Match Day

Well, we will be spending the next 3 years in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Erik is very excited about the program there and so I am too. Not excited about the winters but we'll try to make the best of it!

Congrats to all our fellow 4th years at DMU :)

Potty Update and Sarah's sayings and stats

She actually pooped on the potty just a few hours after my post. Yay! I never thought I would be so excited to have my child poop. It was stressing me out! Since she's been watching Cinderella A TON (we've been on house arrest since Monday), she wants to wear a dress all of the time. I didn't want her ruining her church dress and Wal-Mart has them for sale for $6 and they are super cute. I had been telling her all week as soon as she pooped on the potty we could go to the store together and she could pick out a dress. So you better believe we went as soon as we could after she went. It was so cute how excited she was. She already has great bladder control/capacity and stayed dry during our outing. She only goes every 3-4 hours. I decided that I am not doing pull ups at all. They're way expensive and I feel like it'd only prolong her being fully trained. We do a diaper for naps and at bedtime but she stayed completely dry during her nap today. So, I'm happy to report that she has had no accidents yesterday or today. It's going much better than I thought. I didn't even bother reading any books because Reagan is such a unique child, I figured I just had to go with my instincts on what was going to work. I know we still have a long ways to go, seeing as she hasn't told me when she needs to go. I just put her on the potty if she's dancing around like she needs to go or if it has been awhile since she last went. Anyways, just rambling but I'm thrilled with her progress! Thanks again everyone for your advice :)

I've been feeling awful on how I've neglected my 2nd child a little bit more while immersing myself in this potty training business. She has surprisingly done very well, the little sweetie :) I took her in 2 months late for her 1 year well child visit. She was 31 inches long (I think?) which was the 80th percentile and 23 lbs. 12 oz. which was the 75th percentile. She has the biggest little gut ever (if that makes any sense). It is so stinkin cute! Here's a list of some of the words she is saying:
Mommy
Dadda
Bye bye
Hi
Lovey (her blankie)
binky (bee dee)
what's that?
flower
moo
bottle (ba ba)
thank you (day doo)- my favorite!
Uh oh
Owie (when she gets hurt)

I'm thinking Reagan had more of a vocabulary at this age and I blame myself. It's harder for me to find uninterrupted time because Reagan requires a lot of attention and is very jealous of Sarah. It really is sad how much they don't get along.

Anyways, back to Sarah. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She says a slew of other things that are completely unintelligible. Oh what I would give to know what she means. She truly is animated and expressive. What a fun personality she has :)

So Frazzled...4th day of potty training. Help!

So I'm on the 4th day of potty training Reagan. Wow is this tough stuff! The first two days were pretty rough. She pooped in her underwear the first day but hasn't pooped since. We're going on three days here. Any suggestions?!?! I know this is a common problem when potty training but I'm desperate here. I know the longer she keeps it in, the more it is going to hurt when it does come. Which isn't going to help my plan, you know? She's peeing on the potty pretty good I guess. She never actually says "mommy, I need to go pee pee." I just put her on there now and then but for the last two days, she hasn't full out peed in her panties. Anyways, I could really use some tips or suggestions if any of you have run into a similar problem. Thanks! Oh and some prayers wouldn't hurt ;)