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.

Into the blog world I come

Hello out there. I have been reading blogs for months and have wanted to create one of my own, but just never sat down and did it. So, tonight, I did just that. Kaylee is our beautiful daughter whom we adopted on October 10, 2008. She was placed with us as a foster baby on October 3, 2007 after being born 9 weeks premature. She is a miracle and the best thing that has ever happened to us. I want to chronicle our lives together for her to remember these early years. Now, we'll see if I can keep up with it.