Abby has been doing fantastic! Last week between Tuesday and Friday she only went one time in her diaper all the rest were on the potty...and most of the time she told her teacher she had to go potty! She has been doing good at home, but not quite as good as at daycare. I just try to remember to ask her if she has to go.
Today I decided to let her try training pants just to see how it would go. She did good until we went outside to play and then I think she was having too much fun to tell me she had to go potty!
And along with being a big girl using the potty she also developed a little (actually ALOT) more attitude! She has been very sassy the past few days. Talking back, whining, screaming, tantrums, you name it she is doing it! She has even started getting physical with Gavin and myself...hitting, biting, slapping.
Gavin is still not very interested in potty training. On occasion he will sit on the potty but hasn't actually gone on it in a quite a while. maybe once Abby is fully trained he will be ready! And Gavin's new thing this weekend was not taking a nap during the day. Saturday we fought with him for 2 hours to get him to lay down. Finally he fell asleep and slept for about an hour. Today he didn't take a nap at all but fell asleep around 5:30 and is still sleeping. I am sure he will now be up at 3 or 4 AM and want to stay up!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
weekend update
On Saturday we had a family Christmas celebration in Osseo, WI. It is about a 3 hour drive from Appleton. The kids did really well on the ride there and had lots of fun playing with their cousins! They got to open stocking stuffer gifts and eat candy! Gavin loves his candy! Abby got some jewlery that she loves! I will post a picture soon of her wearing her new necklace, bracelet and earrings!
On Sunday we we went to some friends for the superbowl. They have a 2 year old son and an 11 year old son. Abby has her first crush...on the 11 year old. She followed him around like a little puppy dog and wanted to know what he was doing all the time. He was very patient with her and let her tag along and watch him play his video games! Then later in the day he came back down to watch the game with all of us and Abby ran up to him and smiled and then before I knew what was happening she was taking her pants off. Next came the diaper and then of course Gavin thought this was hilarious so he had to follow suit! I cannot believe she took her pants and diaper off somewhere other than home. At home she often has to wear a onesie or she gets duct tape around her diaper to keep her from taking it off! Hopefully when she is potty trained she will leave her clothes on!
The kids played hard all afternoon and evening so slept great last night and did not wake super early like normal! it was GREAT!!!
On Sunday we we went to some friends for the superbowl. They have a 2 year old son and an 11 year old son. Abby has her first crush...on the 11 year old. She followed him around like a little puppy dog and wanted to know what he was doing all the time. He was very patient with her and let her tag along and watch him play his video games! Then later in the day he came back down to watch the game with all of us and Abby ran up to him and smiled and then before I knew what was happening she was taking her pants off. Next came the diaper and then of course Gavin thought this was hilarious so he had to follow suit! I cannot believe she took her pants and diaper off somewhere other than home. At home she often has to wear a onesie or she gets duct tape around her diaper to keep her from taking it off! Hopefully when she is potty trained she will leave her clothes on!
The kids played hard all afternoon and evening so slept great last night and did not wake super early like normal! it was GREAT!!!
Thank goodness January is over!
I think I used over a week of leave time in the month of January due to illnesses with the kids...and Pat used 2 or 3 days! Abby woke up at 3 AM last Friday morning with a fever so she had to stay home from daycare. While we were playing in the morning I noticed something stuck in her hair near her ear...when I got it out of her hair I discovered it was her ear tube. I called our doctor's office and talked to the nurse...she said our doctor was not taking anymore patients but she knew we were taking Gavin to the ear, nose & throat doctor (I will get to that later) so she said to call them and let them know Abby's tube fell out and that she had a fever.
I called the ENT doctor and they said Abby could come along. I had the appt scheduled for Gavin because his left ear had been stinky for over a week and the ear drops didn't seem to be helping. At the appt we found out that both Abby's tubes had come out but her ears overall looked good so the fever must have been from something else. (I am guessing 2 year molars!) The doc looked in Gavin's right ear first and said his tube was just sitting in the ear canal so he took it out. then on to the left ear...that tube was also just sitting in the ear canal so he removed that one also and said the left ear was infected so prescribed more ear drops. Since using them his ear is smelling better! still not 100% but atleast I can breath when we snuggle now!
That was better news than I thought we were going to get...I was sure he had stuck something up his nose...since the day before I got a call from daycare that he had torn part of his goldfish cracker bag and put it up his nose and they had to use a tweezers to get it out!
I called the ENT doctor and they said Abby could come along. I had the appt scheduled for Gavin because his left ear had been stinky for over a week and the ear drops didn't seem to be helping. At the appt we found out that both Abby's tubes had come out but her ears overall looked good so the fever must have been from something else. (I am guessing 2 year molars!) The doc looked in Gavin's right ear first and said his tube was just sitting in the ear canal so he took it out. then on to the left ear...that tube was also just sitting in the ear canal so he removed that one also and said the left ear was infected so prescribed more ear drops. Since using them his ear is smelling better! still not 100% but atleast I can breath when we snuggle now!
That was better news than I thought we were going to get...I was sure he had stuck something up his nose...since the day before I got a call from daycare that he had torn part of his goldfish cracker bag and put it up his nose and they had to use a tweezers to get it out!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Traveling Time Out
The kids have been quite entertaining while being naughty lately! On Wednesday night the kids were being naughty. Gavin was throwing everything he could get his hands on so I put him in Time out in the recliner. he kept trying to get out so and I kept putting him back. finally after he was allowed out Abby picked up a book, smiled at me and threw it then said time out? I put her in time out and of course she tried getting out so I would put her back in and both kids were laughing hysterically! so I decided to find a chair they couldn't get out of and decided on their old boster seats. I got them out and set them on the floor and tried explaining to 2 year olds that these were the new "time out" chairs. of course they started playing with them and even though they are exactly the same they both wanted the same one. Gavin got mad at Abby and pinched her cheek. I told him no, time out and strapped him in the chair. He started crying that he wanted out. I told him no and then he stood up with his little chair strapped to his butt and started following me through the living room crying that he wanted out. I just kept telling him he was in time out and to sit down. (while trying really hard not to laugh outloud!!!)
I have now decided that time out will consist of them going to their rooms with the door closed!
And we had another trip to the doctor yesterday! Daycare called in the afternoon and said Gavin's left ear was draining and he kept sticking his finger in it. and it was very stinky. The doctor could not find anything wrong with his ear so thought maybe we just got water in it during bath and it was irritating his ear. So we are putting drops in and hoping it clears up because it is really stinky!
I have now decided that time out will consist of them going to their rooms with the door closed!
And we had another trip to the doctor yesterday! Daycare called in the afternoon and said Gavin's left ear was draining and he kept sticking his finger in it. and it was very stinky. The doctor could not find anything wrong with his ear so thought maybe we just got water in it during bath and it was irritating his ear. So we are putting drops in and hoping it clears up because it is really stinky!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Not a great start to 2009
Gavin was sick over the weekend with a fever and a cough. By Sunday night he was breathing very rapidly so I took him in to our doctor on Monday. The doctor put him on Predisolone to open up the lungs and make breathing easier for him and put him on an antibiotic. So he was home from daycare Monday and Tuesday. ON Tuesday morning daycare called and said Abby had a fever of 101.2 so she had to go home. She was home Tuesday and Wednesday! They are both back to daycare and I am back to work today, hopefully everyone stays healthy for awhile now!
Yesterday on Gavin's first day back for the week he was inseparable with his little friend Emma! I guess they were together all day and he even held her hand when she went potty!
Abby has started going potty on the potty chair again but not consistently! Maybe we are on the path to being potty trained! I am still not pushing it but if they ask to go I take them! which sometimes is every 30 minutes!
Yesterday on Gavin's first day back for the week he was inseparable with his little friend Emma! I guess they were together all day and he even held her hand when she went potty!
Abby has started going potty on the potty chair again but not consistently! Maybe we are on the path to being potty trained! I am still not pushing it but if they ask to go I take them! which sometimes is every 30 minutes!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Happy New Year
Gavin is starting out the New Year with a new bed! Last Friday I spent the day cleaning and reorganizing his room which included getting his toddler bed made up. We got him a 4 pc Thomas the Train bedding set so put that on. The toddler bed has been sitting in his room for about 3 weeks now along with his crib. When he got home from daycare I told him to go look at his new bed. He was so excited! since then he wants to sleep in his new bed. as you can see from the photo he is very proud of his new bed.
Abby has not attempted to climb out of her crib yet so we bought her a new princess sheet for her crib so she didn't feel left out! I am fine with her staying in her crib as long as possible!
The kids seem so grown up lately and are really talking up a storm! After the holidays we had some extra cookie dough leftover so I let the kids help me decorate the leftovers...as you can see they had a great time and they really love sprinkles!
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