Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day! Here's the card Paige made for Justin at daycare. I love how she's sticking out her tongue in the picture.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Potty Trained!
Ok, I'm going to call it: Paige is potty trained!
She had an accident on Thursday at daycare, but has been perfect at home since Tuesday. She's waking up by herself to go to the potty--sometimes in the morning, a few times in the middle of the night. And for the most part, we no longer need to prompt her to go to the bathroom--she just goes when she needs to go.
On Friday, she began wearing big kid underwear, and has been perfect so far. She has a full complement of Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, and other princess underwear, plus some Elmo that we haven't tapped into yet. She's pretty excited about it all, and it's amazing to see how much better she can run around when she's not wearing diapers.
We're still going to do training pants at night for a while, as there's no real rush for her to be perfect at night--we have a huge box or two of pull-ups anyway, and most of the time she's dry and so we get several days out of each of one. :)
The only real obstacle left is daycare. She still doesn't want to use the daycare potty, and we're going to let her use a little potty and/or potty seat for the next week or so. I think she'll get it. It's just a matter of being comfortable. As I was writing this, she did ask to sit on the big potty in her bathroom, which is a great step in the right direction.
All in all, she's doing exceptionally well. We're very proud of her!
She had an accident on Thursday at daycare, but has been perfect at home since Tuesday. She's waking up by herself to go to the potty--sometimes in the morning, a few times in the middle of the night. And for the most part, we no longer need to prompt her to go to the bathroom--she just goes when she needs to go.
On Friday, she began wearing big kid underwear, and has been perfect so far. She has a full complement of Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, and other princess underwear, plus some Elmo that we haven't tapped into yet. She's pretty excited about it all, and it's amazing to see how much better she can run around when she's not wearing diapers.
We're still going to do training pants at night for a while, as there's no real rush for her to be perfect at night--we have a huge box or two of pull-ups anyway, and most of the time she's dry and so we get several days out of each of one. :)
The only real obstacle left is daycare. She still doesn't want to use the daycare potty, and we're going to let her use a little potty and/or potty seat for the next week or so. I think she'll get it. It's just a matter of being comfortable. As I was writing this, she did ask to sit on the big potty in her bathroom, which is a great step in the right direction.
All in all, she's doing exceptionally well. We're very proud of her!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Potty Time Update
Paige is doing awesome with her potty training.
Yesterday, she proved she's capable of holding it for enormous amounts of time...because she went all day, 8:30-4:30pm, at day care without going! Daycare called at 4:30, and I came in and sat with her for about a half-hour in the bathroom. They have kid potties at daycare, but they're much bigger than she's used to and I think she just wasn't comfortable. But, she did eventually go! Hopefully she'll do better tomorrow.
Even at night with her training pants on she knows better than to just go in the pull-ups. Last night around midnight she called for us and asked to go. Within 10 minutes she did her business and was back to bed!
Today, Paige has been with us all day. She's been doing great. We went to Home Depot this morning, and then to Panera for lunch...and she held it the entire time! We did try to go pee in Home Depot, but she didn't like the huge potty (even with her portable Dora seat). We did decide to wear training pants for gymnastics, and it's good that we did--she had an "accident" in her training pants with about five minutes to go in her lesson. If she had been home, I'm sure she would have been able to make it to the potty. Gymnastics is just a different situation. My feeling is that by next week, however, we'll be ready to do gymnastics without training pants!
Tomorrow will be a big test, as she'll have to face the daycare potty once again. Hopefully, now that she's done it once, she'll be able to do it without me there!
Yesterday, she proved she's capable of holding it for enormous amounts of time...because she went all day, 8:30-4:30pm, at day care without going! Daycare called at 4:30, and I came in and sat with her for about a half-hour in the bathroom. They have kid potties at daycare, but they're much bigger than she's used to and I think she just wasn't comfortable. But, she did eventually go! Hopefully she'll do better tomorrow.
Even at night with her training pants on she knows better than to just go in the pull-ups. Last night around midnight she called for us and asked to go. Within 10 minutes she did her business and was back to bed!
Today, Paige has been with us all day. She's been doing great. We went to Home Depot this morning, and then to Panera for lunch...and she held it the entire time! We did try to go pee in Home Depot, but she didn't like the huge potty (even with her portable Dora seat). We did decide to wear training pants for gymnastics, and it's good that we did--she had an "accident" in her training pants with about five minutes to go in her lesson. If she had been home, I'm sure she would have been able to make it to the potty. Gymnastics is just a different situation. My feeling is that by next week, however, we'll be ready to do gymnastics without training pants!
Tomorrow will be a big test, as she'll have to face the daycare potty once again. Hopefully, now that she's done it once, she'll be able to do it without me there!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Day 3 Recap
Several steps forward, and maybe one small step back.
Paige had a great morning--lots of time away from the potty, and most trips to the potty were short...whether or not they were successful. The biggest excitement came around lunchtime, when Paige, while playing by herself, jumped up and said "I think I have to go Potty!" She ran to the bathroom, sat down, and almost immediately went pee! We were so excited for her.
This afternoon, we put on the pants as planned. It took a while, but Paige eventually did have a full-blown accident. I think the pants might still have felt a bit too reassuring after a weekend bare-bottomed. But it seemed like a good lesson. She clearly wasn't happy about it, but I think we were reassuring enough that she was able to venture out again fairly soon afterwards. I'm glad she had this accident with us, so if (when) one happens tomorrow at school it won't be so traumatic.
Assuming we get her to go to bed tonight (as I began writing this she woke up and demanded access to her potty, and is now semi-tantruming while sitting on it), I think this weekend has been as successful as I could have hoped. She's had a lot of successes, a few failures, and I think we're ready to send her off into the world. We're going to send two extra outfits tomorrow (all shirt + baggy pants, no undies for now) in anticipation of more accidents, and fortunately since we're both at home we won't have trouble bringing in another outfit if there is need.
Paige had a great morning--lots of time away from the potty, and most trips to the potty were short...whether or not they were successful. The biggest excitement came around lunchtime, when Paige, while playing by herself, jumped up and said "I think I have to go Potty!" She ran to the bathroom, sat down, and almost immediately went pee! We were so excited for her.
This afternoon, we put on the pants as planned. It took a while, but Paige eventually did have a full-blown accident. I think the pants might still have felt a bit too reassuring after a weekend bare-bottomed. But it seemed like a good lesson. She clearly wasn't happy about it, but I think we were reassuring enough that she was able to venture out again fairly soon afterwards. I'm glad she had this accident with us, so if (when) one happens tomorrow at school it won't be so traumatic.
Assuming we get her to go to bed tonight (as I began writing this she woke up and demanded access to her potty, and is now semi-tantruming while sitting on it), I think this weekend has been as successful as I could have hoped. She's had a lot of successes, a few failures, and I think we're ready to send her off into the world. We're going to send two extra outfits tomorrow (all shirt + baggy pants, no undies for now) in anticipation of more accidents, and fortunately since we're both at home we won't have trouble bringing in another outfit if there is need.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Day 2 Recap
We made lots of good progress today. In the morning we moved from the kitchen to the family room, and while Paige brought her potty, she was willing to get off pretty frequently for short periods (30 seconds at a time).
We went to McDonalds for lunch (Paige "won" this for having success yesterday) in training pants, but Paige made it there and back without a problem. She wasn't able to go pee before her nap despite trying for 20 minutes, though, and ended up going in her training pants just after she laid down. That was her only accident of the day.
In the afternoon, we decided that the potty now had to stay in the bathroom. This was very successful. She still probably spent more than an hour in the bathroom this evening, but began to venture out for longer and longer periods of time, perhaps as long as a half-hour by the time we had dinner. We watched a Dora episode in two parts, the last part of Beauty and the Beast, and even took a 10-minute trip outside to swing, water the garden, and look for ants. The only disappointment, really, was that she wasn't able to go pee or poop before bedtime despite trying for over a half hour.
Paige was in great spirits about all of this today, and I think she'll continue to get more and more brave tomorrow. The big test will be to see how she reacts to having an accident, assuming she has one. We probably also need to try her with some pants tomorrow evening, as that's what she'll be in on Tuesday (probably going commando--we'll avoid underpants for now, as they might feel too much like a diaper...). I'm feeling pretty good about things right now, but I am also worried about whether one more day will be enough...
We went to McDonalds for lunch (Paige "won" this for having success yesterday) in training pants, but Paige made it there and back without a problem. She wasn't able to go pee before her nap despite trying for 20 minutes, though, and ended up going in her training pants just after she laid down. That was her only accident of the day.
In the afternoon, we decided that the potty now had to stay in the bathroom. This was very successful. She still probably spent more than an hour in the bathroom this evening, but began to venture out for longer and longer periods of time, perhaps as long as a half-hour by the time we had dinner. We watched a Dora episode in two parts, the last part of Beauty and the Beast, and even took a 10-minute trip outside to swing, water the garden, and look for ants. The only disappointment, really, was that she wasn't able to go pee or poop before bedtime despite trying for over a half hour.
Paige was in great spirits about all of this today, and I think she'll continue to get more and more brave tomorrow. The big test will be to see how she reacts to having an accident, assuming she has one. We probably also need to try her with some pants tomorrow evening, as that's what she'll be in on Tuesday (probably going commando--we'll avoid underpants for now, as they might feel too much like a diaper...). I'm feeling pretty good about things right now, but I am also worried about whether one more day will be enough...
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Day 1 Recap
It was a long first day, but all in all I think it went well.
Paige's scorecard looks remarkably good right now--only one accident, and that occurred very early on. The reason is that she essentially sat on her potty for the entire day. She was really unhappy about her accident, as much as we tried to downplay and minimize it. We ended up spending a fair bit of the day trying to tempt her off of the potty. Baking brownies, outside time, helping with the laundry, etc. She refused it all. When she moved, she literally held the potty behind her, as if it was a big diaper!
The good news is that she went potty six times today, including a poop. It had been months since she even had a good pee in the potty, so this should help her build some confidence that she can do it. Tomorrow we'll try to get her off the potty. She and I talked tonight about looking for some ants outside tomorrow (we read a book with some ants in it), so I'm hopeful that she'll come outside with me to try that, at least. We also have been talking about practicing some of her gymnastics stuff (running, jumping, stretching, that sort of thing). We'll see!
Paige's scorecard looks remarkably good right now--only one accident, and that occurred very early on. The reason is that she essentially sat on her potty for the entire day. She was really unhappy about her accident, as much as we tried to downplay and minimize it. We ended up spending a fair bit of the day trying to tempt her off of the potty. Baking brownies, outside time, helping with the laundry, etc. She refused it all. When she moved, she literally held the potty behind her, as if it was a big diaper!
The good news is that she went potty six times today, including a poop. It had been months since she even had a good pee in the potty, so this should help her build some confidence that she can do it. Tomorrow we'll try to get her off the potty. She and I talked tonight about looking for some ants outside tomorrow (we read a book with some ants in it), so I'm hopeful that she'll come outside with me to try that, at least. We also have been talking about practicing some of her gymnastics stuff (running, jumping, stretching, that sort of thing). We'll see!
Potty Training Boot Camp, Day 1
Paige "ran out of diapers" this morning (at least, that's what we told her). She's officially out of diapers!She is not, however, potty trained. So, we're going to spend a 3-day weekend pantsless (and pantyless) and see if we can't get her using the potty.
Our setup:
1 Kitchen table pushed to the living room to make a play area in an uncarpeted kitchen.
14 Kids movies, including our entire Disney/Pixar collection.
1 Portable DVD player
8 towels, for temporary rugs, cushions, pillows, etc.
1 roll paper towels (with reserves in closet)
1 pack of wipes (with reserves in closet)
1 easel with drawing pad and two-dozen crayons (most of which are broken)
6 coloring books.
~87 books for reading
1 box of fudge brownie mix for baking
1 tube of cinnamon swirl thingies for baking
1 jug of apple juice for hydration.
1 sticker sheet to reward successful potty events
2 boxes of training pants for naptime and nighttime.
Suggestions welcome!
Update (10:05 am): We've had our first accident! Paige is currently scared to get off the potty after peeing on the floor only minutes after getting up from the potty (she had sat on the potty for the entirety of Cinderella).
I've added a scorecard to the upper-right corner of the blog with stats on the current usage.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Brooke 2 week doctor appointment
Today was Brooke's two-week checkup. She did very well. She was very alert through the whole appointment and hardly cried at all. Her weight is back up to 8 pounds 9 ounces and she's now 19.8" long. Her jaundice is also looking a lot better. Her face/eyes are still a little yellow, but she's made a lot of progress in this past week which is a huge relief for us. Her next appointment will be at 2 months when she'll get about 5 shots!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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