The Big Girl is in the house!
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kcobwebI have a Big Girl here, did I tell you? After months of discussion, recitation of key bits of the video Potty Power (on her part), realizing that some of her cool friends were doing it (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rivka, your Alex's visit was timed very well), etc. etc., Elena has voluntarily peed in her potty several times. Even without prompting, today!! We are by no means out of the woods, but I can tell that there is a path, and we'll get there.
Also, she has a Big Girl Bed!! Mattress and box spring on the floor - just the perfect height for her to climb up on. She slept in it 2 nights now (and one nap - working on Nap #2 as we speak), and it's been fine. No problem. She's still so excited about it that every time we walk into her room, she yells "I have a Big Girl Bed!"
I've started putting her hair in a single ponytail on the back of her head - she requests it as her "special new hairstyle", and it makes her look older (and her hair look like 8 feet longer).
All her peers are starting to turn 3 years old. Wow.
And she'll come out with the most interesting things to say. She saw some rope in the garage, and started talking about jump-rope. Where'd she get that from? (It occurs to me now, while typing, that Sesame Street has shown jump-rope snippets a time or two. That must be it.)
..... So, what should I make for dinner tonight? Mushroom barley soup, or this?
ETA:galagan voted for the soup, and his is the vote that really counts, so I guess we'll have nummy tofu-and-brussels-sprouts tomorrow.
rivka, Also, she has a Big Girl Bed!! Mattress and box spring on the floor - just the perfect height for her to climb up on. She slept in it 2 nights now (and one nap - working on Nap #2 as we speak), and it's been fine. No problem. She's still so excited about it that every time we walk into her room, she yells "I have a Big Girl Bed!"
I've started putting her hair in a single ponytail on the back of her head - she requests it as her "special new hairstyle", and it makes her look older (and her hair look like 8 feet longer).
All her peers are starting to turn 3 years old. Wow.
And she'll come out with the most interesting things to say. She saw some rope in the garage, and started talking about jump-rope. Where'd she get that from? (It occurs to me now, while typing, that Sesame Street has shown jump-rope snippets a time or two. That must be it.)
..... So, what should I make for dinner tonight? Mushroom barley soup, or this?
ETA:
galagan voted for the soup, and his is the vote that really counts, so I guess we'll have nummy tofu-and-brussels-sprouts tomorrow.
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Date: 2008-01-29 10:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-29 10:07 pm (UTC)Hmmm. You do that, and you are.... *quick math* ...more than 11 times older than her. So that might not be a function of age.
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Date: 2008-01-29 10:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-30 12:20 am (UTC)We've found a sticker chart (one sticker for each successful potty usage) and a small reward for each success (we've used M&Ms, but it doesn't have to be food, natch) helped a whole lot to get Cassie out of dipes. We're still working on consistent #2, but it's undies all the time now!