet training after my Disneyland trip, since my incentive was gone. After a handful of accidents which grossed my parents out (usually occuring while I'm having a temper tantrum), my parents kept me in pullups at night and naptime, and reinstalled some lesser incentives. Well, I have not had an "accident" for several weeks now and even passed the "holding it during a long road trip" test. This gave my parents sufficient confidence to graduate me to underwear at night too, so I am 100% in underwear now! Woo hoo!

I am finally tall enough (36") to ride the kiddy car rides that I've been lusting after at the zoo! I wasn't even phased that Mommy couldn't ride with me; I just grabbed a ticket and dashed into a car. Think I could handle the Matterhorn now? (its height requirement is only 36"!)

I have quite an active imagination, and get annoyed when Mommy messes up my creative play. She may see a pile of books in a water pail to clean up, but I tell Mommy "no no no, those are gardens."

I don't really need that nap, do I?? My napping has gone all over the place these days. If I take a nap, that night's bedtime becomes a disaster, with me unable to fall asleep until past 10 pm and asking for the following as a stall tactic: water, tissue, band-aid, hair dryer, Daddy save me, itchy, stuffy nose, what's that noisy [noise]?, garbage, purple light, or any other numerous questions. Days when I don't nap I am out like a light by 8-8:30. The interesting thing is that I can deal with staying up all day and not be cranky! You would think that my parents would just nix my nap, right? The problem is I would fall asleep if I'm in the car or having "quiet time" in my room, sleeping past 5 pm, so I'm in this transitional phase where I can fight sleep but probably still need the sleep.

Hey, the coolest thing about being 3 is I'm no longer a toddler; I'm a kid!