I think I bought our first potty a year ago and have slowly been encouraging Peanut to use it. She started off pretty good and then lost all interest. After I became pregnant potty training was one of my goals before the baby arrived, along with moving to a big girl bed and getting rid of the binky. As the pregnancy flew by I realized that these were pretty lofty goals and that I should probably just settle for one of them. :) Three weeks ago we took on the big girl bed and have had a success. One down, two to go!
Lately she's been showing a lot more interest in the potty. Particularly when we're at one of the grandparents. Which is great, but then once we get home it fades. Well that's all changed. She's been doing very well without any "training." She goes pee pee several times a day and yesterday she went poopy in the potty!!! I was floored!! And to top it off, tonight she went again! I'm pretty proud of her and amazed that she's doing it all without my pushing. Now she definitely doesn't stay dry all day or anything, but I think she's doing great. And since I'm pretty sure she'll regress when the baby arrives, I'm just fine with how things are going. :)
And for those of you wondering if the binky is gone, that's a big fat no. I'm pretty sure she'll need that comfort item when the baby arrives and 2 out of 3 ain't bad!
I knew I probably wouldn't be as communicative about this second pregnancy, but seriously, I had no idea how UN-communicative I would be!! I am making a pledge to not be the same when it comes to his pictures. :)
Today I am 35 weeks and I am ready to not be pregnant anymore. Am I ready for a newborn? No. But I would like to be able to lay down or even walk in comfort. We had a little scare this week, I woke up with some spotting on Wednesday. I was pretty sure everything was okay and knew the baby would most likely be fine if born that day, but it sure was an eye opener that we have a lot do still!! Everything is fine and the baby appears to be staying put for now. My c-section is now scheduled for February 21st. It was supposed to be the 20th but the OR was already booked with 3 scheduled that day so my doctor graciously offered a Saturday. Although, he doesn't think I'll go that long. My blood pressure has been elevated but had come down a little on Wednesday. I've been going weekly for the last couple of weeks and will continue through the duration. I had an ultrasound on Wednesday as well. They were already going to do one but the spotting made it a necessity. The little booger still won't show his face so I don't have a cool 3D pic of him. Apparently he's a superstar already and is waiting to show his face at his debut! They said he looks to be about 4 lbs 14oz right now. He'll probably gain 1-2 lbs if he stays in 4 more weeks, looks like I make small babies!! I'm hoping to make it to the 21st, but it's a wait and see. I didn't have to go into labor the first time so I'm not looking forward to that happening this time! At this point I'm going every Wed so stay tuned for updates..I'll really try and be better. :)
Peanut talks about baby brother every day. Wondering if he's here yet, giving my belly kisses. She has a little baby doll she got for Christmas that's all in blue and she calls it her baby brother. Hopefully she'll be this loving when the real one arrives. We've been dealing with some real Mommy attachment lately. She's always been a Mommy's girl, but the last couple of weeks its become crazy. Franklin and I are taking turns putting her to bed and she cries and cries for me. They both stick it out and it works out fine, but it's hard.
She's been in a big girl bed now for 3 weeks on Saturday. It's been a little challenging but does seem to be getting a little easier. We've put a gate at her door, that helped a lot!! At least with naptime when it takes her longer to get settled I know she's IN her room. And I'm happy with having quiet time in her room if she's not going to sleep, Mommy needs alone time!! And the gate has also stopped the late night visits to our room. Occasionally she'll wake up but not nearly as often as she was. I think knowing she can't come to our room helps. Although it was easier in the morning to just have her crawl in bed with me. :) Oh well, I won't be sleeping in much longer anyhow!!
That's pretty much our life right now. This weekend will be spent finishing organizing the baby's room and doing some cleaning.
I haven't posted in a little while, I'm really going to try and be better. I mean my friend Barb has a week old baby and 2 year old twins and is still blogging every day! What's my problem???
Anyhow, I'm trying to make the blog prettier so bear with me while I get things figured out. :)
Peanut had a fever off and on for a day or so and I thought it was just her 2-year molars coming in. But last night she told Franklin that it hurt when she peed. So I called the doctor and they said that she should be seen but it could wait till the next day unless her temp got over 103. She wanted to go to bed at 6:50pm, but I made her wait a little while and I took her temp right before I put her to bed. It hadn't beeped yet, but I stopped when it reached 103.2. So we packed up and headed to Urgent Care. Her fever was 103.6 and we were all pretty sure it was a bladder infection or a UTI. Going to the doctor is not pleasant for regular check ups so I knew this would be fun. One of the hardest things was checking her oxygen level!! Anyhow, getting a urine sample proved to be quite difficult. We gave her lots of things to drink (when she would drink them) and she got a popsicle but didn't like having the little bag stuck to her. So after waiting over an hour with nothing they did a catheter. :( It wasn't fun but at least they got the sample. In the end her urine came back fine, but the doctor said her throat and tonsils were inflamed so he was leaning towards a throat infection. That was just great seeing as Franklin and I both drank after her all night convinced it was a UTI!! So, she's on antibiotics now and is sleeping a lot but definitely on the mend. And now Franklin and I are crossing our fingers we don't get sick.
Tonight we're ringing in the new year with board games and margaritas. I'll be having a nada-rita. Not as fun but hopefully it'll make me feel like I'm having fun! I hope everyone has a very Happy New Year!!!
Today during lunch Peanut told me she wasn't feeling well, she said she hurt in her tummy. This isn't that unusual, since I've not been feeling well the last 7 months, she occasionally (or once a day) says the same thing. But then she tells me why her tummy is hurting. Its the baby in her belly! She says she's okay but wants the doctor to give her a belly check. LOL
I've told her a couple of times there was a baby in my belly but she never seemed to remember or care. She likes to look at my belly button all the time, but that's it. I guess she DOES listen!!
When we moved to Ohio I fell in love with our town. I thought it was small enough to provide the friendliness but still had several amenities necessary aka Target. I thought for sure as I started meeting neighbors and such I would see them whenever we dined out. Not that there's only one restaurant in town, there are several, but I thought surely I would see SOMEONE I know because the town is smaller than what I was used to. Well, that never happened. Ever. Not in the three years we've lived here! Until last night. :) We went to Applebee's for a fundraiser for my MOMS Club and there were several tables filled with people I knew!! Now granted, I knew there would be people there I knew, but it was still very exciting. It was almost like walking into Cheers and them saying "Norm!" No one shouted my name, but still. It only took three years, but finally my small town dream came true. :)
I think there needs to be a class for parenting with imaginary friends. No, seriously. I thought I would be good with it, I myself had an imaginary husband, George, for awhile along with 10 imaginary children. So therefore I was fully prepared for my child to have one or many friends. What I didn't expect was that I would always be wrong about them. Wrong about where they are, what they're doing, if they're eating, etc. And the friend changes daily. It's usually Tooth Fairy or Tika, her "cousin", but there have been others. Fortunately, Peanut and her "friends" are forgiving when I mess things up.
I guess the lesson learned is...even when your child is 2, you can always be wrong. It's going to be a long life.
I just wanted to take a minute to apologize to all of my friends. I've been a horrible friend these last few weeks, maybe months. This time of year should be a happy time but being away from everyone makes it a little less enjoyable. And you would think things would be better if I talked to or emailed my friends, but honestly, it makes it hurt more. And with the economy being crappy and not working, not having money and having to spend what I do have on presents for others, it seems to have made me a little bit of a scrooge.
So I'm sorry. I'm sorry to those of you who I haven't called back. I'm sorry to those of you I have talked to on the phone and may have seemed disinterested. And I'm sorry to those I haven't even emailed. Maybe its the holidays, maybe its the hormones, but there's really no excuse. I promise to try and be a better friend soon, if not at least in the new year. :)
So last night was kind of a rough night. I have about a 2 min window at night to eat when I start to feel hungry. I almost always try and fall asleep quickly so that I don't have to but inevitably get nauseated and am forced to eat. Last night was particularly rough and involved Franklin making a PB&J, getting sprite and crackers, and staying up with me till midnight.
When I was pregnant with Peanut he never had to go anywhere on a craving run. I only asked him to once and he denied me. Yes, I know, that was awful and he was punished. :) But it wasn't that big of a craving. For this pregnancy it's been six months with no cravings at all. It's weird and disappointing. Well, tonight it changed a little. When thinking about what I was going to eat before I go to bed (to avoid the late night sickness) I decided I wanted Cap'n Crunch. Did we have that in our pantry? No. So as I type Franklin is out in the cold, snowy weather going to the grocery store to get me cereal. :)
Thank you Franklin!! I love you so much!! And kangaroo thanks you too!!
Peanut and I just got home from getting our flu shots. I was dreading the appointment all day. Not only because she was getting a shot but also because I was going to have to wake her up from her nap to leave! Well the waking up part went smoothly and even though we were running a couple of minutes late, the snow didn't help, we made it to the doctor's office only 6 minutes late. And we were back in our car 15 minutes later!! I couldn't believe it! By far the quickest trip I've ever had to the pediatrician's office. My shot was the least painful I've ever had in my life. Then came Peanut's. I thought it would make things easier if she saw me go first. I think it may have, but just barely. They gave her her shot, she cried and then got a sucker. She was done crying before we even left the office and was thrilled to play with the snow on the bushes on the way to the car. Occasionally on the slow, snowy way home she would say "Something made me cry" and I would tell her it was the shot and then she would say "the sucker make me feel better!"
So all in all, a pretty easy experience. Let's just cross our fingers neither one of us has any side effects from the shots!
Today I saw something (in person) that I didn't think I would see ever again...gas for $1.99/gallon!!! I know! I had seen some reports on TV about it being even cheaper in another city about 40 min away, but not here, not in good old Medina. But there it was. And I found myself thinking, I should get gas, but at the same time, I thought, its probably going to be cheaper in a day or two. Hopefully anyway. Plus I have gas rewards at another station that will allow me to get $.60 off a gallon. So potentially, I could fill up for $1.39/gallon. I can't even remember the last time that happened!!!
Here's hoping gas prices are going down wherever you are as well!!
