Since the focus of my blogs lately has been PTing Chloe, I thought I'd also do a short update on the boys :)
They're both doing well and of course still growing like weeds.
We spent the last several months growing Coopers hair out so we could once again give him that "typical boy haircut" and do things like a faux hawk etc. only for him to cut his own hair last week. *sigh* Josh had been asking me to once again give Cooper a short haircut, back to a one with the clippers, but I really wanted it grown out and when it comes to things like that mommy prevails *insert evil laugh*, BUT Josh was giving himself a haircut and Cooper asked if he could cut his own hair. Well I'm pretty sure that Josh conveniently "turned a blind eye" toward Cooper and semi-"allowed" him access to his facial clippers at which point Cooper took a chunk off the top of his head therefor "forcing" Daddy to complete the "haircut" and give him a no gaurd all around. *insert eye roll* Of course I wasn't too thrilled with this at first, but now that Cooper's hair has darkened up quite a bit, it doesn't look as bad as I thought. It actually looks cute if I must be honest...
And Brodie's doing just swell also. Really coming into the toddler stage now. He'll be 15 months here in a few days which is just INSANE. Soon I'll have to say he's a year and A HALF. Don't like that at all. My "baby" is growing up *tear*. But it is great to see him come into his little personality. He's starting to test the waters with us and is a major climber. Monkey monkey monkey. He has figured out how to climb on almost anything which has been pretty interesting. Of course HE thinks it's hilarious and loves us to chase him and come after him. He'll take something and run off with it just cracking up and waiting for us to chase him. And he's really really really trying to talk. He wants to have little conversations all the time. Mom and I were talking at the dinner table and he just kept chiming right in. LOL He's starting to feed himself with a spoon now (still turning it upside down, but he's getting SOME food in LOL) and I think he'll need to go to a toddler bed shortly. He's still in the crib in our room right now, but I'm thinking of switching it out for a toddler bed, but still having it in our room.
Overall things are going fairly well. The summer started of great, but now there are just too many damn mosquitos to even go outside half the time. We have to fog first and then load them up with bug spray just to even go outside for 10 minutes and they're STILL getting eaten up, so that's put quite a damper on outdoor play and swimming which is a bummer, but hopefully it will get better soon *fingers crossed* and we can resume outdoor activities as usual. We can still participate in trips to the fountains or the mall play area which we MAY just have to do tomorrow considering it'll be Josh's Sunday. Or...the pool at the rec center that'd be good too... Anyway, now I'm just rambling, but thanks for checking in everyone!
"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love." -Mildred B. Vermont
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The Potty Project-"Potty Princess" Part VI Gerber Toddler?
Mission: Potty Training
Mission Target: Chloe Poston
Mission Status: In Progress...
Well this will be a short update, but upon concurring with my PTing buddy Amanda, I decided to purchase Gerber's "training pants" for Chloe. We were discussing the Pull-Ups and both agreed that because the are similar to a diaper and still absorb well, it keeps little one from feeling the "discomfort" of being wet or soiled and I think that's part of Chloe's issue right now is that if she wets or poops in the Pull-Up she really doesn't notice. So I got online and ordered 6 pairs of Gerber training pants. They're like underwear and are a cotton material, but have extra padding in the crotch to kind of absorb pee, but it doesn't absorb ALL of it and still gives the feeling of wetness, so those should be coming in the mail in a day or two :)
I think this will be a step in the right direction since today I had her in a pair of Cooper's underwear (not training pants, but regular underwear) and she did have a pee AND poop accident in them and I found her in the room standing very still with her legs apart and she wouldn't move so I know she was uncomfortable in the soiled undies. Plus I think she stopped herself from peeing all the way because I set her on the potty for good measure and she finished peeing, so I'm eager to try the training pants and see if that helps get her to the next step.
So apparently you can be a Gerber BABY and a Gerber TODDLER. Thanks Gerber! :)
Mission Target: Chloe Poston
Mission Status: In Progress...
Well this will be a short update, but upon concurring with my PTing buddy Amanda, I decided to purchase Gerber's "training pants" for Chloe. We were discussing the Pull-Ups and both agreed that because the are similar to a diaper and still absorb well, it keeps little one from feeling the "discomfort" of being wet or soiled and I think that's part of Chloe's issue right now is that if she wets or poops in the Pull-Up she really doesn't notice. So I got online and ordered 6 pairs of Gerber training pants. They're like underwear and are a cotton material, but have extra padding in the crotch to kind of absorb pee, but it doesn't absorb ALL of it and still gives the feeling of wetness, so those should be coming in the mail in a day or two :)
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| Gerber Training Pants |
I think this will be a step in the right direction since today I had her in a pair of Cooper's underwear (not training pants, but regular underwear) and she did have a pee AND poop accident in them and I found her in the room standing very still with her legs apart and she wouldn't move so I know she was uncomfortable in the soiled undies. Plus I think she stopped herself from peeing all the way because I set her on the potty for good measure and she finished peeing, so I'm eager to try the training pants and see if that helps get her to the next step.
So apparently you can be a Gerber BABY and a Gerber TODDLER. Thanks Gerber! :)
Sunday, July 24, 2011
The Potty Project-"Potty Princess" Part V
Mission: Potty Training
Mission Target: Chloe Poston
Mission Status: In Progress...
Things are going fairly well with PTing this week. We've only had two more poop "hits" since the initial poop in the potty and we've had several poop "misses" as well. Chloe poops quite a bit (always has) so it's hard to catch her every time. Plus it doesn't seem to bother her to poop in the Pull Ups, so that's a little difficult to get past.
The first poop "miss" was the next day after she had pooped in the potty. She had pooped in the Pull Up so I laid her on the bed to change her. I took it off and started my usual "speech". Now mind you, I never want to make her feel ashamed or embarrassed, but I still want to "teach" her as we go, so I say these things as nice as possible in my "teacher" voice, not my "you're in trouble" voice. Anyway, I said, "Uh oh. You pooped in your Princess Pants. Where are you supposed to poop?" I waited for her to say, "In the potty", but Cooper broke in... Let me preempt this by saying that Cooper has gotten into this "disciplinary" phase. He thinks he's "in charge" of the two younger kids and often tries to reprimand them, so...He says to Chloe, "You pooped in your pants! You posed to poop in the POTTY! You pooped you pants! Now you not a big girl anymore! You go sit a corner til you poop in the potty!"
Now again, we do not use "the corner" as a punishment for poop or pee accidents. We have no punishment at all really, but we do use "the corner" for other things, like hitting, so apparently Cooper thought "the corner" would be the appropriate punishment for Chloe. LOL I think he thinks "the corner" is an appropriate punishment for everything though. This is off the PTing topic, but Brodie has now learned how to climb up the kitchen chairs and onto the kitchen table. He thinks it's a game. Well he got up there the other day and we took him down, then Cooper started "disciplining" him and walked him over to the corner. LOL Of course, Brodie walked right out, but it was still funny. Although it IS cute, Cooper's disciplinary days will soon come to an end. Josh had to tell him today, "Thank you Cooper, but Daddy can handle it" LOL
So, back to PTing, on a good note, we haven't had ANY pee accidents (aside from waking up from one nap and one morning wet). She's using the potty every time we set her on there which is great, and she even peed in the potty at King Soopers! First public potty for her! We were all shopping and Daddy had to go so he took Chloe and Cooper with him. Brodie and I messed around looking at herbal supplements and Daddy came out and told me she went! I was super excited, not only for her, but because Josh got to be a part of a milestone for her. He was at work when she had her first "poop in the potty" and I know he hates when he misses stuff like that. I know pooping in the toilet isn't quite as big as "first words" or walking or anything, but it IS a big deal for us parents.
Oh! And I found a size 4T-5T generic brand "Pull Up" to fit her bulky butt. I bought a 44 pack, but the only problem I've noticed with them is they're white like a diaper. They DO have designs on them and the little fading flower, but for a two and half year old, they still look like a diaper. At least the Pull-Up brand was BRIGHT pink with the Disney Princesses on them so she was able to understand that those were her "Princess Pants" and they were different than a diaper so that kept her from peeing in them. Although we haven't had any accidents in the new "Princess Pants", I still don't like that they look so much like a diaper. She even said, "This my Princess diaper??" so she knows the difference. We MAY just have to go back to the Pull Up brand...
Although she's doing well, the only thing I worry about is that she seems to have no interest in taking herself to the potty just yet, but just because she's not onto the next step YET, doesn't mean she's not ready to be potty trained, so as long as she's not resisting the potty, we're going to just keep it up :)
Anyway, that's the potty update for now. Thanks for checking in everyone!
Mission Target: Chloe Poston
Mission Status: In Progress...
Things are going fairly well with PTing this week. We've only had two more poop "hits" since the initial poop in the potty and we've had several poop "misses" as well. Chloe poops quite a bit (always has) so it's hard to catch her every time. Plus it doesn't seem to bother her to poop in the Pull Ups, so that's a little difficult to get past.
The first poop "miss" was the next day after she had pooped in the potty. She had pooped in the Pull Up so I laid her on the bed to change her. I took it off and started my usual "speech". Now mind you, I never want to make her feel ashamed or embarrassed, but I still want to "teach" her as we go, so I say these things as nice as possible in my "teacher" voice, not my "you're in trouble" voice. Anyway, I said, "Uh oh. You pooped in your Princess Pants. Where are you supposed to poop?" I waited for her to say, "In the potty", but Cooper broke in... Let me preempt this by saying that Cooper has gotten into this "disciplinary" phase. He thinks he's "in charge" of the two younger kids and often tries to reprimand them, so...He says to Chloe, "You pooped in your pants! You posed to poop in the POTTY! You pooped you pants! Now you not a big girl anymore! You go sit a corner til you poop in the potty!"
Now again, we do not use "the corner" as a punishment for poop or pee accidents. We have no punishment at all really, but we do use "the corner" for other things, like hitting, so apparently Cooper thought "the corner" would be the appropriate punishment for Chloe. LOL I think he thinks "the corner" is an appropriate punishment for everything though. This is off the PTing topic, but Brodie has now learned how to climb up the kitchen chairs and onto the kitchen table. He thinks it's a game. Well he got up there the other day and we took him down, then Cooper started "disciplining" him and walked him over to the corner. LOL Of course, Brodie walked right out, but it was still funny. Although it IS cute, Cooper's disciplinary days will soon come to an end. Josh had to tell him today, "Thank you Cooper, but Daddy can handle it" LOL
So, back to PTing, on a good note, we haven't had ANY pee accidents (aside from waking up from one nap and one morning wet). She's using the potty every time we set her on there which is great, and she even peed in the potty at King Soopers! First public potty for her! We were all shopping and Daddy had to go so he took Chloe and Cooper with him. Brodie and I messed around looking at herbal supplements and Daddy came out and told me she went! I was super excited, not only for her, but because Josh got to be a part of a milestone for her. He was at work when she had her first "poop in the potty" and I know he hates when he misses stuff like that. I know pooping in the toilet isn't quite as big as "first words" or walking or anything, but it IS a big deal for us parents.
Oh! And I found a size 4T-5T generic brand "Pull Up" to fit her bulky butt. I bought a 44 pack, but the only problem I've noticed with them is they're white like a diaper. They DO have designs on them and the little fading flower, but for a two and half year old, they still look like a diaper. At least the Pull-Up brand was BRIGHT pink with the Disney Princesses on them so she was able to understand that those were her "Princess Pants" and they were different than a diaper so that kept her from peeing in them. Although we haven't had any accidents in the new "Princess Pants", I still don't like that they look so much like a diaper. She even said, "This my Princess diaper??" so she knows the difference. We MAY just have to go back to the Pull Up brand...
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| Comforts brand (front and back) |
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| Comforts brand training pants vs. Huggies diaper |
Although she's doing well, the only thing I worry about is that she seems to have no interest in taking herself to the potty just yet, but just because she's not onto the next step YET, doesn't mean she's not ready to be potty trained, so as long as she's not resisting the potty, we're going to just keep it up :)
Anyway, that's the potty update for now. Thanks for checking in everyone!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Kid Quotes (# 18) "Pop Quiz"
So we're sitting around the dinner table; me, Josh, Grandma, Papa, Cooper and Chloe (Bro was already in bed) and we'd just finished eating and Josh asks me to bake off some cinnamon rolls. Of course I agree to do so and Grandma says to the kids, "Mommy's making cinnamon rolls! Mommy's THE MAN!" After which Cooper looks at me quizzically and asks, "Mommy you man?" We all chuckle a bit so Grandma asks Cooper, "Is mommy a man or a woman?" He looks confused, so she asks, "Is mommy a boy or a girl?" Now of course he's old enough to know the difference between a boy and a girl and 99.9% of the time "labels" people correctly, so he says, "A girl". At this point it's just cute to watch them answer, so we work our way around the table and let him answer...
"Is Papa a boy or a girl?"
"Boy."
"Is Daddy a boy or a girl?"
"Boy."
"Is Grandma a boy or a girl?"
"Girl."
Then Papa says, "WHY is Grandma a girl?"
Cooper looks at Grandma and responds very matter of fact, "Because your name's Grandma."
I know these little "conversations" can sound kind of silly to some, but A) I think it's good to get their little minds cranking even with silly little things, and B) it's just hilarious to hear what they come up with sometimes.
"Is Papa a boy or a girl?"
"Boy."
"Is Daddy a boy or a girl?"
"Boy."
"Is Grandma a boy or a girl?"
"Girl."
Then Papa says, "WHY is Grandma a girl?"
Cooper looks at Grandma and responds very matter of fact, "Because your name's Grandma."
I know these little "conversations" can sound kind of silly to some, but A) I think it's good to get their little minds cranking even with silly little things, and B) it's just hilarious to hear what they come up with sometimes.
The Potty Project-"Potty Princess" Part IV Poop In My Butt
Mission: Potty Training
Mission Target: Chloe Poston
Mission Status: In progress...
I'm so freakin' excited right now! Chloe JUST pooped on the potty! Ah!!!!!!!
I've been waiting for her to do it and I know if she could just poop on there ONE time she'd get the hang of it and start doing it all the time. I just didn't know how to get her do it though. The other day I suggested to Josh that we just let her go naked, but he was too concerned that she'd pee on the floor. We'll Daddy is back to work today so Mommy is in charge *insert evil laugh* so I went ahead and let her go naked. I've been making sure all morning to get her to the potty as often as possible to avoid any peeing on the floor and she's done great. No pee accidents at all.
Now like I said in my last blog she always poops in the morning, so I've been watching all morning for any signs, but the morning slowly came and went. I was beginning to get concerned that maybe she had to poop, but was holding it in. I was even considering putting a Pull Up back on her because I didn't want her stomach to get upset from holding in poop, but she didn't seem uncomfortable in anyway, so I thought I'd give it a little longer, and...
I was right. She came up to me a few minutes ago pulling on my arm saying, "Mommy, Mommy" like she wanted something, but she didn't say what. Just as I was about to ask her what she needed I smelled something... poop. My first thought was that she had pooped somewhere and it was on her dress, but her dress was still clean. Then I realized it was a fart. She had just farted. The sign I've been waiting for! So I asked, "Chloe do you need to poop?" Now everytime I ask her this she ALWAYS says "No" without fail, but this time she didn't say "No". She just looked confused, so I asked her again and she started grabbing her butt cheek, so I picked her up to take her to the potty and asked, "Sissy do you have poop in your butt?" to which she finally replied, "YES! Poop in my butt!" and continued to grab her butt. (Sometimes it's all about asking the questions in a way your kids will understand LOL)
I set her on the potty and walked out to get toilet paper and before I even got back to the door she was shouting, "I POOP ON THE POTTY! I POOP ON THE POTTY!" And low and behold there was poop in the potty! Yes! She asked to dump it out and then said, "Poop all gone" LOL
Oh my gosh! I know it sounds a little silly, but I'm so freakin' stoked right now! Sometimes it's just the littlest things that make being a parent so worth while! I'm so proud of her! I hope this is the little boost of confidence she needs to get through PT Boot Camp for good!
Go Chloe! We're so proud of you Princess!
Mission Target: Chloe Poston
Mission Status: In progress...
I'm so freakin' excited right now! Chloe JUST pooped on the potty! Ah!!!!!!!
I've been waiting for her to do it and I know if she could just poop on there ONE time she'd get the hang of it and start doing it all the time. I just didn't know how to get her do it though. The other day I suggested to Josh that we just let her go naked, but he was too concerned that she'd pee on the floor. We'll Daddy is back to work today so Mommy is in charge *insert evil laugh* so I went ahead and let her go naked. I've been making sure all morning to get her to the potty as often as possible to avoid any peeing on the floor and she's done great. No pee accidents at all.
Now like I said in my last blog she always poops in the morning, so I've been watching all morning for any signs, but the morning slowly came and went. I was beginning to get concerned that maybe she had to poop, but was holding it in. I was even considering putting a Pull Up back on her because I didn't want her stomach to get upset from holding in poop, but she didn't seem uncomfortable in anyway, so I thought I'd give it a little longer, and...
I was right. She came up to me a few minutes ago pulling on my arm saying, "Mommy, Mommy" like she wanted something, but she didn't say what. Just as I was about to ask her what she needed I smelled something... poop. My first thought was that she had pooped somewhere and it was on her dress, but her dress was still clean. Then I realized it was a fart. She had just farted. The sign I've been waiting for! So I asked, "Chloe do you need to poop?" Now everytime I ask her this she ALWAYS says "No" without fail, but this time she didn't say "No". She just looked confused, so I asked her again and she started grabbing her butt cheek, so I picked her up to take her to the potty and asked, "Sissy do you have poop in your butt?" to which she finally replied, "YES! Poop in my butt!" and continued to grab her butt. (Sometimes it's all about asking the questions in a way your kids will understand LOL)
I set her on the potty and walked out to get toilet paper and before I even got back to the door she was shouting, "I POOP ON THE POTTY! I POOP ON THE POTTY!" And low and behold there was poop in the potty! Yes! She asked to dump it out and then said, "Poop all gone" LOL
Oh my gosh! I know it sounds a little silly, but I'm so freakin' stoked right now! Sometimes it's just the littlest things that make being a parent so worth while! I'm so proud of her! I hope this is the little boost of confidence she needs to get through PT Boot Camp for good!
Go Chloe! We're so proud of you Princess!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The Potty Project-"Potty Princess" Part III
Mission: Potty Training
Mission Target: Chloe Poston
Mission Status: In progress...
So the past few days of potty training have been going pretty well. Hardly any pee accidents at all. I've learned a few lessons though...
1) If you say anything even remotely close to "go pee" or "go potty" or "let's go to the potty" or "do you need to pee pee?"....She'll just pee. Right then and there LOL So...we've had to just start picking her up, taking her to the bathroom, and sitting her on the potty without a word until she's ON the potty. The other morning she woke completely dry and I was carrying her on my hip up the stairs, and I made the mistake of saying, "Ok let's hurry and go potty!" I immediately felt "warmth" on my hip O_o She had just started peeing in the diaper. Ooops. I couldn't get her to the potty in time, but I set her on their anyway, for good measure.
2) Pull Ups work a little differently for girls than they do for boys. We all know that there are several steps to potty training and pooping in the potty is one of the "final" steps in my opinion so it doesn't always come as quickly as peeing on the potty. At this point we haven't been able to get Chloe onto the potty at the exact right time to poop yet, so she's still having poo poo "accidents" in her pants. Now with diapers they's "snug" against baby's bottom, but not necessarily tight. Pull Ups are a bit different though. They're meant to fight and fell more like underwear so they're tight up against the body. Now mind you have Chloe in the largest size Pull Up I could find. 3T-4T I believe, so they're by no means "small" on her, but given the immense size of her behind, they are a tight fit. Anyway, I don't know if you're seeing my point yet, but given the fact the Pull Ups fight snuggly, whenever Chloe has a poop accident it seems to...uh...spread...the poop everywhere within the training pants. I don't remember this being a problem with Cooper, but with Chloe...yeah. We have to go straight to the tub after almost every poop accident, so I'm going to have to find a way to work around this. I know Chloe poops everyday in the morning. Always before noon, so I suggested this morning that we let her go nakey until she poops, but Josh is too worried about her peeing on the floor. I'll have to figure something out though or hopefully she can pick up on pooping in the potty quickly.
Cooper has reverted to his training potty half the time now since that's what sissy is using, which is fine with me. As long as he's using A potty, I don't care. It's been helpful though because he's pooped in the potty twice since we started working with Chloe so we've been able to show Chloe the poop in the potty and have her help dump it in the toilet so she gets the idea.
This morning she woke up completely dry once again and Josh got up to the potty in time. It's really funny when she uses the potty because she'll sit there and talk and talk and talk to you until she starts peeing, then she shuts up real quick and makes this "OH" face. I wish I had a picture of it because it's so cute. She makes that face the entire time she's peeing and doesn't say a word until she's done, at which point she hops up announcing "My go pee pee!" She's using the potty every single time we put her on there even if it's just a little bit, so that's great.
We even tried a public potty yesterday, but she'd already peed in her Pull Up on the way to the store. We were at King Soopers, so I just let her sit on the potty anyway. She's really great about that. She sat there for several minutes even though she didn't end up going and I told her it was a good try and she got to flush and wash her hands.
We'll keep up like this for now, as far as, just putting her on the potty. The next steps we're looking for are for her to either A) tell us when she has to go potty or B) go into the bathroom and use the potty on her own. The only problem we have with choice B right now is that Chloe seems to have a hard time getting her Pull Ups off. Not just the Pull Ups but underwear too, so until she gets the hang of that we'll continue to help her out.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited that we've been able to work with her this long and hopefully this is it for Chlo Bear. *fingers crossed*
So thanks for checking in and be sure to check back for more Potty Princess updates!
Mission Target: Chloe Poston
Mission Status: In progress...
So the past few days of potty training have been going pretty well. Hardly any pee accidents at all. I've learned a few lessons though...
1) If you say anything even remotely close to "go pee" or "go potty" or "let's go to the potty" or "do you need to pee pee?"....She'll just pee. Right then and there LOL So...we've had to just start picking her up, taking her to the bathroom, and sitting her on the potty without a word until she's ON the potty. The other morning she woke completely dry and I was carrying her on my hip up the stairs, and I made the mistake of saying, "Ok let's hurry and go potty!" I immediately felt "warmth" on my hip O_o She had just started peeing in the diaper. Ooops. I couldn't get her to the potty in time, but I set her on their anyway, for good measure.
2) Pull Ups work a little differently for girls than they do for boys. We all know that there are several steps to potty training and pooping in the potty is one of the "final" steps in my opinion so it doesn't always come as quickly as peeing on the potty. At this point we haven't been able to get Chloe onto the potty at the exact right time to poop yet, so she's still having poo poo "accidents" in her pants. Now with diapers they's "snug" against baby's bottom, but not necessarily tight. Pull Ups are a bit different though. They're meant to fight and fell more like underwear so they're tight up against the body. Now mind you have Chloe in the largest size Pull Up I could find. 3T-4T I believe, so they're by no means "small" on her, but given the immense size of her behind, they are a tight fit. Anyway, I don't know if you're seeing my point yet, but given the fact the Pull Ups fight snuggly, whenever Chloe has a poop accident it seems to...uh...spread...the poop everywhere within the training pants. I don't remember this being a problem with Cooper, but with Chloe...yeah. We have to go straight to the tub after almost every poop accident, so I'm going to have to find a way to work around this. I know Chloe poops everyday in the morning. Always before noon, so I suggested this morning that we let her go nakey until she poops, but Josh is too worried about her peeing on the floor. I'll have to figure something out though or hopefully she can pick up on pooping in the potty quickly.
Cooper has reverted to his training potty half the time now since that's what sissy is using, which is fine with me. As long as he's using A potty, I don't care. It's been helpful though because he's pooped in the potty twice since we started working with Chloe so we've been able to show Chloe the poop in the potty and have her help dump it in the toilet so she gets the idea.
This morning she woke up completely dry once again and Josh got up to the potty in time. It's really funny when she uses the potty because she'll sit there and talk and talk and talk to you until she starts peeing, then she shuts up real quick and makes this "OH" face. I wish I had a picture of it because it's so cute. She makes that face the entire time she's peeing and doesn't say a word until she's done, at which point she hops up announcing "My go pee pee!" She's using the potty every single time we put her on there even if it's just a little bit, so that's great.
We even tried a public potty yesterday, but she'd already peed in her Pull Up on the way to the store. We were at King Soopers, so I just let her sit on the potty anyway. She's really great about that. She sat there for several minutes even though she didn't end up going and I told her it was a good try and she got to flush and wash her hands.
We'll keep up like this for now, as far as, just putting her on the potty. The next steps we're looking for are for her to either A) tell us when she has to go potty or B) go into the bathroom and use the potty on her own. The only problem we have with choice B right now is that Chloe seems to have a hard time getting her Pull Ups off. Not just the Pull Ups but underwear too, so until she gets the hang of that we'll continue to help her out.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited that we've been able to work with her this long and hopefully this is it for Chlo Bear. *fingers crossed*
So thanks for checking in and be sure to check back for more Potty Princess updates!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
T-Ball Season Comes to an End
So Pee Wee T-Ball has officially come to an end. Cooper and Chloe's last game was supposed to be last Friday, but after all the rain we've had they determined the field was still too damp, so they rescheduled for tonight. Unfortunately, it was once again sprinkling outside, so they didn't get to play at the real baseball diamond, but we got moved inside the rec center gym, which was pretty interesting...
Of course it was a new environment so all the kids got amped up and going crazy, plus they had some miniature jungle gym sort of play thing in there which the kids all flocked too. It was kind of like a small version of the tubes you would find at McDonald's PlayPlace except there was only one entrance/exit combo thing, which was a slide. It had like 6 compartments that you climb through like a maze, but was super tiny like for kids under 4 I'd say. To me it just screamed fire hazard. First off, the mesh was colored either blue, yellow or red, and both blue and yellow were extremely difficult to see through, so you could hardly tell where in the maze your child was. Then each of the compartments was so small I'd be nearly impossible for an adult to climb through to get their child. Not to mention the one entrance/exit combo thing. If there was a fire or some sort of emergency situation and you needed to get your chlid out quickly you'd be in BIG trouble. At least the things at McDonald's are plenty big enough for parents to navigate and get to their children. Anyway, that's my little "mommy rant" for the day. We let Bro play on the slide part and Cooper and Chloe went in there for a bit, but luckily we were able to coax them out just as the game was starting.
It was a little difficult tonight just because all the kids wanted to run throughout the gym and get back into the play maze, so attentions were definitely elsewhere. Brodie gave my mom a run for her money, refusing to be held and running around like a mad man. She said he was watching the other boys play basketball on the other end and desperately wanted to join. It sucks that he's not quite old enough to do the things Cooper and Chloe are already doing, but it won't be long until he's right there with them.
We got through the game though then kids high fived the other team and got their medals. There is room on the back for engraving so eventually we may have them engraved with their names and year. We also got their sports pics back which turned out adorable and hilarious at the same time. In the team pic both Coop and Chloe are just hanging out, doing their own thing. Chloe did great for her individual pic and posed just like the photographer instructed. She had the perfect little pose and smile and looks just like the adorable little diva that she is! Cooper on the other hand had just been awoken from a nap in the car and wanted nothing what-so-ever to do with picture taking. He wouldn't pose by himself at all, but luckily the photographer worked with us and thought to have him sit on Josh's knee, then crop Josh out as best as possible. Even though we got him in front of the camera he most certainly wasn't going to smile so we got the most hilarious "I'm not going to do anything you say" face ever. Almost looks like an "angry sports shot" like, "I'm gonna kick your butt dude!" Freakin' funny!
After the game they got snacks and snow cones and Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, and Papa checked out their pics. Overall I think it was a very successful season. I think the kids learned a lot about team play and team work, following directions, and taking turns. In general I think it was just a very good learning experience and as much as I miss all my kids being "babies" (yes, even my little Brodacious is considered a toddler now *tear*) it's neat that they're in a stage where they can start participating in things like this. They really do grow up so fast, but it's such a thrill to watch!
Of course it was a new environment so all the kids got amped up and going crazy, plus they had some miniature jungle gym sort of play thing in there which the kids all flocked too. It was kind of like a small version of the tubes you would find at McDonald's PlayPlace except there was only one entrance/exit combo thing, which was a slide. It had like 6 compartments that you climb through like a maze, but was super tiny like for kids under 4 I'd say. To me it just screamed fire hazard. First off, the mesh was colored either blue, yellow or red, and both blue and yellow were extremely difficult to see through, so you could hardly tell where in the maze your child was. Then each of the compartments was so small I'd be nearly impossible for an adult to climb through to get their child. Not to mention the one entrance/exit combo thing. If there was a fire or some sort of emergency situation and you needed to get your chlid out quickly you'd be in BIG trouble. At least the things at McDonald's are plenty big enough for parents to navigate and get to their children. Anyway, that's my little "mommy rant" for the day. We let Bro play on the slide part and Cooper and Chloe went in there for a bit, but luckily we were able to coax them out just as the game was starting.
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| Brodie on the play maze slide |
We got through the game though then kids high fived the other team and got their medals. There is room on the back for engraving so eventually we may have them engraved with their names and year. We also got their sports pics back which turned out adorable and hilarious at the same time. In the team pic both Coop and Chloe are just hanging out, doing their own thing. Chloe did great for her individual pic and posed just like the photographer instructed. She had the perfect little pose and smile and looks just like the adorable little diva that she is! Cooper on the other hand had just been awoken from a nap in the car and wanted nothing what-so-ever to do with picture taking. He wouldn't pose by himself at all, but luckily the photographer worked with us and thought to have him sit on Josh's knee, then crop Josh out as best as possible. Even though we got him in front of the camera he most certainly wasn't going to smile so we got the most hilarious "I'm not going to do anything you say" face ever. Almost looks like an "angry sports shot" like, "I'm gonna kick your butt dude!" Freakin' funny!
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| Red Team (Strasburg Parks and Rec) T-Ball 2011 |
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| Cooper James |
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| Chloe Renee |
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| Just received their medals |
After the game they got snacks and snow cones and Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, and Papa checked out their pics. Overall I think it was a very successful season. I think the kids learned a lot about team play and team work, following directions, and taking turns. In general I think it was just a very good learning experience and as much as I miss all my kids being "babies" (yes, even my little Brodacious is considered a toddler now *tear*) it's neat that they're in a stage where they can start participating in things like this. They really do grow up so fast, but it's such a thrill to watch!
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