Evie has been very curious about the potty recently and wanting to be held sitting on it so we got her one for her very own today. We took her to the store and she selected the 1-2-3 Elmo Potty. It was the only one she couldn't completely disassemble within seconds because the 'catch' basin is under the seat. While it is convenient for that basin to be on top for cleaning, Evie just wanted to rip the seats apart and look inside.
We brought it home and she wanted to sit on it and kept saying poopie, so we sat her on it with no pants on and lo and behold--she peed in it! So yipee for first potty attempt. She still doesn't quite get warning us about getting on the potty before she goes, but we thought that was pretty awesome that she's done her business in it already!
We're not trying to 'train' her too much, just making it available when she asks.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Did someone say busy?
It's that time of year right before school starts when things go from crazy to ultra crazy. I finished my 3 week class at Newark this week. I am teaching the same class one evening a week during fall quarter (assigned to a room with 21 chairs and there are 25 students, and they said it would work?) so we'll see if that makes for a calmer experience.
We have all had a cold this week running from missing a whole to a part day of work which is terrible timing. I think we're mostly recovered from the missed time though.
Evie has a ton of teeth coming in, including several molars. She has one that is sooo swollen and painful looking and has been hovering there in swollen awfulness for weeks but she seems to be taking it like a champ. Fingers crossed that it comes out and makes an appearance soon!
We met with daycare to discuss the bad happenings and got things pretty much worked out there for now. We also met with OSU and talked to the teachers in the actual room Evie would be in and it does make a difference knowing who would be caring for her. Their plan for working with Evie and willingness to jump in with new ideas was really good to see. All things considered, we plan to start her there in two weeks. It was still a hard decision to make, and I hate the idea of Evie not seeing her current friends again (and her 'boyfriends') but I know she won't remember a few months from now. I just hope she has a decent transition because she can definitely be a diva and (don't tell her: brat) when she isn't happy about something. The other nice thing is all the full-time teachers are CPR/1st Aid trained as are most of the teaching assistants and they also do epi pen training with everyone. The ratios are 2 teachers for every ten kids plus they seem to have lots of extra coverage so keeping an eye on meal time will hopefully go ok. OSU also just turned into a nut-free facility, so I know food allergy awareness is at the forefront right now, which is where we need it to be. Too bad you can't make a child care center dairy free, right.
They also do care plans before your child starts which is cool, so we will actually meet and sit down to talk about our expectations and come up with a kind of contract it sounds like. The room seems really diverse and Evie will be one of the younger ones, but I bet she won't be behind with her sassy mouth and motor skills!
Funny Evie moment of the week: at grandma's house, Evie took her doll into the bathroom (toilet seat was down), put the baby on the toilet, said "baby potty" and then tried to flush. Her other funny moment was when she discovered the spots on her chest and started calling them boobies and tried to pull my shirt up for comparison purposes. Kids just don't know about naked time being taboo, do they?
Awesome Evie moment of the week: she said 'I love you' to me on the phone while I was driving home from class. Evie has also started to tell us when she needs her diaper changed so no more parental investigations needed!
Keep your fingers crossed for us in two weeks!
We have all had a cold this week running from missing a whole to a part day of work which is terrible timing. I think we're mostly recovered from the missed time though.
Evie has a ton of teeth coming in, including several molars. She has one that is sooo swollen and painful looking and has been hovering there in swollen awfulness for weeks but she seems to be taking it like a champ. Fingers crossed that it comes out and makes an appearance soon!
We met with daycare to discuss the bad happenings and got things pretty much worked out there for now. We also met with OSU and talked to the teachers in the actual room Evie would be in and it does make a difference knowing who would be caring for her. Their plan for working with Evie and willingness to jump in with new ideas was really good to see. All things considered, we plan to start her there in two weeks. It was still a hard decision to make, and I hate the idea of Evie not seeing her current friends again (and her 'boyfriends') but I know she won't remember a few months from now. I just hope she has a decent transition because she can definitely be a diva and (don't tell her: brat) when she isn't happy about something. The other nice thing is all the full-time teachers are CPR/1st Aid trained as are most of the teaching assistants and they also do epi pen training with everyone. The ratios are 2 teachers for every ten kids plus they seem to have lots of extra coverage so keeping an eye on meal time will hopefully go ok. OSU also just turned into a nut-free facility, so I know food allergy awareness is at the forefront right now, which is where we need it to be. Too bad you can't make a child care center dairy free, right.
They also do care plans before your child starts which is cool, so we will actually meet and sit down to talk about our expectations and come up with a kind of contract it sounds like. The room seems really diverse and Evie will be one of the younger ones, but I bet she won't be behind with her sassy mouth and motor skills!
Funny Evie moment of the week: at grandma's house, Evie took her doll into the bathroom (toilet seat was down), put the baby on the toilet, said "baby potty" and then tried to flush. Her other funny moment was when she discovered the spots on her chest and started calling them boobies and tried to pull my shirt up for comparison purposes. Kids just don't know about naked time being taboo, do they?
Awesome Evie moment of the week: she said 'I love you' to me on the phone while I was driving home from class. Evie has also started to tell us when she needs her diaper changed so no more parental investigations needed!
Keep your fingers crossed for us in two weeks!
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Busy as always
This past week was busy, per usual. Evie seems fully recovered from allergy stuff, daddy had a good birthday and visit from his friend Mike F and the buckeyes won their first game handily while U Mich lost badly! I was also really proud of Evie because she shared her toys well with everyone.
The girls look so cute in their outfits, and now we have a boy in our midst--William Robert who is such a cutie! Congrats again to Mike and Mo--fastest labor with no drugs and still a great big smile on her face--you rock! He is going to be mother-henned to death by the girls, poor kid!
We did a day trip to Indiana to visit family last Sunday. Evie had fun with her cousins and in their pool. Mommy and Evie had to borrow swimsuits for the pool so we look a little silly but she LOVED it. I had to pry her out of there.
Otherwise, I am teaching a class at Newark right now that lasts 3 weeks and we're both working hard before school starts up in 1.5 weeks! After the allergy scares last week I called OSU daycare and asked if we could have that spot we turned down back, and they do have a space for Evie if we want it. We are checking it out on Thursday. I don't want to move her to somewhere that won't be any better than where we are now, and accidents can happen any place, but overall I would feel much better if she is closer to us (OSU is 5 minutes away, instead of 20 like she is now) and closer to a hospital if that should ever be necessary. OSU also requires all staff to complete first aid, which could work in our favor too. I want to check it out first, but if the room they can put her in isn't full of morons, we may go for it.
Evie has something like 5 teeth coming in right now. One of her molars is super swollen and causing her a lot of grief but she is mostly taking it in stride. She has also started telling on herself--when she does something she isn't supposed to do--like stand on a chair or toy, she yells 'sit down' and then laughs and keeps doing it anyway. She is a pip. Obviously, we're working on that.
I also forgot--Evie had a follow-up appointment with her doctor on Thursday. She didn't want to get weighed but since she has also been weighed recently at ER she is somewhere between 23 lbs 8 ounces and 23 lbs 14 ounces. She is a little over 33 inches tall. She's a monster:) Because Evie did indeed have the beginnings of an anaphylactic reaction at daycare, it is extremely unlikely that she will outgrow her milk allergy:(. Good thing she likes soy cheese, milk and yogurt!
The girls look so cute in their outfits, and now we have a boy in our midst--William Robert who is such a cutie! Congrats again to Mike and Mo--fastest labor with no drugs and still a great big smile on her face--you rock! He is going to be mother-henned to death by the girls, poor kid!
We did a day trip to Indiana to visit family last Sunday. Evie had fun with her cousins and in their pool. Mommy and Evie had to borrow swimsuits for the pool so we look a little silly but she LOVED it. I had to pry her out of there.
Otherwise, I am teaching a class at Newark right now that lasts 3 weeks and we're both working hard before school starts up in 1.5 weeks! After the allergy scares last week I called OSU daycare and asked if we could have that spot we turned down back, and they do have a space for Evie if we want it. We are checking it out on Thursday. I don't want to move her to somewhere that won't be any better than where we are now, and accidents can happen any place, but overall I would feel much better if she is closer to us (OSU is 5 minutes away, instead of 20 like she is now) and closer to a hospital if that should ever be necessary. OSU also requires all staff to complete first aid, which could work in our favor too. I want to check it out first, but if the room they can put her in isn't full of morons, we may go for it.Evie has something like 5 teeth coming in right now. One of her molars is super swollen and causing her a lot of grief but she is mostly taking it in stride. She has also started telling on herself--when she does something she isn't supposed to do--like stand on a chair or toy, she yells 'sit down' and then laughs and keeps doing it anyway. She is a pip. Obviously, we're working on that.
I also forgot--Evie had a follow-up appointment with her doctor on Thursday. She didn't want to get weighed but since she has also been weighed recently at ER she is somewhere between 23 lbs 8 ounces and 23 lbs 14 ounces. She is a little over 33 inches tall. She's a monster:) Because Evie did indeed have the beginnings of an anaphylactic reaction at daycare, it is extremely unlikely that she will outgrow her milk allergy:(. Good thing she likes soy cheese, milk and yogurt!
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