Another Milestone

We had another milestone on the potty training journey today. Erynn walked by me and went to the potty without telling me. Most of the time she will run by and say that she has to potty and want you to help her. Today she just went and took off her underwear and did it by herself. We are doing better. One day we will be pull up free and save $20 a week on that expense. My little girl is growing up.

Potty Training - It May Actually Be Taking

We had a party yesterday when we were told that Erynn was wearing the same pullup that she went to school in. For those of you who have not gone through this, what this means is that Erynn went to the potty when she needed to and did not wet in her pull up. We showered her with praise and she was so excited that we were that happy. Here's hoping that this will continue. However, tomorrow she starts in a new classroom (K3C) which means she will probably have a setback in that area as well as in the area of letting us drop her off without tears. This will be the 4th room in 13 months but this room is very nice and has all of her friends from her prior class plus the one before in it so maybe she will do ok. At least when she gets to regular school she will only be changing rooms once a year. She will be a pro at going into new classrooms by then.

Potty Training

Frustrated is not really the term I would use for Erynn learning to potty but it is the best I can come up with without resorting to foul language. She will be 3 years old in a couple of months and you start to worry that she will be wearing pull ups in 1st grade. The real worry not being her age then but that pull ups just don't come in sizes larger than she is wearing now. However, today has been a very good day. Every time (and that has been 5 times) that she had to go today she actually realized that she had to. She told us and she went to the potty and did not once wet on herself. This is truly amazing considering that her Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle John all visited with her today so the distractions were endless and should have made her pay no attention to needing to potty. Maybe finally she has figured it all out. Of course, I will not get excited over one day but it was very nice. I keep telling myself that like the sleeping, one day we will look back and not even remember the no potty days. My little girl is growing up and I am happy for her!

Noggin

I am starting to feel like my TV existence will be Noggin forever. That is almost all that we ever watch because of Erynn. I know way too much about Wubbzy, Dora, Kailan and Yo Gabba Gabba. I have actually bought Backyardigans DVDs just because I wanted to see them. Three years ago I did not know what these things were and was still blissfully happy. When they say children change everything they were not kidding. I have to record anything that I want to watch on the DVR and watch it late at night or early in the morning. Understand that I am not complaining because at least no one is killed or injured severely on Noggin. Everyone helps each other and shares their emotions. Maybe we all need to watch more Noggin!

Mind Over Matter

It really does seem like I have been sick all summer. One thing leads to another and then another. The medicine the dr gave me the other day made me break out in a rash, so we had to change it to something else. I am tired of taking medication and still not feeling better. I have read many books on how to mentally keep yourself well and I have tried to follow them but it is hard when your body wants to fight you. Anyway, I got up today and made myself do some things so I could get my mind off of being sick and it seemed to help. I can't really be sick with a 2 year old in the house as she does want my attention. Some days I just would like to have some time alone to just veg and not worry about anyone else but myself. But that is selfish and unmommylike so I will just dream and get better! Enough whining for the day!