Henry-Potty Training

The boy is going to want to kill me one day for posting this, but I'm going to do it anyway. Henry finally went poop in the training potty last night!!!! And is continuing to get better and better every day at regular potty training. He ran out last night after we had tucked them in bed and said, "Mommy, I put poo poo in the potty. Come and see!" I know it's not a drawing of a pretty flower or a 100 on a test at school, but it is a major accomplishment that we have been waiting for for a while with the little man. So yippee, we're making progress! We are so very proud of him. And I had to brag:)

Happy July:)

We're only a few days into he month of July, but so far it's been pretty good.I've got to make this fast because the kids should be up for the day very soon. I think we have finally succeeded(for the most part) with potty training both kids!!! Emma has been doing it for about a month now with only a few accidents along the way. Henry has gotten on the bandwagon and isn't scared of the big potty now. We're still working on every once in a while getting him there in time. Now if we cna get him to flush just once instead of three or four times in a row, it would be great! Also, if we could get them to settle down on the hand washing afterwards that would also be great. I'm all for washng the hands after using the bathroom, but when these two leave the sink it looks like a massive tidal wave has hit the bathroom! As for the whole poop factor, well they aren't painting their bedroom walls with it anymore. Daddy came up with a great idea and it has worked so far. We haven't painted in their room yet. So the other day on the way home from one of Mommy's doctor appointments we stopped at Hobby Lobby and picked up some watercolors and brushes. We've been painting on their walls for about two weeks now and they love it. Emma could spend hours on end painting. Henry likes to supervise and have Mommy or Daddy paint for him. I don't mind because it's one thing I like to do just haven't been able to.

No more highchairs!!! They have graduated to sitting at the "big table"-our dining room table. We've played musical chairs at dinnertime a few times. but otherwise they are doing really well. We've also started working on drinking from big girl and big boy glasses instead of sippy cups. Now if we can get them to stay still and not run around with those cups then life would be great!

Still working on sharing toys and other things and taking turns. Henry is into saying "pretty soon" and "in a minute" when it comes to those two things. Emma has gotten protective of her toys. But so far no one has suffered too much.

As for whining, well...it's still happening and will continue to for a while. Usually all we have to say is, "stop whining or go to your room until your done" or start counting to three, which normally means a spank will follow if they continue.

You'll soon see a post that will say no more toddler beds as well. Toddler beds aren't built to last. And ours have taken several beatings. Ours have a lot of battle scars. So we've started looking around at twin beds. I'll post picks and an update once we get them.

As for our July 4th weekend, well, not how we originally planned. The kids will be wo different places this weekend starting later today. Aunt Amy(Yaya) will be here this afternoon to pick them up for an overnight slumber party at her house with cousin Elysabeth and then tomorrow she'll take them to Nana and Papa's for the rest of the weekend. Why, you ask. My neck/back/shoulder problems are still alive and kicking so I'm going in this afternoon to have an epidural injection and will not be able to do anything for the next few days. Hopefully this works-if not we may be looking at surgery to correct the herniated disk. I still may have to have some surgery anyway on my shoulder, but we are waiting until after this procedure to see if it also takes care of the shoulder problems.

We'll keep you posted. And I'll also post some picks sometime today before all of that, but right now I'm out of time. I hear two little sweet voices so I better go.

More Potty Success!

Well this morning we had another successful trip to the potty chair by Emma. She sat down on one chair and Henry was on the other. I was sitting on the floor in front of them talking to them and suddenly Emma says, "Hey Mom, I tee teed." Then she stood up and took a look. And sure enough-there it was, tee tee in the potty. Yippeee!! So it may be taking a while, but it's happening. We'll keep you posted. I'm just so proud of them!!!

Potty Training

So this officially happened yesterday morning, but I didn't want to take away from our well wishes to Uncle Kevin and cousin Catie on their birthday. So I think I've mentioned that potty training resumed after the holidays. Well we're back at it-wearing pull ups only at nap time and at bedtime for overnight. Otherwise I've got them wearing big boy underwear and big girl panties during the day. They are getting better at telling us when they first feel wet, but we still hadn't made a successful trip to the potty chair, well, that is until yesterday! Henry called me over and said "Mommy I got tee tee." I checked and he was barely wet so I got him to sit down on the potty chair and he "put the tee tee in the potty." Yippeee!!! Emma tried next, but no tee tee for her. We kept trying, but neither one wanted to sit down on the potty chairs. We don't want to push them. Neither one likes to wear diapers now, they prefer underwear and if they can't do underwear pull ups work. So I'm hoping that once it clicks in their heads the rest will come quickly to both.

Other update-had my eye exam today and things look good. The doctor is having me try Acuvue Hydraclear lenses this time and so far, except for getting use to the new prescription, they feel pretty comfortable. I'm also getting new glasses and they should be ready when I go back in for my followup next weekend.

Another update-we also took, Boots(our 1 yr old cat) in for his yearly vaccinations yesterday. So he's good for another year. He's very healthy and the vet tech and vet both LOVED him. And while Mommy was in with the cat; the kids stayed in the front waiting area with Daddy and behaved very well. The office estaff said the kids were great the whole time. We're so proud. They are such good kids:)