What a great day! Let me tell you something. There is nothing better than getting up in the morning to a dry diaper on Girl! The amazing part: she was awake talking to herself for an hour before she wanted to get out of bed. I thought she would be wet like usual. I was wrong. I was shocked, amazed, and lavished her with praise.
At nap time I reminded her, like every day for the last week, that she didn’t have a diaper on before going down for her nap. Let’s just say I’ve been doing a lot of laundry after nap time lately. Anyway, she woke up dry from nap time as well. This is SO wonderful. I was getting so sick of having to wash her whole bed, change her outfit and clean her up every day. I was going without a diaper at nap time on purpose though. I figured a little extra work on my end would pay off eventually. I figured if she woke up wet and had to change out of the clothes she picked out herself, she would catch onto what was happening sooner than if I let stay in a diaper and thus have no consequences to peeing in her bed. I’ll have to say, seven days of extra laundry wasn’t so bad. I know it’s only been one night, but that is WAY better than anything else we’ve had. I can normally tell that she’s peed in her diaper when I kiss her goodnight when I go to bed at night. Progress no matter how insignificant it may seem is still progress!!
Boy is doing well too! He is up to 2Tbls of oatmeal before bed. He is sleeping more solid and the oatmeal doesn’t seem to be hurting his tummy or digestive system at all, so I think we’re good. I do have to feed him once throughout the night, but after that I can just put him back to bed and we’re all back to sleep. We did try letting him cry for 5 minutes the other night. At minute 4 I was prepping to get up and then he fell back to sleep for 5 hours so … WAHOO to that!
Boy is REALLY trying to sit up lately. If I have him laying on the boppy he will crunch up his little body and pull his head up. He’s even starting to get his arms involved. He has them on the side of the pillow and pushes down. He is so close to doing it on his own. He can almost make it if he’s in my arms laying down too. He just really likes to sit when he’s awake. Speaking of being awake, the time he spends sleeping during the day is really starting to taper off. I kind of miss the breaks. I think Girl does too. I can tell she is starting to be a LITTLE jealous sometimes. She acts out a bit more than usual some days. When I notice I try to involve her in whatever it is I’m doing with Boy. Even if it is as simple as handing me the new diaper or helping me put his pants back on. She’s SUCH a good big sister. Boy is lucky to have her. I think he already knows it too. His whole face lights up EVERY time he sees her.
Yesterday I had to stop at the diaper store for some necessities and on our way home I had to drop some things at Christin’s house. Well, she was nice enough to invite us in! Makena and Ava had a quick playdate. I wasn’t really planning on it, but what the heck, it doesn’t hurt me to change up my plans every now and then. Plus, it had been forever since I’d seen Christin. I looked like total crap, but I’m sure she didn’t care. Girl was naughty at times. She was literally dragging Ava around the from activity to activity. I had to remind her that forcing people to do things wasn’t the way to do it. We had a discussion about it on the way home too. I think she learned it from me though. When I’m holding Boy and I need her to get on the potty or to stop doing something I will MAKE her by pulling on her arm. SO, lesson learned by me. I need to find new ways to make her do things and save the arm holding for VERY serious occasions like when she is about to run into traffic or something! J
I’ve been on a “what do I want for my birthday” mission lately too. I just don’t know. It’s like Christmas for me. I never have any ideas. Poor Hubby. Birthdays are the only things we buy presents for each other. I was able to give him a few ideas but I’m not in love with them. He said, “I’ll just get you something and you can return it like you do every year”. It was funny but made me kind of sad at the same time. I just WISH I could figure something out for him. The problem is that when we want/need something we just buy it. We don’t wait until holidays or birthdays. Perhaps we should re-evaluate THAT … nah.
Well, when I wrote the first part – my day was great. It’s still good, but the internet has been down since 2:30. That’s 5 hours an counting. It’s so frustrating. I had things to do tonight. E-mails to reply to, videos to watch, and a live online tv show to win prizes at. I have the prize area covered, just in case. I’m crossing my fingers for that $750 glider I know I won’t win.
And ... I didn't win. nighty night!
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