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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
19 months and counting down to...
BABY #2... Yes, Madelyn will have a brother right around the time she turns 21 months.
She has truely become this amazing little person. She amazes us everyday. Literally! I'm not joking. She can say so many words now and we can actualyl understand her wants and needs (for the most part, of course there are the occassional tantrums where we have no clue what her problem is but they are few and far between).
I found the easiest way to deal with my little person, is kind of treat her like a "big" person. Talking her thru her frustration usually solves our problem. I honestly believe the main reason toddlers throw fits is because they are frustrated. Frustrated that they're care-giver simply can't understand what they want and need. Becoming in-tune with Madelyn's needs has helped us developed a great napper, eater and sleeper. The signing is still helpful as many of her words kind of sound the same still, the ease of her signing when I just don't get it has helped wonders. And I love when the non-believers of signing (or the critics) see Madelyn sign something and are in shock and wonder and say "How cool is that?" Yeah, thanks for doubting me when I started at 4-5months...
She's become very sturdy on her feet and is a full-blown runner. Why walk when you can run, right? We're are working on jumping and trying to land on bum... but for some reason she seems to think thats how she's supposed to land! LOL Its quite humourous and she doesn't cry when she does it so, go on little one, keep jumping onto your bum, you'll get it eventually!
TV... oh geez! Being off with her the majority of the week and with the back (pregnancy related) problems she does unfortunately get to watch maybe too much TV? She recognizes certain songs and tries to sing them and she's become quite the dancer. I have some guilt over this issue but I try to get her to the library programs once/week and many afternoons I've been fortunate enough to have DH home with me so he can help entertain her.
I will head into Picasa when I am done posting this and post a few updated pictures of her. She's completely adorable, and her hair IS actually starting to come in. We've even almost got her "big" girl room done so we're going to start the transition very shortly. Since we are moving her rooms we've decided to move the crib into her new room for now as well. Just to get used to the room as being "hers" instead of the one down the hall.
We've bought her a potty and she is starting to ask for her diaper changes. She lets us know when she wants to be changed and we are getting closer to a pee/poo on the potty. Again, we aren't rushing or pushing her. I don't want her to regress so we're doing things on Madelyn's schedule. Practically like everything else really.
She has truely become this amazing little person. She amazes us everyday. Literally! I'm not joking. She can say so many words now and we can actualyl understand her wants and needs (for the most part, of course there are the occassional tantrums where we have no clue what her problem is but they are few and far between).
I found the easiest way to deal with my little person, is kind of treat her like a "big" person. Talking her thru her frustration usually solves our problem. I honestly believe the main reason toddlers throw fits is because they are frustrated. Frustrated that they're care-giver simply can't understand what they want and need. Becoming in-tune with Madelyn's needs has helped us developed a great napper, eater and sleeper. The signing is still helpful as many of her words kind of sound the same still, the ease of her signing when I just don't get it has helped wonders. And I love when the non-believers of signing (or the critics) see Madelyn sign something and are in shock and wonder and say "How cool is that?" Yeah, thanks for doubting me when I started at 4-5months...
She's become very sturdy on her feet and is a full-blown runner. Why walk when you can run, right? We're are working on jumping and trying to land on bum... but for some reason she seems to think thats how she's supposed to land! LOL Its quite humourous and she doesn't cry when she does it so, go on little one, keep jumping onto your bum, you'll get it eventually!
TV... oh geez! Being off with her the majority of the week and with the back (pregnancy related) problems she does unfortunately get to watch maybe too much TV? She recognizes certain songs and tries to sing them and she's become quite the dancer. I have some guilt over this issue but I try to get her to the library programs once/week and many afternoons I've been fortunate enough to have DH home with me so he can help entertain her.
I will head into Picasa when I am done posting this and post a few updated pictures of her. She's completely adorable, and her hair IS actually starting to come in. We've even almost got her "big" girl room done so we're going to start the transition very shortly. Since we are moving her rooms we've decided to move the crib into her new room for now as well. Just to get used to the room as being "hers" instead of the one down the hall.
We've bought her a potty and she is starting to ask for her diaper changes. She lets us know when she wants to be changed and we are getting closer to a pee/poo on the potty. Again, we aren't rushing or pushing her. I don't want her to regress so we're doing things on Madelyn's schedule. Practically like everything else really.
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