The title says it all...Bailey is two years old today!
I still can't believe it's been two years since she was born. I know I say it all the time, but it really does feel like just yesterday. It is so, so amazing to see the awesome little person she's becoming. She's smart and funny and sensitive and crazy and feisty...there just aren't enough adjectives in the world to describe this little girl.
Right now, she's just finished up breakfast and is rocking the baby she got as a birthday present in the cradle she also got as a birthday present. She's singing "Lullaby" to her baby and telling her it's time to go night-night. She'll be getting a phone call from Mickey Mouse wishing her a happy birthday in about an hour and half, and I'm excited to see how she reacts.
I'll check back in at the end of the day...time to go celebrate with the birthday girl!
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
To Potty Train...Or NOT To Potty Train?
That is the question.
When Bailey went through her last pack of diapers last week, Scott and I decided to buy her pull-ups and underwear in the hopes of maybe getting her more comfortable using the potty. She was super excited the morning we went to Target, and I let her pick out her own pull-ups and whatever kind of underwear she wanted (Minnie Mouse, thank you very much). I thought, Alright...we're doing this!
I had researched a few different potty training methods, and had heard that the 3-Day Method was a very successful one to try. After reading more about it, it seemed a little too intensive for us right now (it involved immediately putting on underwear and only underwear on the child, accidents be damned, and required us to basically be shut-ins for 3 days so that we can discover and anticipate Bailey's potty cues...by the end of the third day it was expected that she would be trained). I love the 3-Day Method in theory, but I honestly don't think we have the time to devote to it properly right now--there's just too much going on. So...pull-ups it is!
It started off great! I talked to Bailey about how we go pee-pee and poopy on the potty, not in our big girl pull-up, and she nodded solemnly at me. She stayed dry for a good chunk of the day, but wasn't a fan of actually sitting on the potty. She has no problem sitting for 1.4 seconds, but anything beyond that is just not her thing. She was really excited to be wearing a pull-up, though, and I felt like maybe we were making some sort of progress.
Fast forward to the next day. Since I had a very light daycare day, I let Bailey take a nap in my bed while watching Mickey on tv. I went to check on her and found her fast asleep in bed...with her soaking wet pull-up tossed at the foot of my bed and her shorts on the floor. I woke her up to put a new pull-up on and she said with a giant smile on her face, "Mommy! I go potty...in my pull-up! See?!"
The morning after that, she pooped in her pull-up, snuck downstairs and took the dirty pull-up off and left it in the corner of the room. I found her naked from the waist down, sitting on the couch. She jumped up excitedly and said, "Mommy! I pooped in pull-up! Look...there!"
Again, I explained that we can't just take our pull-up off and that we need to try and go IN the potty. We put a fresh pull-up on and got ready for a busy day of birthday parties, Christenings, and graduation parties. Secretly, I was sort of proud of her. She wasn't using the potty, but she WAS recognizing when she went to the bathroom in her pull-up and she obviously didn't like the feeling if she kept taking the pull-up off. Baby steps.
By day 3, Bailey was asking specifically for a diaper and didn't want to wear the pull-ups at all. We didn't have any diapers in the house, so I explained to her that we needed to keep on wearing the pull-ups like a big girl. She seemed okay with it, but kept asking for a diaper throughout the day. Still not a fan of sitting on the potty for any length of time...so it's almost like we're making zero progress with the pull-ups.
Bailey has always been a headstrong little girl. From day one, she's always done things in her own time and not a second before she's good and ready. So, Scott and I have decided that for now we're not going to push it. We'll go back to diapers after we finish this pack of pull-ups because that's what she's most comfortable with right now. And in the fall we'll give the 3-Day Method a shot...there's just way too much going on throughout the summer and I want to be able to really devote the time and energy needed to do it right. We've got time...Bailey will be 2 years old tomorrow, so it's not like we HAVE to rush her into it. She's very smart, and I know that when she's ready she'll potty train like a champ. Until then, we'll just keep encouraging her without forcing it.
On a completely unrelated note, I'm 14 weeks today...hello, second trimester! On Sunday, Bailey pointed to Scott's stomach and asked him if he had a baby in his belly. Looks like we've got some explaining to do...
;-)
When Bailey went through her last pack of diapers last week, Scott and I decided to buy her pull-ups and underwear in the hopes of maybe getting her more comfortable using the potty. She was super excited the morning we went to Target, and I let her pick out her own pull-ups and whatever kind of underwear she wanted (Minnie Mouse, thank you very much). I thought, Alright...we're doing this!
I had researched a few different potty training methods, and had heard that the 3-Day Method was a very successful one to try. After reading more about it, it seemed a little too intensive for us right now (it involved immediately putting on underwear and only underwear on the child, accidents be damned, and required us to basically be shut-ins for 3 days so that we can discover and anticipate Bailey's potty cues...by the end of the third day it was expected that she would be trained). I love the 3-Day Method in theory, but I honestly don't think we have the time to devote to it properly right now--there's just too much going on. So...pull-ups it is!
It started off great! I talked to Bailey about how we go pee-pee and poopy on the potty, not in our big girl pull-up, and she nodded solemnly at me. She stayed dry for a good chunk of the day, but wasn't a fan of actually sitting on the potty. She has no problem sitting for 1.4 seconds, but anything beyond that is just not her thing. She was really excited to be wearing a pull-up, though, and I felt like maybe we were making some sort of progress.
Fast forward to the next day. Since I had a very light daycare day, I let Bailey take a nap in my bed while watching Mickey on tv. I went to check on her and found her fast asleep in bed...with her soaking wet pull-up tossed at the foot of my bed and her shorts on the floor. I woke her up to put a new pull-up on and she said with a giant smile on her face, "Mommy! I go potty...in my pull-up! See?!"
The morning after that, she pooped in her pull-up, snuck downstairs and took the dirty pull-up off and left it in the corner of the room. I found her naked from the waist down, sitting on the couch. She jumped up excitedly and said, "Mommy! I pooped in pull-up! Look...there!"
Again, I explained that we can't just take our pull-up off and that we need to try and go IN the potty. We put a fresh pull-up on and got ready for a busy day of birthday parties, Christenings, and graduation parties. Secretly, I was sort of proud of her. She wasn't using the potty, but she WAS recognizing when she went to the bathroom in her pull-up and she obviously didn't like the feeling if she kept taking the pull-up off. Baby steps.
By day 3, Bailey was asking specifically for a diaper and didn't want to wear the pull-ups at all. We didn't have any diapers in the house, so I explained to her that we needed to keep on wearing the pull-ups like a big girl. She seemed okay with it, but kept asking for a diaper throughout the day. Still not a fan of sitting on the potty for any length of time...so it's almost like we're making zero progress with the pull-ups.
Bailey has always been a headstrong little girl. From day one, she's always done things in her own time and not a second before she's good and ready. So, Scott and I have decided that for now we're not going to push it. We'll go back to diapers after we finish this pack of pull-ups because that's what she's most comfortable with right now. And in the fall we'll give the 3-Day Method a shot...there's just way too much going on throughout the summer and I want to be able to really devote the time and energy needed to do it right. We've got time...Bailey will be 2 years old tomorrow, so it's not like we HAVE to rush her into it. She's very smart, and I know that when she's ready she'll potty train like a champ. Until then, we'll just keep encouraging her without forcing it.
On a completely unrelated note, I'm 14 weeks today...hello, second trimester! On Sunday, Bailey pointed to Scott's stomach and asked him if he had a baby in his belly. Looks like we've got some explaining to do...
;-)
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Picture Time!
For lack of anything better to post, please enjoy these random photos from the last few weeks. :-)
For those of you just catching up, Baby #2 is on the way...
And I'm 13 weeks along today:
We're turning Bailey into something of a Cinderella (she washes dishes, too!):
We've been enjoying Sunday strolls lately:
Bailey and Madison had a blast at the St. Paul's fair...
And...a video of Bailey...shaking her booty.
For those of you just catching up, Baby #2 is on the way...
And I'm 13 weeks along today:
We're turning Bailey into something of a Cinderella (she washes dishes, too!):
We've been enjoying Sunday strolls lately:
Bailey and Madison had a blast at the St. Paul's fair...
And...a video of Bailey...shaking her booty.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Year 2
It just hit me today that Bailey is going to be two years old in a week and a half. My, how time has flown...
I know I said this last year, but I still stand by it. I can remember vividly the day she was born, and I hope that no matter how old I get I always remember with such clarity that day. She's come such a long way in the last year, but a lot of things have stayed the same.
This time last year, Bailey wasn't walking yet. And now she's running, albeit with very little grace. She did a lot of babbling last year, but not many actual words. This year, she's putting sentences together, and we can understand them most of the time. She's losing her baby fat and looking less like my "baby" and more like my "big girl"...that makes me happy and sad at the same time. She's her own little person now, totally separate from me, and that amazes me every day. Her current favorites are popsicles, babies, and anything chocolate (maybe she's not so different from me after all!). Her favorite tv show right now is MIckey Mouse Clubhouse. She knows all the characters and sings along with all the songs.
She's going to make an absolutely fantastic big sister! Lately, she's been very interested in all things baby. She walks around the house "taking baby for a walk" in her doll stroller, and she likes to buckle the babies into car seats and swings. She always wants to hold her new cousin Karley, and she'll sit down and talk to the babies in the daycare...it makes me smile to see how good she is and how much she enjoys the babies.
And speaking of babies...no new news to report with the new little one. We won't find out for a few more weeks if we're having a boy or a girl, but I did hear the heartbeat at my last appointment (nice and strong in the 150s) and I've been feeling some fluttering off and on. The other night I dreamt that it was a girl, and so now I'm convinced. When I was pregnant with Bailey I only ever dreamed that she was a girl. I'll be thrilled with a boy or a girl, though I can't imagine anyone else but Bailey being "Mommy's girl". Does that make me sound awful?
Not much left to report...will update you all as the days/weeks progress!
I know I said this last year, but I still stand by it. I can remember vividly the day she was born, and I hope that no matter how old I get I always remember with such clarity that day. She's come such a long way in the last year, but a lot of things have stayed the same.
This time last year, Bailey wasn't walking yet. And now she's running, albeit with very little grace. She did a lot of babbling last year, but not many actual words. This year, she's putting sentences together, and we can understand them most of the time. She's losing her baby fat and looking less like my "baby" and more like my "big girl"...that makes me happy and sad at the same time. She's her own little person now, totally separate from me, and that amazes me every day. Her current favorites are popsicles, babies, and anything chocolate (maybe she's not so different from me after all!). Her favorite tv show right now is MIckey Mouse Clubhouse. She knows all the characters and sings along with all the songs.
She's going to make an absolutely fantastic big sister! Lately, she's been very interested in all things baby. She walks around the house "taking baby for a walk" in her doll stroller, and she likes to buckle the babies into car seats and swings. She always wants to hold her new cousin Karley, and she'll sit down and talk to the babies in the daycare...it makes me smile to see how good she is and how much she enjoys the babies.
And speaking of babies...no new news to report with the new little one. We won't find out for a few more weeks if we're having a boy or a girl, but I did hear the heartbeat at my last appointment (nice and strong in the 150s) and I've been feeling some fluttering off and on. The other night I dreamt that it was a girl, and so now I'm convinced. When I was pregnant with Bailey I only ever dreamed that she was a girl. I'll be thrilled with a boy or a girl, though I can't imagine anyone else but Bailey being "Mommy's girl". Does that make me sound awful?
Not much left to report...will update you all as the days/weeks progress!
Monday, June 4, 2012
First World Problem
*sigh*
I've got a problem. A goofy, stupid, means-nothing-in-the-grand-scheme-of-things problem.
See, when I first started writing this blog it was meant to be completely about Bailey and our life now that we had a new baby. I don't know how long I'd planned on writing it, but the thought of having another child had never entered my mind when I started. Now that we've got another one on the way, though, do I keep the 365 Days Of Bailey as the title? Do I change it to something else entirely? Decision, decisions...
Please feel free to give me some advice in the comments section.
On another note...
My new niece was born this weekend! Saturday, June 2, 2010, Karley Jo was born at 5:01am weighing in at 6lbs. 5oz. She's teeny and adorable and, for Meghan and Drew's sake, I hope she's as good a sleeper as her big sister Maddy. No pictures on here because I haven't asked permission, but everyone who reads this blog (all 6 of you) are probably already Facebook friends with either Meg or Drew, so check out their photos there.
And to take this post in yet another direction...
I have my second prenatal appointment tomorrow afternoon! I'll be 11 weeks along and Scott and I are hoping to hear the heart beat...but I'm not expecting to. With Bailey, we went to my 12 week appointment fully expecting to hear a heartbeat...and heard nothing. Being the nervous first-time mom that I was, I completely freaked out and thought that I had somehow killed my baby and was walking around with a dead embryo inside of me. The doctor took us to a back room, hooked me up to an ultrasound machine, and pointed out the beautiful blinking heartbeat just tick-tocking away. It took another 4 weeks of waiting before we heard Bailey's heartbeat and I could relax and enjoy the pregnancy.
This time around, though, I'm hopeful but not expecting to hear anything at all. I saw the heart beating away on my first ultrasound at 7 week, so I'm not as nervous as I'd normally be. Plus, I figure I'm still carrying around an extra layer or two of fat from Bailey, so that'll probably muffle things a bit in there. So, we'll see. In any case, I'll update you all soon!
I've got a problem. A goofy, stupid, means-nothing-in-the-grand-scheme-of-things problem.
See, when I first started writing this blog it was meant to be completely about Bailey and our life now that we had a new baby. I don't know how long I'd planned on writing it, but the thought of having another child had never entered my mind when I started. Now that we've got another one on the way, though, do I keep the 365 Days Of Bailey as the title? Do I change it to something else entirely? Decision, decisions...
Please feel free to give me some advice in the comments section.
On another note...
My new niece was born this weekend! Saturday, June 2, 2010, Karley Jo was born at 5:01am weighing in at 6lbs. 5oz. She's teeny and adorable and, for Meghan and Drew's sake, I hope she's as good a sleeper as her big sister Maddy. No pictures on here because I haven't asked permission, but everyone who reads this blog (all 6 of you) are probably already Facebook friends with either Meg or Drew, so check out their photos there.
And to take this post in yet another direction...
I have my second prenatal appointment tomorrow afternoon! I'll be 11 weeks along and Scott and I are hoping to hear the heart beat...but I'm not expecting to. With Bailey, we went to my 12 week appointment fully expecting to hear a heartbeat...and heard nothing. Being the nervous first-time mom that I was, I completely freaked out and thought that I had somehow killed my baby and was walking around with a dead embryo inside of me. The doctor took us to a back room, hooked me up to an ultrasound machine, and pointed out the beautiful blinking heartbeat just tick-tocking away. It took another 4 weeks of waiting before we heard Bailey's heartbeat and I could relax and enjoy the pregnancy.
This time around, though, I'm hopeful but not expecting to hear anything at all. I saw the heart beating away on my first ultrasound at 7 week, so I'm not as nervous as I'd normally be. Plus, I figure I'm still carrying around an extra layer or two of fat from Bailey, so that'll probably muffle things a bit in there. So, we'll see. In any case, I'll update you all soon!
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