Rough Week

Kaylee had a rough week at school. She fell twice and has the bruises and black eye to prove it. Apparently she has been clumsy, but she is also very busy and likes to run and act goofy. I hate looking at her eye. It looks so bad. A little girl at the mall today asked her what happened to her eye. One of her teachers said she has seen kids fall a lot when they enter a growth spurt. It would be great if Kaylee was growing taller, but I don't want her to get hurt in order to do it. I know it won't last forever but I feel like I need to follow her around and not let her out of my reach so I can catch her if she starts to fall. She didn't even get hurt this bad when she was learning to walk. Poor baby......

Toddler Bed Transition

A week or so ago, Kaylee climbed out of her crib and would not sleep in her bed. She would climb out and then climb back in to get stuffed animals or a blanket and then climb back out to play with them. Then she would climb back in to get more and climb back out to play. That night she slept on the floor. The next night she did the same thing, but ultimately climbed back in to go to sleep. The next day was Easter. She would not go to sleep for her nap and climbed out again. I told her if she climbed out again, the Easter Bunny was going to come and take back the tricycle he had just brought her that morning. This did not phase her at all, because she did it again. So, Mr. Easter Bunny took back the trike and she did not take a nap. That night coming home from my parents house, she fell asleep in the car, so when we got home, we put her in the crib and she stayed there all night as she was already asleep. The rest of the week went that way too. Until Friday.....She slept on the floor again that night and Saturday too. Then on Sunday, when she wouldn't nap again, we converted it to a toddler bed. That night we had gone to dinner for my brother-in-law's birthday, and again she feel asleep in the car on the way home. So, she slept in her new bed that night, but every night since she has slept on the floor. I don't know if she just needs to adjust to it or if she just doesn't like it. I feel terrible with her sleepting on the floor, but it does not seem to bother her at all.

Any thoughts on this??? I'd appreciate any ideas or advice.

Potty Training Update

Well, from that first day she told me she didn't need diapers anymore, things have been great on the potty training front. She has been near perfect and I would say is completely daytime trained. She tells us when she needs to go, tells her teachers when she needs to go and must go at every store and/or restaurant we visit. It is quite funny, but if she knows we are going somewhere she will tell us in the car, "Mommy, I need to go pee pee at the store" or "Mama, I need to go poo poo at the restaurant? She even wakes up with dry night time panties (AKA pull-ups) much of the time.

We are so proud of her and can't believe she is growing up so fast. She is so very strong willed and I never dreamed this would be so easy. Other things are not easy (see next post), so we will be happy with this.

Panties...TAKE 2

Okay, well, the last attempt lasted about 4 days and then she announced...."I no wear panties anymore....I wear a diaper." So, that was that and we didn't argue with her or make a fuss about it. There were some changes going on at home with schedules and such, so things in her world were different and she does not do different well. So, we have just been in diapers since then. Occassionally she would still go on the potty, but did not mention panties again. UNTIL......This past Thursday, she woke up from her nap, and proudly announced, "I no need a diaper. I wear panties." And she has. We have been to the mall, Sea World and out of town to visit family and she has done great. Only one accident at Sea World. We are so proud of her and can't believe how grown up she seems. She is even pooping on the potty, folks! And this is a big deal, which, you, of course, already know, if you have potty trained a toddler before.

Hopefully this will last longer than 4 days. I'll keep you posted.

Panties

Oh the excitement she had today when we asked her if she wanted to wear panties. We had actually planned for her to wear them all day, but this morning was rushed and we were already leaving late for Gymboree, so we didn't bother. But we went to Gymboree and then Costco and then had lunch, and when we got home, her diaper was still dry. So, after her nap, we asked her if she wanted to wear panties for the rest of the day. She said, "Yes!" So, she went in the potty and then we put on her panties and we left again to go shopping. We went to 2 stores and she went potty at each one and remained dry. She went potty again when we got home. YEAH!!! She did so good for her first day. This is a HUGE step for her and for us. I was really worried about it and I know it is only day one, but it went so well, I think it will all be okay. But, tell me please.....How did she get so big, so fast????????? What's next???

Date Night

Last night we left Kaylee with a babysitter for the first time. Well, by babysitter, we mean someone who is not family. Amber is a teacher at Kaylee's school, and she loves ALL the teachers at her school, so we couldn't go wrong. We have been talking to Kaylee about Amber coming to watch her and she has been really excited. Yesterday, she asked all day when Amber was coming, where she was, etc. She only took a 1 hour nap because she was so excited. Amber got here a little before 6:00 and Kaylee was happy to see her but was a little shy at first. She warmed up quickly and when we left, she was not distressed at all....just wanted to wave goodbye to us. We had asked Amber to text us when she had fallen asleep, and when she did, she said Kaylee had done great and had gone to sleep perfectly. They both had a great time and so we did we. We saw a great movie called Extraoirdinary Measures about a family who has 2 children with a terrible disease called Pompe. I actually met the woman who is the godmother of the daughter in the movie. It is based on her cousin's life and how they worked so hard to find a medicine to help their children survive. It worked, and although the kids will always be in wheelchairs, they are no longer waiting to die. The medication, when given in infancy stops the disease and kids can go on to live almost normal lives. What a miracle! After the movie, we went to The Cheesecake Factory for dessert. Yummy! We will definitley be doing date nights more often. We are so blessed to have Kaylee at such a great school, where many of the teachers babysit and they are all wonderful.

Oh Sue Nana

I was driving home from work one day last week with Kaylee in the backseat and I hear singing. It took me a minute to figure out what she was saying....."Oh Sue Nana, Don't you cry me!" She kept singing it over and over again. I was laughing so hard, it made it difficult to drive. I couldn't wait to get home and have her sing it for Lori. Our funny, funny girl. (It is much funnier when you hear it in person, because you get the enunciation from her. Maybe I will get a video of her singing it to upload here.)

Diapers and duct tape

A couple of months back, I went in to check on Kaylee before going to bed and she was completely naked except for her socks.....no pajamas, no diaper. I sent Lori in to check on her and she came out laughing, but wondering what we were going to do. We tried to put a diaper on but woke her up, which made her mad! So, she ultimately took that one off too. We were awakened about 1:30 am to her crying that she was all wet. Well, go figure. What did she expect? But she is 2, so she doesn't have this cause and effect thing figured out just yet. So, we clean her up and change the sheets on her bed and put on another diaper. This one she left on. This same scenario played itself out for a few nights and we decided to try pull ups. We called them "Big Girl Night Night Panties." They last exactly 3 nights and on the 4th night we found the pull up on the middle of her floor. That night we did manage to get a diaper on her without waking her up. YEAH MOM's! So, we posted on Facebook, and got some responses. One response was from a friend who suggested what they did with her daughter...duct tape the tabs of the diaper so she can't get it off. Alas.....Success. We picked hot pink duct tape and it did the trick. Now, she did not particularly like this, but it worked. So, every night since, we have taped up her diaper and have had no more problems. Until last night......See, we forgot the tape, and sure enough, we were awakened to the same crying "Mommy, I am all wet," at 1:00 am this morning. We will not forget the duct tape again. And she is potty training too, so hopefully this will be a short lived problem. Well, we can't say that ife is boring.

We thought we had turned a corner...

This past week has just been wonderful with Kaylee. Last weekend, when we went out to eat, she sat in the high chair and ate her food--major feat. She had a good day at school EVERY DAY! This is a true accomplishment. It feels like she is finally getting it...Getting that we are serious and that the rules won't change and that the consequences are always going to happen. There were some moments, but they were short lived, and overall it was a great week. This weekend has been a bit harder. She has had a bit of a snotty nose, so she's not feeling her best...We will attribute the behavior to this as oppposed to thinking last week was just a fluke. But today, we went out to eat and then we were going to go get sand for her new sand box.....let me stress the 'we were going to go' part of this story....because it didn't happen. She was not at all the child we had at a restaurant last weekend. So, we told her no sand today. She was not happy, but she knows she has to behave to get what she wants. So, maybe tomorrow.