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| The way she finally passes out at night lol |
For the 4th night in a row the baby has woken me more than once a night again, like when she was a newborn. Then right after she goes back to sleep, Ella decides its time to get up. Even though the sun isnt even up and her room is still pitch black. She even has black out panels on the windows to keep the light out. Julia has some too, but hers are the Target brand and let much more light in than Ella's. Because its not even 6 am yet and Ella has woken up Madisen, as well as myself and Julia, the whole house is up. Are you kidding me?? Its waaaaaaay to early to start the day. Its not like everyone is up and relaxing and i can just sit on the couch and watch tv or anything. As everyone creeps out of their rooms, i have to remind them to go to the bathroom. You would think a mother wouldnt have to remind her 4 and 6 year old to go pee right after they get up in the morning. But i do. Otherwise they both hold it until as long as possible and then they fight over who gets to go first when its a matter of seconds before someone pees their pants. Which hasnt happend yet, or at least in a very long time. But the fighting is the wrong way to start the day. Especially when i've gotten little sleep. Puts me in a bad mood! Time to feed the baby. In the 10 min. it takes to feed her, i will be asked about breakfast at least 3 times. Ella will say she is "hungey" and start pulling on her high chair. That reminds me, she needs to start transitioning out of that because i need it for Aubrey soon. Anyways, feed the baby, put her down somewhere, or hold her and make the other girls food with one hand. I've gotten pretty skilled at making things with one hand these days. :) Serve the girls their breakfast while i usually dont have a chance to eat mine, or im standing and taking bites as i run around the kitchen. Emptying the dishwasher from last nights dinner dishes so it can be stuffed full a few more times through out the day. Sometimes i really think about just using paper plates, sure would make clean up a lot easier!
I knew that potty training Ella would take, patience, time and consistency as when you're potty training any child. She reminds me of Julia in many ways and Julia was by far my most stubborn child when it came to potty training. I would have started 2 months ago, like i normally do, when they are 18 months old. But as most of you know, i kinda had A LOT going on :) Now dont get me wrong, she is being stubborn, but not as bad as i thought. I've had her pullups the last couple weeks. Yesterday i decided to just go all in and put her in undies. Sure doesnt make my day any less stressful or easy. I thought i could do the once an hour potty time, but i have to work up to that. This girls pees all the time!! I take her every 30 min. and she still has a few accidents a day. Oh well, we will get there. This is my first kid to potty train. Or even my 4th or 5th. I used to do it for a living when i was a early preschool teacher at Kindercare for the 2-3 year old room. I always had a class of ten, 2 year olds by myself. They had to be potty trained and turn 3 to go into the preschool room. My turn over rate was pretty fast cause i would have them potty trained pretty quickly. I would get on average a new set of 10 kids every few months. So just estimating, i've potty trained about 60 kids. Well more like 65 kids including the ones i've nannied and my own. Not counting Ella or Aubrey yet :)... Goodness thats a lot of kids. Surely i was not paid enough! lol The ones in the daycare i had fully trained by 2.5, they werent coming to my room until sometime after their 2nd birthday. The ones i nannied and my own have all been fully trained by their 2nd birthday. I've learned very specific ways of potty training all types of kids. Some work best with rewards, like M&M's, others do just fine with stickers, a sticker chart, or nothing but praise and a hive five. Just depends on the kid :) Consistency is definitely the main focus for me. Once i start them in undies, theres no going back, or they will not potty train as quickly. Of course i still use pull-ups for nap and overnight. At least for now, and until they start to be dry, i will continue to use them. Also, in this early stage of training, i will still put a pull-up on when i leave the house. At least until she starts to hold it for a couple hours at a time. Even with all my training, it is still HARD. And requires a lot of hard work on my part. And it sucks! Not having enough sleep, being grumpy, and trying to keep calm isnt easy. I still havent had my coffee!
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| Madie reading |
Ok, enough about potty training. Im so proud of my 4 year old daughter, Madisen. Who is now reading! She literally can read almost every word in the book "Green Eggs and Ham". I have a video of it that i would post here, except for some reason the add video part of this blog isnt working. So a picture will have to do. She amazes me!! All my mommy hard work is paying off :)
On a side note..i have a killer headache today :/ Bleh. And still need to give Julia and Madisen a shower. I cant wait until they are able to do that themselves!
A couple baby pictures to leave you smiling :)
Until Next time...
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