Take 2 is a huge consignment sale around our area. They have a sale every spring and fall and I have been lucky to find a lot of great things. I decided we needed some "boy" books so Klayton doesn't have to listen to Cindarella and Sleeping Beauty all the time. I found a Bob the Builder book with a toy screw driver that "fixes" things on each page. Klayton takes that screw driver everywhere except I put the kabosh on taking it to bed. I am afraid it will cause an injury I guess... But, it has basically become his "lovey". He is funny.
Klayton is still a pretty big mama's boy and loves to cuddle. I am taking advantage of his cuddly nature while I still can.
On to the next subject - Hailey and Brynn are big girls now! They are done with diapers. Woohoo!!! We had a couple weeks at the beginning of October without many plans so we decided that was the time. I read about a 3 day training method so that is what we tried. Overall the girls have both done great. I will say those three days were likely the hardest three days of parenting besides our time in the hospital. Wow. It is not easy to manage two kids learning the potty and having an 11 month old to keep track of as well. My patience was pushed to the absolute limit on several occasions. Okay, it was pushed to the limit for 72 hours in a row! There was even an emergency call to Jason at work the 2nd day and I told him I NEEDED him to come home and either take the girls or take the baby. He did, and life was better.
Klayton learned how to open all of our kitchen cupboards, he found the trash/recycling under the sink, and found my pitchers and thought those would be a great toy all while Hailey and Brynn were in and out of the bathroom. Yes, I was trained for the first three days...rushing to the potty every time a little girl said, "I have to go!". We are still pretty quick to get to the bathroom when nature calls. However, yesterday we went to the pumpkin ranch with some friends and then hit Chick-fil-a in the mall (they have the best fast food customer service by the way - they carry my tray and get all my napkins/straws/etc. for me. I guess they see all the children and figure I need some help!) and then hit the play place. Hailey does not like to go in any bathroom except the ones at home and church. She held it for SEVEN HOURS. Yes, seven. I understood that she did not want to use the porta potty at the pumpkin ranch since she is very particular about the cleanliness of the toilet she uses. As soon as we got to the pumpkin ranch she said she had to go but she then refused at the porta potty. I thought for sure we were going to have an accident. But, we did our normal thing (I still bring extra clothes along just in case) and no accidents. Then we headed to the mall for supper and we headed straight for the bathrooms. We tried the family restrooms as well as the women's restrooms SEVERAL times when Hailey said she had to go. Hailey still refused to go. The kids played in the play place at the mall....no accidents! We got in the van to head home and about 10 minutes out Hailey says in a bit of a desperate, I can't hold it any longer voice, "I have to go!". Luckily she held it until we got home. She ran inside and got to go in her own bathroom. I now know she has a large bladder but I also don't want to count on that. We will have to figure out how to get her comfortable in public restrooms. Any "been there done that" advice would be welcome. Brynn will go anywhere which is great!
I am also looking for advice on night training. Brynn wet the bed the first night (we are completely diaper free, no pull-ups, just panties) and then the girls did about 10 nights without accidents so I thought we had that part down. Now each girl has had a few accidents during the night the past week. We haven't changed anything with amount of liquid consumption before bed and I am not sure why they are having accidents. During the first stretch of dry nights they would wake up during the night to go to the bathroom so we know they can do it. When they wet the bed they have to change all of their own sheets and bring them downstairs to the washer to make it very inconvenient to go in the middle of the night. We are hoping for dry nights again soon since we know the control is there and the girls are making a conscious decision to stay in bed instead of get up to go. So, that is a bit frustrating too. But, like I said, we are pretty happy with their progress and they are very proud of themselves which is great. Just one more step towards independence!
Hailey and Brynn like to feed Klayton. I needed their help during potty training or poor Klayton would never have gotten to finish his yogurt!
Klayton figured out how to clap this month and he did a great job clapping for Hailey and Brynn during potty training!
Attempt at a posed picture. Two big girls!!
Brynn being silly outside.
Hailey and the pumpkin she picked.
Klayton and his cart.
Our entourage. The girls have developed an extreme fear of dogs. It all started when we were on a walk (usually Hailey and Brynn will walk and Klayton will be in the stoller) and there were three dogs behind a fence. They were barking obnoxiously and I reassured the girls that they were safe because the dogs were behind the fence. The girls were getting more and more petrified as I spoke and I didn't understand why until they pointed and I saw two stray dogs running at us. They were not on leashes and there was no owner in sight. The dogs got right up to the girls and were nipping at their ankles. Luckily no bites because my maternal instincts kicked in and I swooped up the girls and yelled at the dogs and a neighbor heard all of the commotion outside and came to help pull the dogs away from us. She had no idea who the dogs belonged to but I was thankful for her help. Anyway, now the girls will hear a bark and they freeze and start screaming and literally shaking. I feel so bad for them because I don't know how to undo this fear. They won't even walk on the sidewalk on streets they know have dogs. It is bad. My sister-in-law has a dog and she watched the kids for me while I had a dentist appt. The girls used to go here for daycare so they are very familiar with her dog (Dexter). Unfortunately they think all dogs are evil now and cried most of the time they were at her house. So...my dear friends with dogs...please always keep them on a leash so you don't give your animals an opportunity to instill fear in other people's children. Again, I would love any advice on how to help my girls over this fear. For now, they are usually back in the stroller for walks and they will still cry if they hear/see a dog but they at least feel like the stroller is a safe place so that is what we do. I can't refrain from walks on these gorgeous fall days!
It was cold enough this week (low of 29 degrees!) that we turned the heat on. We have a drawer of sweaters the girls have been begging to wear and of course, Hailey picked the snowman sweater. Life doesn't get much better than hot chocolate with marshmallows and coloring on a cold morning!
We also made homeade apple sauce in the crockpot this week. Yummy!!! (And thanks Mom, for letting us borrow your apple peeler/corer/slicer!) Brynn loved to eat the peels...silly girl. Let nothing go to waste I guess!
And Klayton is getting a longer reach each day. The edge of the table isn't even a safe place for things. I am still getting used to how far he can reach as I left a bowl of ice cream on the table. Yep- he got it. Ice cream all over the recliner and his jammies and the carpet. Awesome.
So, that is all for now. Hope all of you are enjoying fall!
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