September was a big month for Juliet - she learned to use the potty and started sleeping in a big girl bed! I think seeing her sister go potty helped a lot because she picked it up pretty easily. We never even got out the little potty, but skipped that step and put her right on the toilet from the beginning. Because pull-ups really didn't work, Jules wore panties early on and that definitely sped up the process. More messes to clean up, but it's worth it to have the whole thing done with so quickly. Our big girl got a Dora certificate to make it official and said "I'm so proud of me!"
Shortly thereafter, we moved Juliet from the nursery into what used to be the guest room, painting it a soft purple. She's in a twin bed and was so cute the first morning, running into our room at the crack of dawn saying it was wake up time (a gate did go up at her door after that). The downside is that she no longer naps every day, and in the beginning she would sometimes cry for her crib, saying she missed her baby bed. She's doing great now though and feels very grown up. We're so pleased that she's reached these milestones.
