So Proud of Maddie!

So this post comes with mixed emotions, my baby is growing up! Although I love her independance, I do not like that I am loosing my baby.

A few weeks ago Madison's friend had a party to celebrate that she is sleeping in her bed all night. I thought it was a great idea on the parents part, so I asked Maddie the same. If she sleeps in her bed for 30 consecutive nights I would throw her a party of her choice. She wanted nothing to do with it! My mom tried with a reward of 5 pairs of shoes. She LOVED that idea, but she did not like the 30 days part. So i decided to change the reward to every 7 days she got a pair of shoes until she got all 5. Which was a practical reward for me, she needs all new shoes for school!

When we came home from vacation she told me she was ready to sleep in her bed all night! So we started the process. And like a lightbulb went off she realized that she feels better the next day when she is in her bed all night. As of today she has slept in her bed 16 nights! And with this she no longer takes a cup to bed with her. This is a HUGE thing here too. I have been trying to take a sippy cup of milk away from her until she was 2. Now, we have a glass of milk in the kitchen before bed and that is it. Being she shares a room with Savannah she is fine with this as well! YEAH!

Like I said in the beginning, she is growing up and i don't like it! I am not ready to have my little girl grow up! She is going to Kindergarten, starting girl scouts, ready to explore new things! I am excited for her but for me I am a bit sad! But all in all I am SO PROUD of her for getting over these 2 hurdles in life!