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@JennyLayneAZ: DD turned 2 on Tuesday, and I swear the 2 year sleep regression started that very night! Her bed time has been 7pm forever, but last night I tried 8 and it went a lot better. Fingers crossed!

Also, her tantrums have really increased in frequency and intensity. Just learning what behaviors to ignore and what behaviors to address.

Teeth brushing is very hit or miss for us as well. Half the time I have to hold her down and hold her head, the other half she will open wide for me.

We just made a cake for her birthday and that's it. I am finishing up my semester, and can't even think about trying to have a party. I think in mid-May we will have a picnic with family at the park as a birthday/summer is here celebration.

@JennyLayneAZ: aww man back to back ear infections are the worse. What did Urgent care give her? I loved it whenever they gave LO the shots.

One of LO’s tubes fell out. We don’t go back to the ENT for almost another two months and I’m crossing my fingers he stays healthy until then.

@JennyLayneAZ: I hope your little one feels better soon! We went to the ER on Saturday night because DS2 had 2 febrile seizures again and 103.6 temp- we wanted to figure out what was causing the fever. ER doc said it was an ear infection but on Monday our ped said the ears looked good (though the tubes are already out) and he has a throat infection. He had a fever from Saturday to Wednesday- not all day but at some point each day it would be 102. Not a fun week but finally he is feeling better.

@JennyLayneAZ: My son gets Cefdinir for his ear infections because his amoxicillian allergy. He always gets a little bit of diarrhea with it. I usually make sure he gets oatmeal, bananas, mashed potatoes, rice, etc when he's on it to help with that. Then when he's done with the course I get him yogurt pouches with probiotics to help straighten everything out.

Well ladies, I've gone and done it. Just got a BFP! Here's to another April baby!

@rockinghorse: Congratulations

@rockinghorse: You'll do great with 2 I'm jealous LOL Hopefully the 4/19 board will pick up for you as the month goes on. I'm sad about the slowness of this entire website honestly. I've been reading babycenter a lot lately, but the boards move too fast over there and usually whatever I felt the need to say has been said a billion times already. I miss the "medium" ness of the the size Hellobee used to be. Anyway, good luck with baby #2!

@rockinghorse: this is very exciting one of our April babies is getting promoted to big sibling status! I bet once you have two you won’t even remember what it’s like to have one. A three year age gap is pretty darn perfect!!

One of LO’s daycare friends has a little baby brother and the two boys look so much alike. I want pointing out B’s baby brother and LO got sad and said he he wanted a brother too. Yeah, no more discussing little people family relationships.

@JennyLayneAZ: man, I miss the heyday of HB.

@rockinghorse: congratulations!! No more for me, but I have to tell you that I saw your post on the April 19 board and if your lo is born on his or her due date they will be exactly the same birthdays and age difference of my 2 girls. 4/24/13 and 4/18/16. The 3 year age gap has been pretty perfect. Congrats again and I hope you have a wonderful and healthy pregnancy!

@rockinghorse: right? I had to login and post because those dates are just such a coincidence. I initially wanted a 2 year gap, but I haven’t longed for that since I saw how great of a big sister DD has been and how helpful that extra year of maturity was. She took a big sister class at the hospital and did great, she was a perfect age for it. Having her potty trained and a little more independent when the baby came along was awesome, I don’t see how I could have done it with a 2 year old.

@JennyLayneAZ: We haven't potty trained either. The book "Oh Crap! Potty Training" was recommended, but we have too much going on right now with me being in school. Good luck though!

@JennyLayneAZ: I felt pressure too after I read that book and it didn’t work with my first son in that timeframe. With the second attempt I used training pants with him instead of bottom half naked and that worked better first him. He also loved getting stickers/rewards. I tried OCPT with my second son Labor Day weekend and it was a fail too. He was ok being naked but didn’t care if he peed on the floor or not after a couple days. We are going to try again in December/January.
Good luck! Hopefully it will go smoother for you than it has for me.

Update for anyone who's interested....she did not do great at my moms yesterday; she didn't pee in the potty at all, however she did poop in the potty. Today she's at daycare and she has pee'd twice so far, so I'm happy with that. I think she's really getting it, I'm really proud of her

@JennyLayneAZ: I’ve been reading along with interest. Great job on the progress!

LO has to potty train in the next month or two or he won’t be able to go to the more advanced 3 yr old room at daycare. (New DCP since we are moving). He will let us know when he’s about to start pooping and finish on the potty. So I’m trying to muster up courage and go bottomless at home and put him on the potty every half hour.

Ok mom's of boys (girl moms welcome too, just always heard girls train earlier). Who has a potty trained boy? It is so hit and miss with us. I feel like I'm sooo far behind on all of this.

Some days he's all about the potty, then others he acts like it will eat him.

We have tried 3 days naked (he would hold it all day until he got a pullup) to going off of his cues, and we have made 0 progress.

He knows when he pottys, he tells me after the fact, but he won't go when asked, or when we sit him on the toilet.

@rockinghorse: yay for commiseration! 🤦‍♀️

That's the part that drives me mad! He knows! He goes and hides under the table or on the far side of his bed to poop, then brings me wipes and a pull-up. Like did I switch to pull-ups too soon? Am I wasting them? Should I have made it a big deal that big boys get to use pullups then underwear? Ugggghhhhhh

I feel so behind.

My mom and dad are watching him for a long weekend at the end of March while we're out of town at a concert. My mom asked him if he was going to be potty trained by then, and he dead looked her in the eye and said "nope". 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

@rockinghorse: he has done that to me so many times! I'm just like, well maybe you wouldn't have poop on your butt if you went on the potty. 🙄

@Sams Mom: Don't feel bad - we haven't even tried to potty train! DS shows little interest in the potty and I confirmed with his daycare that he's shown no interest with them either. My DD was potty trained around this age, but I don't think DS will be potty trained before 3. Probably soon after, but probably not before. I think he'll potty train quickly once he's interested, so I'm okay waiting.

@Sams Mom: zero interest here from DS. He asks to have poop changes and occasionally tells me with a smirk “my peeing!” but will not sit on the potty period. DD was completely trained by this age. We’ve got another big transition coming up for him - he’s still nursing and I plan on weaning him on his 3rd birthday - so probably won’t push the potty training until we get through that. But if he’s still showing no interest we’ll probably have to do a boot camp, maybe Memorial Day weekend?

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Thanks, I feel very lucky that I've been able to go this long. He nurses before bed/naps, when he wakes up in the AM, and usually once overnight. It was definitely gradual as he got older, he probably still nursed 5 or 6 times a day at 12 months (when he was around me) and we just worked to offer food more in those scenarios over time. Now he has table food/cows milk all day, he's a super picky eater but I think that's just him. My older DD also nursed until 3 and ate EVERYTHING.

I"m definitely looking forward to being done even though it's bittersweet. I've been pregnant or nursing basically non-stop for 7.5 years now.