We have been kind of potty training. I say kind of because it is kind of a once in a while thing right now. I want to go for tilt, however Bess's daycare doesn't do it and I kind of feel any progress made will be lost during the day she is at daycare.
Anyways I yesterday I decided to do a little bit. We had sucess in the morning. I put her on the toilet. She peed. We cheered her one. She smiled. I was encouraged.
I tired again a little latter. Bess had a complete fit and melt down because I wouldn't let her endless throw toilet paper in the toilet. No pee. No poop. Crying. Fail.
I tried again after her nap. We had fun. We read a book. We played with a water bottle. We had some converstation that she found hilarious (too bad I didn't catch the joke..). She sat on the toilet for about 30 minutes. We let her sit on it as long as she wants too. I can't believe she went that long. No pee. No poop. Fail. But a least she was havin a good time.
I would really like Bess to be potty trained by the time she is two. I am really tired of cleaning her gross poops. They are so nasty! And for some reason lately she has been going 2 or 3 times a day.
With every other milestone Bess just kind of suddenly started doing it. No encouragment from us. She just decided one day that she could walk, use a cup, eat with a spoon or fork, etc. I won't if this is going to be the same. If one day she is just gonna think, hey I don't want to use the toilet now. I hope she does this and I hope she does it soon.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
The Importanct of Play
This afternoon after Bess got home from daycare was rough. I am engorged, which meand I am running a fever and feeling lousy, JJ is all stuffy and sick and my husband is just tired. Bess decided today was a good day to be a grouch when she got home.
By the time dinner rolled around (ordered pizza by the way) everyone was upset with each other. Babes were crying, I was being snippy, my husband frustrated. It just want not a good situation for anyone, so I decided bath night could be put off a day and we all needed to head outside.
The moment we got out into the evening sun all our moods lifed:
We came home an hour later, all in a better mood and content. A little bit of fresh air and good old fashioned play was just what we needed tonight.
By the time dinner rolled around (ordered pizza by the way) everyone was upset with each other. Babes were crying, I was being snippy, my husband frustrated. It just want not a good situation for anyone, so I decided bath night could be put off a day and we all needed to head outside.
The moment we got out into the evening sun all our moods lifed:
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Pulling up
Hello all. I'm sorry I am a day late on this weeks post. Yesterday was a bit hetic. I had my first presentation for school and I was horribly sick. I swear Bess brings home the flu at least once a month! And shares...
Guess what JJ did yesterday? He pulled himself up to standing in his crib, then up on the couch, twice! He is growing to fast. This means we need to lower his crib. This suck as it means it is harder to place him down once he falls asleep as we walk him around the apartment. Yep, that is how we get him to sleep now. Endless walking for about 10 to 20 minutes.
Because of our concerns over his weight and not being happy with the answer the doctor gave us we called a childrens nurse and scheduled a home visit. It was great, she listened to our concerns and gave us some tips. She was concerned that he was just not getting enough calories from me and that he was not drinking enough formula (we could barely get him to drink 4 or 5 oz a day. No where near the minimum amount). She suggest that we cut off breastfeeding all together because he was probably not drinking formula because he knew he would be getting breast as some point anyways.
As you all know, I am not ready to give up breastfeeding, so we cut it down to only giving him breast at bed time and no other time. You know what, it worked. He still isn't drinking all the formula he should be, but he is drinking much more than he was. However, just about a week later my milk supply is almost completely gone. I think I only have a couple more days before it ends all together.
The nurse also told us to not worry so much about how much he drinks. JJ loves to eat food, so as long as we make sure he is eating a variety of food he should be perfectly fine. He is a happy boy and hitting all his milestones very early (just like his sister) (did I mention he can also put himself into a seated position now!) so we really have nothing to worry about. So that is the end of that.
It feels good to have one weight lifted off our shoulders. Now we just need to work on him sleeping longer periods at night (more than 1 to 1.5 hrs). The nurse gave us tips for this too! She told us to try and get him out of the bedroom, but not in a room with Bess. So we moved his crib to the living room. I think this nurse may know something! JJ is sleeping much better. He is now only getting up about 3 times at night, which is a huge improvement to the 5 or 6 that is was. AND this morning, after he woke up, I fed him, put him back down in his crib awake, left, closed the door, he gave a cry of protest. One little cry, and that was it. I haven't heard from him since.
Apartently he just needed his own space to sleep.
Guess what JJ did yesterday? He pulled himself up to standing in his crib, then up on the couch, twice! He is growing to fast. This means we need to lower his crib. This suck as it means it is harder to place him down once he falls asleep as we walk him around the apartment. Yep, that is how we get him to sleep now. Endless walking for about 10 to 20 minutes.
Because of our concerns over his weight and not being happy with the answer the doctor gave us we called a childrens nurse and scheduled a home visit. It was great, she listened to our concerns and gave us some tips. She was concerned that he was just not getting enough calories from me and that he was not drinking enough formula (we could barely get him to drink 4 or 5 oz a day. No where near the minimum amount). She suggest that we cut off breastfeeding all together because he was probably not drinking formula because he knew he would be getting breast as some point anyways.
As you all know, I am not ready to give up breastfeeding, so we cut it down to only giving him breast at bed time and no other time. You know what, it worked. He still isn't drinking all the formula he should be, but he is drinking much more than he was. However, just about a week later my milk supply is almost completely gone. I think I only have a couple more days before it ends all together.
The nurse also told us to not worry so much about how much he drinks. JJ loves to eat food, so as long as we make sure he is eating a variety of food he should be perfectly fine. He is a happy boy and hitting all his milestones very early (just like his sister) (did I mention he can also put himself into a seated position now!) so we really have nothing to worry about. So that is the end of that.
It feels good to have one weight lifted off our shoulders. Now we just need to work on him sleeping longer periods at night (more than 1 to 1.5 hrs). The nurse gave us tips for this too! She told us to try and get him out of the bedroom, but not in a room with Bess. So we moved his crib to the living room. I think this nurse may know something! JJ is sleeping much better. He is now only getting up about 3 times at night, which is a huge improvement to the 5 or 6 that is was. AND this morning, after he woke up, I fed him, put him back down in his crib awake, left, closed the door, he gave a cry of protest. One little cry, and that was it. I haven't heard from him since.
Apartently he just needed his own space to sleep.
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