Growing Up - A Novel (lol)

After Lorelai had gone to bed last night, Maugro and I were hanging out on the couch and talking about how big she has become. Of course, it's no surprise, but the little things that she does throughout the day make it so... real. Like her ability to reason and understand what we're saying, for example.

About six months ago Maugro started giving Lorelai chocolate milk in the sippy. Oy. It's okay in moderation but she got to the point where she would only drink "choc" milk. She also needed a sippy cup in bed to fall asleep, and guess what it was? :)

I sat her down the other night at the table and gave her a juice glass of chocolate milk. It's significantly less than the 8+ ounces she was getting in the evening. I told her that she has to drink her chocolate milk NOW becuase she wasn't allowed to drink it in bed anymore. She sucked it right down and, unlike the other times I've tried this, she went down without a fight. We're 2 for 2 now and it looks like we're good to go. Yay!

I stuck some presents under the Christmas tree the day before yesterday and the first thing she did yesterday morning was head straight for them. I only had to tell her once, and explain to her that they were for Christmas morning... she never touched them again. Three months ago, it would have been a battle. She's turning into such a great listener! :)