Make sure you scroll down to my 2 Christmas posts below!
I have had zero time combined with zero ideas for posts leaving me blogless. But today I'm back with the update! My surgery went great--already 2 1/2 weeks ago! I've still been sore off and on, but am feeling pretty much back to normal now. Olivia is glad that I can pick her up again, and I swear she's gained 10 lbs. in the 2 weeks I was on restriction!
Remember Aidan's sleep problems? Well the day before my surgery I brought him in to the clinic and he had an ear infection. That night he only woke up once! And when he was with my mother-in-law, every night he only woke up once! Amazing! Of course as soon as he was back with me he started getting up a few more times a night again. But thankfully that only lasted a few days--he is starting to do much better!! He typically sleeps from 7 to between 3-5 am, eats, and then sleeps again until between 6 and 6:45. It's amazing what a little sleep can do for a person!!
And, speaking of Aidan, he will be turning 1 next week! WHHHAAT!
Christmas was wonderful! Busy, of course, but wonderful! We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, both split between both families. Luckily everyone was close so we didn't have to spend too much time on the roads. The kids had a blast, but were super exhausted (and still are catching up!). This week we will celebrate with Ryan's immediate family as his brother Aaron came home from Sweden yesterday...brimming with engaged bliss!
And I will leave you with an Olivia story. My potty-training princess. Or not. She SOOO wants nothing to do with toilets. But we're trying a little bit here and there. I'm barely pushing, but more making the option available and tempting her with presents. :) So, last week she wore panties all afternoon and evening--over 3 hours and no accidents at all! It was bath time and I KNEW, because I'm a smart Mom like that, that she had to pee. And I knew (once again, smart Mom) that if she hit the tub with a full bladder, well....you know. Ryan started giving Aidan his bath and we told Olivia she had to pee on the pot before she got in. Holy hysterics. Seriously, crying and screaming and tearing the potty seat off the pot for 10 minutes. You'd think we were asking her to, well I don't even know, but something terrible! Finally the phone rang, and my attention was divided. Olivia says, "Okay, I'll pee on the pot now." Puts her seat back up, climbs on, and pees instantly.
Little stinker. She totally knows what to do. Her High Stuborness just needs to make up her mind!
3 comments:
Ok, I think Olivia and Elijah are soul mates. That is EXACTLY his reaction to the potty, with that same amount of stubbornness.
I'm so glad you guys had a nice Christmas!! The photos are great!
One more thing. Whenever Elijah sleeps at Dan's mom's house he seems to get rid of whatever sleep problems have been plaguing him. Why is this?? It drives me nutty, although I'm glad he sleeps like a star somewhere (unless she's lying).
I think that potty training is difficult because kids want to have some power in their own lives. They don't really have many opportunities for it, so when they have a chance, they take it! I have potty trained 2 kids ( only one more!!) and I think that it works best if you back off and let them "have the power"....or just make them think they do! I know it's hard to believe this, but if you let them decide when they are ready it works great! Olivia is bright, she'll get there!
I cannot BELIEVE that Aidan is turning ONE! I feel like I have turned into an old person when I say that to my friends/kids now...it's like when I was little and old people would come up to me and freak out at how BIG I had gotten or how OLD I was. "I remember when you were this big!" they would say. And I was like, "Well, I don't remember being that big, so SEE YA!" :)
Anyways, how fun Ehlan! You're such a great mom!
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