Lately Kate has been learning at warp speeds. I don't know how to handle it! The other day (like 2 weeks ago) she started insisting that she sit on the potty...all.the.time. It was actually just purely annoying. So I thought, "Can't beat 'em? Join 'em." So, we taught her to go potty while she sat on the toilet. And...here we are 2 weeks later, after having BARELY potty trained (mostly she's just taught herself) and she's dry all day. She only uses a diaper at naps and night. I'm impressed. I'm relieved...I mean, how easy was that? I remember saying that about Kaden... I firmly believe in the "they'll let you know when they're ready" thing.
Some new words in the last month:
cheese- EEESE
Please- EESHZE
My Turn- Dah Doo (while patting her chest with her hand)
Meh Meh - No NO (While pointing to her diaper... sometimes it comes out Mo Mo)
Dog - Daahh
Dad - Dada
Kaden: Day doo
She also has started to make a dog sound, duck sound, and a few more animal sounds. She's quite fond of all D words.
It's so crazy to talk about my almost 2 year old this way. So crazy different. She is soooo smart just like her brother, but they are totally different in how they display their brilliance. She just knows how to do things. No explanation required. Puzzle? easy. Spoon and Fork? Mastered in seconds. She can already put on her shoes and if you let her, her pants (normally backwords.) These are things I had to force her brother to do, at a much older age.
Kids are just sooo different. and so precious. And so, so, so wonderful.
Kadenisms: (I couldn't make these up, people!)
on the way home from walmart, Kaden from the back seat: Oh no! Where did I drop that booger?
I asked Kaden what he liked about AWANA. Number 1 on the list was: snacks 2: craft time 3: surprise box. So i asked what he didn't like: That they don't have trains. (surprise!)
Kaden: "Mom, would you go down and get my green blanket from downstairs? I unheld it."
Mom: "You 'unheld' it? So it's downstairs? I don't think I understand what you mean."
Kaden: "MOM....UNHELD means to DROP something."
Kaden usually offers to lick me after he kisses my cheek. I always respond "no thanks". Today:
Kaden (after a kiss on my cheek): Do you want me to lick you, mom?
Mom : No thanks... I don't need licked.
Kaden: Because your not a lollipop?
(that's one reason, I suppose...)
Kaden was "reading" the 3 little pigs to me. I asked him which house he would build: straw, stick, or brick? He said "I'd build straw, because we don't have BIG BAD WOLVES in Gillette" LOL. logical.
Kaden was helping stir the sloppy joe meat.
Mom: Make sure not to touch the pan, ok?
K: Ok mom. But if I do, I'll just wipe it on my shirt.
so then dad explains that the reason is that he could get burned.
K: It's ok if I get burned. it will be fine.
kaden: mom why are you looking at these pictures?
Mom: they are of mommy's friends. do you want to look at pictures of you now? (normally an instant yes)
Kaden: no, i just want to look at pictures of trains.
Kaden's newest love is the game Memory. We have one that has 3 levels of difficulty. He is now on level 2. It is just adding more cards. He loves it. And he is SO good at it. Of course, it is a THomas the train game, so he loves that too. He has to make sure I know what each engine's name is as we flip them over.
He also loves to cook with me. He's always wanted to, but lately he can actually do it without spilling everything or trying to touch something hot. He thinks its the best thing ever.
Showing posts with label potty training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label potty training. Show all posts
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
The Joys of Motherhood
Maybe it was because I was too proud of my Kaden.
Maybe it was because I needed to clean my bathroom and it seemed that nothing would motivate me.
Or maybe it was all just one big oops.
It sure is funny now that it's done!
The story, you ask? Oh yes. I'll tell.
It starts like any other normal day. Kaden wakes up. Kaden asks for breakfast. I ask if he needs to go potty. Kaden says no. Kaden eats breakfast. Kaden tells me he needs to go potty. Kaden takes his pants and underwear off. (ALL the way off.) Kaden gets on his stool to get on the potty. Kaden goes potty. Kaden gets down. Kaden puts his underwear and pants back on. All with little or no help from me.
I'm proud of this. VERY proud that at 2 1/2 Kaden is so well pottytrained...(not that I could have forced him!) This is why I wonder if it was punishment for my pride.
Today we skip to the part where Kaden takes his pants off. He deviates from plan. He decided the door must be closed to avoid sister coming in to try to stick her hand in the toilet. (I appreciate this deviation). I hear massive, hysterical screaming. I run into the bathroom to find Kaden standing there---peeing. Now, I know you are picturing a puddle on the floor.
NO. this kid was PEEING. I mean, I have never seen these amounts of pee come out of a child before. And it was going straight out from him for about 2 feet. As I realize this I see that he is turning to me...screaming "It's on my leg! It WON'T stop! It just keeps going!" He's hysterical. Picture this. Hysterical Kaden. Me just trying to keep out of the line of fire! I pinched his "pee thing" (as he calls it) and sat him on the toilet, and stood there. As I assessed the damage it all hit me how hilarios that less than 5 second episode really probably was. And how not hilarious the clean up would be.
Enter Katelyn.
Let's just say I had a lot of clean-up of both kids and the bathroom. (It did get the deepest cleaning it's had in a while!) And, I was able to laugh about it. It was hilarious. I asked Kaden why he did it...why he didn't wait til he was on the toilet and he said "My pee-thing just wouldn't stop!" Later, he needed to go potty again and wouldn't take off his underwear. When I asked him why he said "My pee-thing might start before I'm on the toilet!"
He's nervous about the whole potty thing. But I think in a day or 2 two we'll be back to his normal, potty-trained schedule. Maybe a bit less pride.
I'm just so glad it was in my own house, with no one around. So so glad.
Maybe it was because I needed to clean my bathroom and it seemed that nothing would motivate me.
Or maybe it was all just one big oops.
It sure is funny now that it's done!
The story, you ask? Oh yes. I'll tell.
It starts like any other normal day. Kaden wakes up. Kaden asks for breakfast. I ask if he needs to go potty. Kaden says no. Kaden eats breakfast. Kaden tells me he needs to go potty. Kaden takes his pants and underwear off. (ALL the way off.) Kaden gets on his stool to get on the potty. Kaden goes potty. Kaden gets down. Kaden puts his underwear and pants back on. All with little or no help from me.
I'm proud of this. VERY proud that at 2 1/2 Kaden is so well pottytrained...(not that I could have forced him!) This is why I wonder if it was punishment for my pride.
Today we skip to the part where Kaden takes his pants off. He deviates from plan. He decided the door must be closed to avoid sister coming in to try to stick her hand in the toilet. (I appreciate this deviation). I hear massive, hysterical screaming. I run into the bathroom to find Kaden standing there---peeing. Now, I know you are picturing a puddle on the floor.
NO. this kid was PEEING. I mean, I have never seen these amounts of pee come out of a child before. And it was going straight out from him for about 2 feet. As I realize this I see that he is turning to me...screaming "It's on my leg! It WON'T stop! It just keeps going!" He's hysterical. Picture this. Hysterical Kaden. Me just trying to keep out of the line of fire! I pinched his "pee thing" (as he calls it) and sat him on the toilet, and stood there. As I assessed the damage it all hit me how hilarios that less than 5 second episode really probably was. And how not hilarious the clean up would be.
Enter Katelyn.
Let's just say I had a lot of clean-up of both kids and the bathroom. (It did get the deepest cleaning it's had in a while!) And, I was able to laugh about it. It was hilarious. I asked Kaden why he did it...why he didn't wait til he was on the toilet and he said "My pee-thing just wouldn't stop!" Later, he needed to go potty again and wouldn't take off his underwear. When I asked him why he said "My pee-thing might start before I'm on the toilet!"
He's nervous about the whole potty thing. But I think in a day or 2 two we'll be back to his normal, potty-trained schedule. Maybe a bit less pride.
I'm just so glad it was in my own house, with no one around. So so glad.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Sucker Parties Abound!
Well, the kiddos are sick, but that hasn't stopped Kaden from his potty training madness!
The kid stayed DRY on our trip to Rapid City yesterday, and I didn't even remind him once. Also, he has pooped in the potty with 100% success the last 5 days and not had one accident even with company here this weekend.
Do I declare him potty trained? Or wait 28 days so I know it's a habit? I am really proud of the little man.
When he poops in the potty he gets to have a "poop on the potty sucker party" and pick out a new matchbox car. He is eating the last sucker as I type, then he will move on to get the last car! So, I either need to go to Walmart and restock, or declare him trained and hope he'll have no accidents without the motivation.
I think I'll go to Walmart.
The kid stayed DRY on our trip to Rapid City yesterday, and I didn't even remind him once. Also, he has pooped in the potty with 100% success the last 5 days and not had one accident even with company here this weekend.
Do I declare him potty trained? Or wait 28 days so I know it's a habit? I am really proud of the little man.
When he poops in the potty he gets to have a "poop on the potty sucker party" and pick out a new matchbox car. He is eating the last sucker as I type, then he will move on to get the last car! So, I either need to go to Walmart and restock, or declare him trained and hope he'll have no accidents without the motivation.
I think I'll go to Walmart.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Potty Training
Never, in my life, did I expect to be blogging about potty training. Please, no one tell my younger self what I grow up to be....
In the last few months, we have been encouraging, but not forcing, Kaden to use the potty. He recently has become very aware (and will even tell us) of when he SHOULD be using the potty, but is, in fact, using his diaper. We have given him responsibilities to try to encourage him to want to use the toilet...things like: going and getting a diaper, going and getting the wipes, throwing away his (and Kate's) old diapers, etc... He still refuses, but is curious about this potty idea. He likes to flush the toilet, watch others go potty (unfortunately, he can open doors!) and will *almost* get his guts up to sit on the toilet.
In the past week Kaden has begun potty training!
....his horse. (which he calls his cow.) Every time I go to the bathroom I find his "cow" sitting on the toilet. Sometimes he will run out with it, "Cow..poop!" and run back and put his cow on the potty. Now, sometimes (rarely), he will even let me sit him on the potty, but only...ONLY...if "cow" can sit with him.
Hey, it's good for a laugh right?
kinda gross. but maaaaybe we are getting closer? I'm not getting out the underwears quite yet.
In the last few months, we have been encouraging, but not forcing, Kaden to use the potty. He recently has become very aware (and will even tell us) of when he SHOULD be using the potty, but is, in fact, using his diaper. We have given him responsibilities to try to encourage him to want to use the toilet...things like: going and getting a diaper, going and getting the wipes, throwing away his (and Kate's) old diapers, etc... He still refuses, but is curious about this potty idea. He likes to flush the toilet, watch others go potty (unfortunately, he can open doors!) and will *almost* get his guts up to sit on the toilet.
In the past week Kaden has begun potty training!
....his horse. (which he calls his cow.) Every time I go to the bathroom I find his "cow" sitting on the toilet. Sometimes he will run out with it, "Cow..poop!" and run back and put his cow on the potty. Now, sometimes (rarely), he will even let me sit him on the potty, but only...ONLY...if "cow" can sit with him.
Hey, it's good for a laugh right?
kinda gross. but maaaaybe we are getting closer? I'm not getting out the underwears quite yet.
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