Last night was DD's first swim lesson. DS is old enough to do the lesson's by himself, but DD has to have a parent in the water with her.
DS was happy and proud.
DD wanted to play. She was fussing and crying almost the entire time. Not because she didn't want to be in the water, but because she wanted to do what she wanted to do. She did not want to play ring around the rosie or kick with the other children.
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Showing posts with label Dear Daughter. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Potty Training
DD is almost there.
Stayed home all weekend. She had 3 accidents and spent most of the weekend sitting on the potty watching TV.
Day 1 - Monday. School wasn't so excited about underwear. She had an accident and the immediately put her back in the pull-up. She did fine at home.
Day 2 - Kept her in the pull up for school. Dry all morning. Great all afternoon at home. Went to neighbor's house to play - pooped in her underwear! (BTW - had neighbors over to celebrate getting their sod put in, the neighborhood is starting to look less like a construction zone and more like a neighborhood.)
Day 3 - overconfident & took her to school with underwear. Accident. Pull up.
Day 3.5 - She. woke. me. up. at. 4. AM. to. pee. Then didn't want to go back to sleep. I was impatient and banished her to bed. She cried. Bad mommy. Couldn't go back to sleep myself, but didn't want to make too much noise, so here I sit blogging.
Stayed home all weekend. She had 3 accidents and spent most of the weekend sitting on the potty watching TV.
Day 1 - Monday. School wasn't so excited about underwear. She had an accident and the immediately put her back in the pull-up. She did fine at home.
Day 2 - Kept her in the pull up for school. Dry all morning. Great all afternoon at home. Went to neighbor's house to play - pooped in her underwear! (BTW - had neighbors over to celebrate getting their sod put in, the neighborhood is starting to look less like a construction zone and more like a neighborhood.)
Day 3 - overconfident & took her to school with underwear. Accident. Pull up.
Day 3.5 - She. woke. me. up. at. 4. AM. to. pee. Then didn't want to go back to sleep. I was impatient and banished her to bed. She cried. Bad mommy. Couldn't go back to sleep myself, but didn't want to make too much noise, so here I sit blogging.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tonight I was reminded of something DD did when she was about 9 months old. I was putting on some purple footed PJs that had a chicken design all over it. She looked at it, her eyes got real big and she started yelling at the top of her lungs "bach, bach, bach" (how do you spell that anyway?) and pointed at her PJs. She was so excited that she had these chickens on her PJs. It was just the cutest thing.
What reminded me of this was that as we were lying in her bed this evening after singing her the nightly songs (mocking bird, itsy bitsy spider, twinkle twinkle and ABCs - in exactly that order), she started pointing at all the things on her PJs and asking "what is that." She pronounces each word very distinctly with a heavy emphasis on "is."
Totally adorable.
What reminded me of this was that as we were lying in her bed this evening after singing her the nightly songs (mocking bird, itsy bitsy spider, twinkle twinkle and ABCs - in exactly that order), she started pointing at all the things on her PJs and asking "what is that." She pronounces each word very distinctly with a heavy emphasis on "is."
Totally adorable.
Friday, August 22, 2008
My Brilliant Daughter
DD is 2.5. I love this age. She is funny and smart. The mommy in me just bursts with pride when the pediatrician told me how wonderfully advanced DD's verbal skills are. And when I see her actually draw faces - at 2.5! Pretty impressive, huh?
I used to worry because she didn't get as much exposure to creating art as her brother did. He was in a daycare from about 5mos to 3 or so and he was always drawing and fingerpainting at school. DD has been home with Daddy since she was born. Lord knows daddy is very much an old school type of parent. Anytime I would try to set up the fingerpaints for them to play, she would get so upset. Now, she's seems to be more "advanced" in this area than her brother was at the same age. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that girls tend to develop fine motor skills faster than boys? Or is it because she sees what her brother is doing and wants to play along? I call her my little "me too." Truthfully, I don't think it has to do with any of that sutff. She's just brilliant. And charming. And funny. And cute.
I used to worry because she didn't get as much exposure to creating art as her brother did. He was in a daycare from about 5mos to 3 or so and he was always drawing and fingerpainting at school. DD has been home with Daddy since she was born. Lord knows daddy is very much an old school type of parent. Anytime I would try to set up the fingerpaints for them to play, she would get so upset. Now, she's seems to be more "advanced" in this area than her brother was at the same age. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that girls tend to develop fine motor skills faster than boys? Or is it because she sees what her brother is doing and wants to play along? I call her my little "me too." Truthfully, I don't think it has to do with any of that sutff. She's just brilliant. And charming. And funny. And cute.
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