Sadie has been showing more interest in the TV. She NEVER EVER used to watch it EVER. Snow White has captured her attention on the DVD at home and in the car.
A few days ago I signed and said No to Sadie, she responded with a modified sign of no and made the "n" sound. It was so awesome to see her copy me. That was the first time she's ever signed NO. Her only sign is more and clapping her hands for yes.
Saving the best new thing for last...Sadie got out of her bed at nap time on Monday. She managed to unlock the latch within a minute of being put down. When I left her room she was happy and laying down. I made a drink and walked to the sofa to catch up on my DVR shows. I immediately hear her calling MaMa in the kitchen. I couldn't believe it.
Well, sadly, this was end of nap time. I guess I was thinking it would end sooner or later for her, after all she'll be 5 soon. The big new thing happened at bed time when I went to lay her down. She had a normal developmental response and didn't want me to leave her. I guess this happens a lot earlier in life Shelbi always had separation anxiety, but Sadie was always happy to have her space at nap and bed time. She went completely hysterical and cried so hard. I couldn't bare to close and latch the door after that so I got the drill and took the door off. After 3 hours of her crying and using the Super Nanny back to bed routine, she finally fell asleep on the poof chair in the room adjoining her room. I picked her up while she was sleeping and laid her in bed. The next night we went through the same, except I attached a gate with eye bolts and cable ties around and to her bed. So the most logical place for her to go would be to stay in her bed. It worked and she cried 50 minutes. By Wednesday night she fell right to sleep after laying her down and she didn't cry at all. She went right back to her normal 11 to 12 hour nightly sleep. I am really missing the 20 minutes to an hour nap time in the middle of the day though.
