...adeline without pull-ups day. i am making a transition from pull-ups throughout the day & diapers during naps & bedtime to underwear only during the day (at home) & pull-ups during naps & diapers at bedtime. she has always had the option to wear underwear during the day & her naps. sometimes she chooses to wear undies, other times a pull up & even worse, a diaper. so now, diapers are only for bedtime...pull ups are for naps & when we go out (for now, soon pull ups will only be nap times) & undies when awake.
i am ready, she is ready. it's time! she has only gone poop in the potty once, when i wasn't home (for all long time blog readers, you may remember that as the night i fled out of here like a bat out of hell & went to the library & adeline thanks me for abandonment by pooping in the potty for daddy). so the pooping will be much more difficult to accomplish..but...it's time!
already this morning she has thrown one great tantrum about saying bye bye to pull ups & hello to undies. this tantrum lasted only 20 minutes though & entailed her following me around screaming & crying & yelling out for 'DAAAADDDDDYYYYYYY' to which i responded 'daddy wants you to go pee & poop on the potty aslo'. then we sat on the potty & didn't go. 2 minutes later, as i started typing this post, she proudly brought in a kid potty bowl with pee in it. she was so proud, so so so proud.
another thing that has been plaguing me: reading adeline's milestone email that i get from babycenter.com. nearly every single one is about what the preschoolers are saying to us & questions they are asking. you know, it revolves around talking. every time i would open it & start reading, tears would well up...& this was before we knew of the hearing loss. & now i feel even more sad about it. it's just hard to find out this problem has been going on & we haven't realized it. i used to get a bit mad about these emails b/c it focuses so much on what the normal & early ranges of talking are & don't say anything about kids who talk late...i don't know, this has just hit wes & i hard.
on a good note: this is the shirt adeline squeezed herself into:
it was from my cousin & is sadly now too small for her & was sitting on top of the pile of too small clothes that i have yet to take into the basement & put into their respective size bins (for amelia to wear in a year or two). it says "does this diaper make my butt look big?" & is very appropriate for her good bye to diapers & pull ups during the day. adeline has mastered irony already; her grammar & vocab loving-aunt kristi would be proud. & me too, of course.
i am ready, she is ready. it's time! she has only gone poop in the potty once, when i wasn't home (for all long time blog readers, you may remember that as the night i fled out of here like a bat out of hell & went to the library & adeline thanks me for abandonment by pooping in the potty for daddy). so the pooping will be much more difficult to accomplish..but...it's time!
already this morning she has thrown one great tantrum about saying bye bye to pull ups & hello to undies. this tantrum lasted only 20 minutes though & entailed her following me around screaming & crying & yelling out for 'DAAAADDDDDYYYYYYY' to which i responded 'daddy wants you to go pee & poop on the potty aslo'. then we sat on the potty & didn't go. 2 minutes later, as i started typing this post, she proudly brought in a kid potty bowl with pee in it. she was so proud, so so so proud.
another thing that has been plaguing me: reading adeline's milestone email that i get from babycenter.com. nearly every single one is about what the preschoolers are saying to us & questions they are asking. you know, it revolves around talking. every time i would open it & start reading, tears would well up...& this was before we knew of the hearing loss. & now i feel even more sad about it. it's just hard to find out this problem has been going on & we haven't realized it. i used to get a bit mad about these emails b/c it focuses so much on what the normal & early ranges of talking are & don't say anything about kids who talk late...i don't know, this has just hit wes & i hard.
on a good note: this is the shirt adeline squeezed herself into:
it was from my cousin & is sadly now too small for her & was sitting on top of the pile of too small clothes that i have yet to take into the basement & put into their respective size bins (for amelia to wear in a year or two). it says "does this diaper make my butt look big?" & is very appropriate for her good bye to diapers & pull ups during the day. adeline has mastered irony already; her grammar & vocab loving-aunt kristi would be proud. & me too, of course.
I'm sorry to hear about Addie's hearing loss. I guess the good thing is knowing that's what is holding her back from talking, right? When do you find out what steps to take next?
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