Here's my big girl reminding me to stop and smell the flowers...again
Thanks for the dress Nanna, it fits perfect!
WARNING!!! This post is scatological!!!!!Above are a few pictures I took of Emrey recently that have nothing to do with this post...but the pictures that go with this post are not really blog appropriate! So, a couple weeks ago, I wrote a post stating that we were doing potty boot camp with Emrey and how successful it had been! Well, since then, there have been some highs and lows as we entered the "maintenance phase". After the intense weekend of boot camp, we had to re-enter the world of reality with Emrey (aka, leave the house, and do activities other than running around naked, watching movies and eating treats). This also meant dropping Emrey off twice a week at her mothers day out program, where she is one of 11 toddlers in a classroom. Her teachers were great in saying they would do what they could to remind her and take her to the potty with the other kids who are potty trained and we would see how it went. Well, lets just say, that it didn't go so well! She had lots of accidents, which I know is to be expected at the beginning, but unfortunately, when she pees on the floor and there are 10 other toddlers running around, it becomes a sanitary/safety issue! So, no more big girl pants at school, but rather pull-ups (glorified diapers, that cost more, but have cool pictures on them...and kids can
supposedly pull them up and down on their own)
At home, Emrey is doing excellent! I am so proud of her, she is running to the potty all on her own and actually doing what she needs to about 90% of the time! We have definitely had some accidents here, mostly with #2, which I don't think she's really comfortable with yet, but overall, she is doing great! I never thought I would be jumping up and down, texting Ellis pictures of "stuff" in a potty, and that this would be the highlight of my day, but it is! We usually bring Emrey's little potty with us when we're out and about, as she's not too comfortable sitting on the big one's yet. The other night we were driving and from the back seat she said "pee-pees", so Ellis pulled over, we put her on the potty and low and behold....she peed!
Emrey is very proud of herself and gets very excited when she is able to be successful in this task. One problem we've run into is that she gets so excited that she often jumps up before she is done! Also, since Halloween, she began requesting lollipops as a treat after doing her business in the potty! Well, she was so proud of herself and I was so excited that we started giving her a lollipop every time she went, since we had some many around! somehow, we need to find another item that is just as motivating, so that Emrey doesn't lose all her teeth in the process of getting potty trained!
She is a little parrot these days and repeats most of what she hears us say. There are a few cute phrases that she has started repeating and saying on her own due to the whole potty training process. One day, she had an accident, but she had tried to tell me that she needed to go, we just couldn't get there in time. So, as I was cleaning her up I said "
oh Honey" that's okay, you tried...ever since then, I know whenever she's had an accident because she says "
oh honey"with this empathetic, pained look on her face. She has also started saying, "
lets check it out", after hearing me say this, in regard to whether her pants are dry or not :)
Welcome Eli Taylor King!! We are so proud to be parents of a healthy 7lb 10oz baby boy! He was born at 7:03pm on November 22nd, weighing in at 7lbs 10oz. So far it looks like Eli has darker hair than Emrey and Brown eyes -- much more like momma than Emrey got! He's been eating and sleeping really well so far, but his face got a little bruised up during delivery -- kind of like a rugger leaving the pitch!
