I said I’d never….

First, hi! Sorry about the unplanned blog break… I’m back…

We’ve been potty training Zoe for a solid 3 weeks now, although it feels like longer. For the most part, she’s got it. From the beginning, she was a rock star at this, and really… aside from a few different scenarios that I can’t figure out, the only thing holding her back is me.

I have a confession to make: I put her in Pull-Ups almost every single day.

I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH PULL-UPS BEING USED IN POTTY TRAINING.

I’m not even going to lie, before potty training my own child, if you told me that you used Pull-Ups, I wouldn’t say anything to you against them, I wouldn’t even try to change your mind and tell you that they’re a waste of time and they just prolong the process. I wouldn’t tell you that I think they’re just lazy. I wouldn’t even shake my head in disagreement… because, hey… at the end of the day, to each his own ESPECIALLY in parenting. And, nobody needs another person judging them for decisions that they make that don’t actually affect the outcome of a child’s life. BUT, everything I typed above? That’s my opinion of Pull-Ups. I think they’re a waste of time. I think they delay the process. I think they’re lazy.

And I use them every.single.day. because I’m lazy…. Or, because I decided to potty train my child at 7 months pregnant, and quite frankly, just don’t really care to clean up messes {which, if I’d just go to straight undies, wouldn’t happen after like what… a day? I mean, Zoe’s really good at this…} But, whatever. I said I’d never use them, but I do.

Next confession?

Even since Zoe started climbing out of her crib a week ago, I’ve completely relented on my position that the house doesn’t wake up until 7am. We’ve been up as early as 6:15 on a regular basis… with the cherry on top being Sunday morning’s wake up call of 5:25am. And, you know who had the Sunday morning shift???? Me.

Would you like to know my position on co-sleeping? Go ahead and guess… I’m completely against it. I don’t agree with kids sleeping in the same room as their parents for any length of time longer than a super special slumber party. I believe that the marriage bed is the marriage bed. Period. End of story. My child has slept in her crib since the night she came home from the hospital. My next child will sleep in his crib/cradle from the night that he comes home from the hospital. Call me crazy, but I like to sleep naked with my husband… in our bed. But, again… if co-sleeping works for your family… GREAT! Have at it. Some people absolutely love it. I’m just not one of them. As for the wake-up time… we established that with our first round of sleep training… with rare exceptions, the milk bar never opened any earlier than 7am. And so, we can count on a 7am wake up now… but nothing earlier than that. Hallelujah. Well, this toddler bed thing has screwed that the crap up… and I haven’t even begun to set it right again… because, at 6:15 in the morning, I can’t be bothered with having to parent.

Do you know what I did on Sunday morning when Zoe woke up at 5:25? Brad and I scooted over to the ends of the bed and she climbed right up in the middle of us. I know, eventually, that my position will be what it has been. This is Mommy and Daddy’s bed, you can lay with us for 5 minutes, and then you need to go back to your own bed. But, when I walked Zoe back to her room on Sunday morning, and she looked at her bed, shook her head “No” and stumbled back to ours… I didn’t have the heart, or the energy to deny her. I can be a sleep training nazi at 7:30 at night, and even 10:30 if I have to… but try to push boundaries at 5:25am, or 6:15am??? And, honey… you just won. Mommy doesn’t think straight at that hour. And, let’s be even more honest… Mommy doesn’t give a crap WHAT you do at that hour, as long as you’re safe. You wanna crawl up in bed with Mommy and Daddy, even though I know that we’ll all be in foul moods for the rest of the day because we didn’t get to enough sleep??? Sure. You wanna sit on the couch and watch Barney at 6 am? Be my guest. You wanna go in the fridge and get some breakfast? Awesome. I’m thrilled you have the capability to do that… don’t wake me up. Isn’t that awful? =)

There’s so many more things about motherhood that I said “I’d never do” or “I completely disagree with” that I’ve done… and, you know why I do it?

Because it’s easy.

And, sometimes, easier is just better…. especially when you’re 8 1/2 months pregnant! I keep promising myself that regular parenting will resume shortly In the meantime, Zoe… if you want pudding for breakfast, now is the time to ask!

Happy Monday Ya’ll!

PS. Do you know where she’s taking a nap right now? In my bed. Not because she doesn’t have a bed that works perfectly… but because I just don’t care to pick that battle today.