Potty 101

On Friday July 5th we started potty training. the little man  Jeremy and I were both off that day, so we went for it.  We tried a three day method, and I have to say it has worked for the most part.  We put him in underwear that morning and haven't looked back since.  We confined ourselves to the house for three days, and I thought Jeremy was going to LOSE it.  He can't stand being stuck in the house, but I didn't mind one bit.  He really has done a pretty good job.  Of course, we still have accidents here and there.  Surprisingly he got the poopy thing down immediately.  However, a couple of weeks ago, P let us know that pooping in your underwear was the "in thing".  It is super frustrating, but I have to keep reminding myself that he is two years old.  I was starting to question whether I started to early or not, but he was ready.  He kept trying to pull his diaper off, and was interested in the potty, so we just went for it, and I am not going back now.

Last week at school, he only had accidents a couple of days and even woke up from his nap dry.  I will take it!!!

For awhile he got a treat every time he went to the potty and then he started to forget about it.  I think I am going to start back up with the treats again to see if that will help with the pooping.  I feel like the only thing I say to him is "tell mommy and daddy if you need to go potty".  One of the problems is that now he loves to watch movies (yeah for him sitting still for awhile), but when watching a movie he literally drifts off into another world, and will sometimes have accidents.

Jeremy made the mistake of saying "thats a big turd" one day, and now Pierson takes pride in looking in the potty and saying "wow...thats a big turd".  Lovely!!  Makes me such a proud proud mother.

Funny story....one day he told me he needed to go potty so off we went.  I told him that his poopy really was stinky.  Well, it turns out that a turd had fallen out of his underwear and I had stepped in it, and didn't even realize for a few secs.  Pierson thought it was funny and for a few days told everyone that "mommy stepped in poo poo".  My lovely husband came in to take a pic of my foot while I was screaming like a little girl...but I won't bother you with that pic. 

Like father, like son...

Is it just my child, or is it normal for one to pick up approximately 15 toys on their way to the potty??

Pierson wore his undies only for the entire weekend.  But, who am I kidding.  Anyone who sees my posts on Facebook, see that my children usually don't have clothes on at home.  Ehh..whatever.  No worries..mommy and daddy do wear clothes at all times!
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 Cute little hiney....

Taking a break from potty training to help give Sissy a breathing treatment. 

or stick legos in her face... Check out that face she is making....  She absolutely LOVES Pierson.  She gets so excited and laughs at him whenever she sees him.  I must admit, that she loves her mama too!

He played outside for a little while.  And yes...we red necked it and he only wore a shirt.  Heck, I didn't want to have to keep changing shorts.  Although he really started to catch on this day.  I believe that daddy and sissy went to church and momma and bubby stayed home. 

 

Mr. Mike, our neighbor taking Pierson on a walk (in his undies) around the cul de sac!

 

When you gotta go, you gotta go..

I'm certain my child will not be happy that I posted these pictures when he gets older.  But, these are the things I want to remember.  At this rate, if I don't write it down or put it on a computer I won't remember it.  Overall, we are so proud of our cute little monkey.  He has done so good.  It is frustrating at times, but i'm glad we went for it!!  We love you turkey!!

Hallie - 6 Months

The princess was six months old on July 23rd...seems like we just brought her home from the hospital.  She is really starting to develop a little personality.  She continues to watch her brother very intently at whatever he is doing, and gets the biggest smiles on her face whenever he talks to her or plays in front of her.  She also usually gets a pretty big grin on her face when we pick her up after a day at work.  He is sweet to her most of the time.  He will give her random hugs, and if he ever makes her upset, he will hug her and say "sawy sissy". 

She is a lot like her brother in the fact that we have to hide the bottle from her while it is warming up, or she will go crazy.  She loves her some milk!!  She continues to do pretty well on baby food.  She has pretty much tried everything there is, and does not enjoy her veggies very much.  Therefore, I am finding ways to sneak them in : )

We had her six month appointment with Dr. Schwartz.  Overall, she is doing good, but he said we need to do breathing treatments on her for awhile.  She was wheezing a little bit while we were there, but he seems to think it is a mild case of asthma.  We shall see!

She was 15 pounds 8 oz (40%), 25inch long (24%), and her head was 16 1/2" (34%).  I am still not used to having a smaller baby..ha.  I looked back at Pierson's stats and he was almost 20 pounds and a little over 27 inches long.  Wonder if she will catch up to him?  Baby girl is still getting breast milk.  Every once in awhile I will put an ounce or two of formula in with her breast milk.  She eats a lot, and for some reason I can't keep up with her, and I am wanting to build my frozen supply back up.  I keep telling myself...six more months and I won't have to carry that dang pump around anymore :).

She is now sitting up on her own and I think she is liking the new view.  She has started to pull up on her hands and knees and rock back and forth, so who knows how long it will be before she is crawling?  

She continues to look JUST LIKE her daddy.  She has his blue eyes, which have not changed.  Some days her hair looks blonde, and other days it looks brown, and it continues to stick straight up towards the top of her head...so funny.  I just pray that she gets thick hair like the rest of us.  

I love the next two pics.  The seat she is sitting in was Pierson's and then we saw on the news that it got recalled the next day.  Awesome!

 

Excuse the hiney...

Typical evening at our house....

Baby girl has really started to get some chunk to her. I bet she has gained two pounds since we went for her six month check up.  She really is a sweet sweet baby most of the time.  There is still no in between being happy or mad...she gets there in about two seconds.  She gets a little frustrated between each bite of food because it just doesn't come fast enough for her liking : )  She still loves her pacifier, but we are trying to give it to her less and less.  Maybe...just maybe I can take it away from her at 10 months like I did her big bubba.  Again...we shall seel.  We love you bunches Hallie Anne!