I have missed some posts over the past few months. I could blame it on being a new mom, and I would be fully within my right to do so. So, that is what I am going to blame it on.
As I add new posts, I am posting them under their original date, and I don't think it will show up as a new post. So, I will update here with the dates so you can go and check them out.
Today I added:
APRIL 21, 2012: TRUCK-A-PALOOZA...
APRIL 23, 2012: FEEDING THE DUCKS AND THE TURTLES
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Potty Training Logan, week 2
Logan did fairly well the first week with the pull-ups. However, I felt that just taking him to the potty every hour wasn't really helping. I don't think he felt wet in pull-ups. So, on Sunday, I put him in underwear. He fought it at first, but Kevin and I triumphed and he spent the day in Lightning McQueen underwear. And by the day, I mean he wore the same pair all day--minus the few hours he spent napping. We felt it was best to be in pull-ups for naps.
Day one of big boy underwear was a success. Once, Kevin said he said "mama" and Kevin thought he wanted to tell us he had to go, so Kevin took him in and he went. He also did a small poop. That is next--doing #2 on the pot. I hope Logan continues to keep his underwear dry. We are still taking him every 45 min-1 hour, but we tell him to let us know if he feels wet or he has to go. Occasionally I do check him and praise him for staying dry.
Day one of big boy underwear was a success. Once, Kevin said he said "mama" and Kevin thought he wanted to tell us he had to go, so Kevin took him in and he went. He also did a small poop. That is next--doing #2 on the pot. I hope Logan continues to keep his underwear dry. We are still taking him every 45 min-1 hour, but we tell him to let us know if he feels wet or he has to go. Occasionally I do check him and praise him for staying dry.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Potty Training Logan, part deux
Now that Logan is 3, we decided, well I decided it was time to try to get Logan to use the potty and finally ditch those pull-ups. We are not going about it like last time. This time we are taking a more laid back approach.
It has been 3 days now. He is doing well. I started by reading this blog. I then catered it to meet my desires and laziness. We are still in pull-ups. Logan refused to put on the underpants I bought for him. I tried, but he took them off. He is getting a "treat" every time he goes in the potty, with the exception of the one right before bed. He gets 2 M&M's as his treat. At this time, we are not working on pooping in the potty--only peeing.
Day 1 was Sunday. Every half hour we took Logan to sit on his potty. He had to stay until he went pee-pee or the 2 minute time went off. We were doing great. I think we went through maybe 3 diapers all day.
Day 2. I upped the time to 45 minutes. Again. He did great. He didn't always have to go, but he rarely went in his pull-up.
Day 3. I upped the time again to 1 hour. He did well. At the beginning of the day we had to find our rhythm. He did go in his pull-ups 2 times before we got into our rhythm. Today I was working with him to realize that pee goes in the potty, not in his pull-ups.
We will continue the 1 hour between sittings for a couple of days then I will up the time more. I am hoping that next week we can ditch the pull-ups and try the underwear. I will put on pull-ups for nap time and overnight. (And probably for going out until I feel he is ready.) I also hope that this will get us on track for the pooping in the potty too.
It is my goal, although not necessary, to have him potty trained by the time we go back to school in August. It would be so great for me to only have to worry about having 1 in diapers again.
It has been 3 days now. He is doing well. I started by reading this blog. I then catered it to meet my desires and laziness. We are still in pull-ups. Logan refused to put on the underpants I bought for him. I tried, but he took them off. He is getting a "treat" every time he goes in the potty, with the exception of the one right before bed. He gets 2 M&M's as his treat. At this time, we are not working on pooping in the potty--only peeing.
Day 1 was Sunday. Every half hour we took Logan to sit on his potty. He had to stay until he went pee-pee or the 2 minute time went off. We were doing great. I think we went through maybe 3 diapers all day.
Day 2. I upped the time to 45 minutes. Again. He did great. He didn't always have to go, but he rarely went in his pull-up.
Day 3. I upped the time again to 1 hour. He did well. At the beginning of the day we had to find our rhythm. He did go in his pull-ups 2 times before we got into our rhythm. Today I was working with him to realize that pee goes in the potty, not in his pull-ups.
We will continue the 1 hour between sittings for a couple of days then I will up the time more. I am hoping that next week we can ditch the pull-ups and try the underwear. I will put on pull-ups for nap time and overnight. (And probably for going out until I feel he is ready.) I also hope that this will get us on track for the pooping in the potty too.
It is my goal, although not necessary, to have him potty trained by the time we go back to school in August. It would be so great for me to only have to worry about having 1 in diapers again.
Scarlet's Nursery
Back in June, I "finished" the nursery. And by finished, I mean that it's basically done except it is missing some of the letter canvases I handed out. Hopefully soon, perhaps before she enters kindergarten, I will have gotten them all back. (And curtains--it needs some curtains.)
It was a long road to get here. We had the color for the lower half of the walls picked out and painted. However, Kevin and I could not agree on a color for the wall above the chair rail. Good thing that Home Depot has started to carry those small sample jars of paint again because we literally had 6 different color samples on the wall and could not agree on any of them. Finally, I said that I think we should try a light red-violet. (Sounds better than pink--don't you think? And there is a difference between a tint of red and a tint of red-violet. One pink is way better than the other.) Most of you know that I am not a "pink" person. Kevin agreed. We liked the first one we tried--YAY!! It did take a coat of primer and 2 coats of pink for the stripes from Logan's nursery to disappear. But, now, you can't even tell they were ever there.
We didn't get any "new" furniture for Scarlet. She is using the hand-me-downs from Logan. The blue bookcase is "new" to her, but is from my sister. I believe my father made it and both of us used it growing up and then her sons used it growing up. I like that it is still around and being used; AND that my dad made it. Maybe one day I will re-paint it.
There are still a couple of things I would like to do. I still have to come up with curtains, but I can't figure out what I want. I could make them, but having priced out fabric for Logan's curtains, it would cost the same to just buy some panels and then I wouldn't have to find time to sew them. Anyway. So, for now, for the most part, I am done with the nursery.
It was a long road to get here. We had the color for the lower half of the walls picked out and painted. However, Kevin and I could not agree on a color for the wall above the chair rail. Good thing that Home Depot has started to carry those small sample jars of paint again because we literally had 6 different color samples on the wall and could not agree on any of them. Finally, I said that I think we should try a light red-violet. (Sounds better than pink--don't you think? And there is a difference between a tint of red and a tint of red-violet. One pink is way better than the other.) Most of you know that I am not a "pink" person. Kevin agreed. We liked the first one we tried--YAY!! It did take a coat of primer and 2 coats of pink for the stripes from Logan's nursery to disappear. But, now, you can't even tell they were ever there.
We didn't get any "new" furniture for Scarlet. She is using the hand-me-downs from Logan. The blue bookcase is "new" to her, but is from my sister. I believe my father made it and both of us used it growing up and then her sons used it growing up. I like that it is still around and being used; AND that my dad made it. Maybe one day I will re-paint it.
There are still a couple of things I would like to do. I still have to come up with curtains, but I can't figure out what I want. I could make them, but having priced out fabric for Logan's curtains, it would cost the same to just buy some panels and then I wouldn't have to find time to sew them. Anyway. So, for now, for the most part, I am done with the nursery.
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| The letter walls. As you can see several are missing. I have let spots for them. When I have them all, I will do a post show casing them all. I am really glad my friends agreed to my idea of helping me create them. |
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| Alphabet quilt my mom made for Scarlet. |
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| Looking in from the doorway. |
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| Closet wall. |
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| Cozy corner to read to her in. |
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| Close-up of crayon name art. |
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| Close-up of felt butterfly mobile I made. |
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| Close-up of bee painting. |
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| Close-up of hand-made clothing tags. |
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| Clothing tags in use. It has really helped me see what clothes she has for the future. They were easy to make. |
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