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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Look what I made! 5x7 Folded Card at Shutterfly
We've been Shutterfly users for a long time. Love them! Here's just my latest creation. We always get lots of compliments for sending such thoughtful and personal birthday cards!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Let the potty rodeo begin!
My daughter is now 20 months old. She's been signalling for a few weeks that she's ready to embark on potty training. What do I mean by signalling? Well, she's been telling me when she's got a dirty diaper (both wet and poopie), she often tells me *before* she's going to poop that it's about to happen, and she's fighting me during diaper changes, saying "No more diaper!"
So, this morning, a big box arrived. We opened it together. I lifted out the contents and asked her what it was. "Potty chair! I try it, Mommy!"
That was a good start. She immediately sat on it (fully clothed). Then she requested that I take her diaper off. I did, and she sat again.
Over the course of the afternoon, she ran around naked, periodically sitting on the potty and then looking inside to see nothing had materialized. She had one accident on the floor while naked and two accidents in undies. The second undies accident was showing progress though - she squatted down to the floor and said, "I pee."
At one point in the afternoon, she sat on the potty, reading a book and then stood up and, giving a sniff, proclaimed, "Mmmmm! I smell good!" I really wished I'd had a video camera in hand for that magic moment.
By the end of the day, nothing had actually made it into the potty. But, she still likes it, which is a good sign. Tomorrow is another day... and I have another trick up my sleeve (bribery with M&Ms - hey, it worked for our son!)
So, this morning, a big box arrived. We opened it together. I lifted out the contents and asked her what it was. "Potty chair! I try it, Mommy!"
That was a good start. She immediately sat on it (fully clothed). Then she requested that I take her diaper off. I did, and she sat again.
Over the course of the afternoon, she ran around naked, periodically sitting on the potty and then looking inside to see nothing had materialized. She had one accident on the floor while naked and two accidents in undies. The second undies accident was showing progress though - she squatted down to the floor and said, "I pee."
At one point in the afternoon, she sat on the potty, reading a book and then stood up and, giving a sniff, proclaimed, "Mmmmm! I smell good!" I really wished I'd had a video camera in hand for that magic moment.
By the end of the day, nothing had actually made it into the potty. But, she still likes it, which is a good sign. Tomorrow is another day... and I have another trick up my sleeve (bribery with M&Ms - hey, it worked for our son!)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Welcome!
Welcome to my blog! This will be a collection of my musings on life, the universe, and motherhood (the answer to which is not 42, I'm afraid to report).
I have two kids. My son CC is 5; my daughter CI is 1. They are great kids but have a strong streak of hooliganism running through them both.
My life runs on coffee. So much so that my daughter pretends to serve coffee with her little tea set, and my son asks if I've had my coffee yet if I'm grumpy in the morning.
And, speaking of coffee.... it's too early in the morning to be blogging without another cuppa!
I have two kids. My son CC is 5; my daughter CI is 1. They are great kids but have a strong streak of hooliganism running through them both.
My life runs on coffee. So much so that my daughter pretends to serve coffee with her little tea set, and my son asks if I've had my coffee yet if I'm grumpy in the morning.
And, speaking of coffee.... it's too early in the morning to be blogging without another cuppa!
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