So Abby has been going through some miraculous changes lately! It is like she realizes that in a few months there is going to be a baby and that if she started (or stopped) doing certain things, life would be a lot easier for mommy and daddy. The first thing that happened was about a month ago. Up until then, the specialist said that we could increase her fasting time at night by 15 minutes at a time until she reached 10 hours (they do the 15 minutes at a time because while most MCADers can eventually fast 12 hours there are some who start to go into a crisis at shorter intervals so you need to make sure what exactly your kid can handle). We had successfully made it to 8 hours! Teething and a few different small illnesses had set us back several times. Well one night she straight up refused to eat during the night. That night (and the next few) were a little stressful where I was getting up every hour or two to try to get her to drink some milk. However, she was always fine in the morning. Fortunately, she had a specialist appointment the very next week and when they examined her and I told them what was going on, they said not to worry about it. Her body was realizing that it could go longer without waking up to eat! As long is she is healthy, we can let her go 11 hours but then have to feed her immediately when she wakes up. When she is sick though is a different story. We will have to go get her to try to eat then.
On to success number two! Sleeping through the night without waking up! I am convinced that MCAD sets kids up for bad sleep habits. (That is why I HATE when people ask if your kid is a "good baby". I mean, really, is there such a thing as a bad baby? And you don't really want to explain to every stranger that you meet that your 3 month old is not sleeping through the night because she has to wake up and eat because of a medical condition). So even though Abby wasn't eating at night, she still usually woke up at least once. And then, all of a sudden last week, she just started sleeping through the night without waking up most of the nights! I say most because she has woken up a few nights but they are far outnumbered now by the nights she sleeps the whole night long!
Now on to number three! We have a potty chair here that one of the boys that I babysit was using when he was potty training. His mom told us we could keep it so I cleaned it up and left it in the bathroom. Abby has now been wanting to sit on it. A few days ago, we started putting her on it several times a day bare bottomed. She hasn't actually "used" it yet but she wants to keep trying. She has even been saying potty and pointing down the hall a few times like she wants to go use it so we take her. Unfortunately, she has already gone but she is making progress! I don't want to rush her too much but this is pretty good success since just last Thursday!
When you add all of this to the fact that this sweet little munchkin seems to learn something new every day, it just amazes me at how fast she is growing up!
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