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@Adira: Yeah, there's some big emotions going on here too. Well I guess they just have to learn how to process them at some point. So I guess this too shall pass...
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@Pumuckl: I hear all of age 3 will be like this... so... yay...
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@Adira: yeah the whining is so frustrating. Can't wait to deal with it all year.
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@Smurfette: At least we're all going through it together?
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@Adira: Just when you start to figure it out they change. I hope he stays with going to bed better.
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@ALV91711: Thanks! Last night was another good night (maybe 10 minutes of whining again), so... hopefully last week was just a fluke!
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@Adira: Glad bedtime went better!
@Adira: @Smurfette: Oh don't get me started on the whining... I will not miss that once we're over it! (And probably just as B will stop J will start
).Does anyone else still use a pacifier for nighttime sleep? I really want to stop using it but he's awfully attached and I'm not sure how ditching it will go...
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@Pumuckl: Yep, Xander will be turning 4 and Logan will be turning 2, so we're in for at least three more years of non-stop whining!!
I don't have any personal experience dropping the pacifier at this age. My friend stopped around 3 - she had her daughter pick out her favorite pacifier and then they went to Build-a-Bear and put it in a bear which she was allowed to have instead of the pacifiers. It went fairly smoothly for her, I think! I think she also did a lot of talking about how her daughter was a "big girl" now and didn't need a pacifier anymore.
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Urg! These early mornings and whining are not helping my let's have another baby case!
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@Smurfette: Oh no!! She needs to be on her best behavior for like a week so that everyone gets on board for baby #2!
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@Smurfette: haha, remember it's just a phase (the whining not the baby fever
) @Adira: Yeah, mine are the same age (just 1 month younger each). We'll probably try for a third so that makes it 5 or 6 years. Call me crazy!
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@Adira: @Pumuckl: DH made some joke last night about getting enough condoms to last till June. Not funny dude! You got a month, get on board! You already stalled till then.
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@Pumuckl: haha, you are crazy! Or not! I totally would have another one if my husband (and our finances) were on board!! And once you're PAST all the whining with all three kids, it will be so much fun!!!
@Smurfette: haha, seriously! Just remind him that this is a unpleasantness is really going to be a short period of time in your lives and you'd rather your kids be closer in age than waiting until you completely forget what having a baby was like! Good luck.
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@Adira: oh he knows. I don't think that it really is going to make him wait. He still says that he wants to clone her and have another just like her. He just seemed so annoyed by her this morning. But when I left I reminded him it is just a phase, he said he knows but he just wasn't fully awake and ready to deal with it.
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@Smurfette: Mornings when they are being difficult and you just need to get them ready and off to school is hard. The other day, Xander was telling me that "Dada was fustated" because of how he and Logan were being that morning!
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@Smurfette: Whining in the morning is the worst.
@Pumuckl: Three will keep you busy!
@Adira: So cute, 'dad was frustrated'! Love it.
Finally a good night sleep but an early wake up with a soaked diaper. I think this cold he has is finally clearing up.
Yesterday I took Isaac to daycare in underwear since they always have him in a pull up. They kept him in underwear until nap and he stayed dry. After they didn't put him back in underwear though. I'm going to have to talk to them about that when I pick up today. It is kind of frustrating because the want him fully trained by 3 to go to the pre shcool room, but they won't put him in underwear all day. They say it is because he pees in his pull up even though I told them that he only does it because it is on and easier. At home he only wears underwear and rarely has an accident.
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@ALV91711: Wow, that's so frustrating - I'm sorry!! Our daycare doesn't even allow pull-ups. When Xander was potty training, they just told me to send lots of extra underwear and pants and one day he had like 7 accidents, but they just kept him in underwear because how else are they going to learn??? It doesn't make sense to me that they think keeping a kid in, what is essentially, a diaper is going to potty train!
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@Adira: Ya, I just sent a couple extra pants and underwear. I told DH that he has to take him in underwear today.
But even DH is bad about putting him in underwear in the morning or if they get home before me. And I keep telling him no pullups at home.
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@ALV91711: oh yeah, I wouldn't send pull ups. And hide the pull ups at home!
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@ALV91711: My husband wasn't good about it initially either, but I just kept reminding him - put him in underwear! He eventually starting putting underwear over his diaper at night so that when he took off the diaper in the morning, he was reminded to do underwear.
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@Pumuckl: I kind of want three LOs too, but it will be a major strain on our finances. DH is definitely not on board yet. Haha, since I was able to have a successful VBAC, I have been trying to explain to DH that it only makes sense to have a third- that was the whole purpose of trying for a VBAC. We'll see! Not for a while anyway...
@Adira: Fustrated! Too cute! Yes, there are moments when this age is incredibly fustrating. But then so many moments when it's so precious too!
@Smurfette: Happy Birthday!! I hope Reagan is extra cute & not whiney with DH today... and you get your birthday wish!
@ALV91711: I'd be annoyed about daycare and the pull ups too! It sounds like he's doing great without them though.
Happy Friday to everyone! Is anyone getting LO a Valentine's gift next weekend? I want to get something small for Pete that's not a sweet, but unsure what to get. Maybe a few red and pink helium balloons?
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@QueensBee: Thanks! She woke me up at 5:50 telling me Happy Birthday. Thanks kid but Mom would have rather slept a little longer. I am so afraid that I am not going to get my bday wish and then will be disappointed so I just have to remember it is only a month away anyway. But it would be April before I can take a test!
I ordered Snow White so we are just going to double that for Valentines. DH is planning on taking her out to breakfast and I get to go back to sleep. Win win!
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I'm lazy - I wasn't planning on getting him anything.. I ought to find him some chocolate he can eat though since chocolate's his favorite thing in the whole world.
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@QueensBee: I was thinking of getting him a little bear or something, no candy. We are baking cookies to take to the valentine party and I'm making little treat bags for his friends, so he'll get one of those. I'm the boring mom who doesn't put candy in the treat bags!
@Smurfette: Happy Birthday! That sounds like a fun daddy/daughter date.
@Adira: Chocolate for him would be a good treat.
Whole day at daycare today and he was dry. I'm starting to feel like he is potty trained, except for the poop in the underwear tonight.
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@ALV91711: Does the daycare supply the pull-ups or do you have to bring them in? Because then you could just refuse to bring more and supply lots of change of clothes.
@QueensBee: yay for three! It'll be bad financially for us for a couple of years too. Although not so bad that it would prevent it from happening. But three in daycare/preschool will be HARD!
We don't celebrate Valentines over here so no presents. B has been asking since J's birthday in January whether it is his birthday yet. (It's still 2 months away... 4/4) Oh boy...
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@Pumuckl: We have to supply pull ups. The concept of time and waiting is so hard. I haven't told Isaac his cousin is coming in March, I don't want to hear about it every day.
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@Smurfette: Oh man, 5:30am is SO early! Did she let you go back to sleep? The Daddy/Daughter Valentine's date sounds super adorable. Definite win/win. It must be hard to wait the extra month for DH to be on board but you are a good spouse for giving him the time he needs. It sounds like he's been home a little more recently. Has he been traveling less for work? If yes, that must be so nice!
@Pumuckl: @ALV91711: Yes, I've made the mistake of saying, "Grandma and Grandpa are coming to visit soon!" and then everyday he gets upset when they haven't arrived yet. I have a little photo/color-coded calendar set up for him and everything but the concept of time passing is so tricky at this age!
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@Pumuckl: R is driving us crazy. She is SO excited for her birthday. Since we have had a lot of bday's lately, she keeps asking is the cake for me? One month to go still, sorry kid!
@QueensBee: It was 5:50, and I had to get up at 6:10 anyway, so we did cuddle a little in bed after I took her potty. Right now he is home. We are hoping he will be home through April, since we are getting the basement finished starting end of Feb/beg of March, so I would really like him home daily so when the contractor has questions. And especially cause I need him some certain days a month. The time is going by fast but slow. I won't Ovulate till the end of March so it feels forever away.
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@QueensBee: A calendar is a great idea.
@Smurfette: That is awesome that hubby is home. You and R both must be enjoying it.
Poop in underwear, I am sick of it. He just doesn't seem to care. And I'm at a loss at what to do. But he is staying dry in underwear at daycare, so that is good. They even put him in underwear today even though we had sent him in a pull up. That feels like a win.
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@ALV91711: Staying dry at daycare is definitely a win!! With potty training, you have to take those wins whenever you can, haha. So sorry about the poop in the underwear - that sucks! Xander still does that on occasion too - it's annoying (and gross)!
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@Adira: Very gross. He started to poop on the potty this weekend! It has only been a few times but I think he is getting the hang of it. Still staying dry all day which is awesome.
How is everyone doing? Is everyone party planning? I need to get on getting invites. We have 8 kids on our list to invite but I don't know if I want to invite that many.
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@ALV91711: We're party planning, but we decided to just go low-key and have a family party and not invite friends, so no invites. I did order Thomas plates and napkins though!
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@ALV91711: I sent out her invitations yesterday. I just did a FB evite for the family one. I took her on Sunday and she picked out her candles and we ordered the balloons. I think we have everything. We are giving water bottles and ribbon wands as favors. So I need to make the wands still. Only thing really left is ordering her donuts (want to make sure they have enough of the kind she likes) for her party and cupcakes to take to school on Friday (she wants blue icing ones). I bought an iron on 3 so I need to make her shirt still. Leotard has been ordered. She is so excited already!
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I sent out evite to the daycare parents and I'm scared by the number of yeses we're getting. The party place accommodates 12. I thought I invited 14 (you can add a couple kids but I didn't think I'd need to). So far I haven't even heard of 4 of the kids that RSVPed yes. I don't know if they are siblings or just kids that are picked up before I pick up. I may have bit off more than I can chew.
DD declared this week that she wants to be 100% diaper free. She's been in underwear during awake times for a few months and I think she may be ready for naps without a diaper. She surprised me last night by waking up and asking to go potty at 1am. That was a first for us so I guess she's serious about no diapers. I need to read up on the night time thing. I'm not ready for that. She currently doesn't have access to the bathroom at night (handle cover on her door). Anybody else attempting nighttime potty training?
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@Adira: We are having friends since we have no family near us to do a family party. My mom will be coming and she is bring my not quite 2 year old niece.
@Smurfette: You are organized! I'm ordering stuff online for our lego theme but haven't done it yet! I did get his birthday dude shirt that I ordered from old navy today.
@Corduroy: I hope she can stay dry at night. I hope it is kids you just don't see that are in her class saying yes. We are inviting a few that have been there since he started daycare and are a few months older and the few kids he talks about all the time. I just hope that only 3-4 say yes, that would be the perfect amount for our house.
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@ALV91711: obessing over her birthday is helping distract me till we start TTC since DH is making me wait. I wanted to be pregnant by her bday.
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Xander doesn't seem to understand he hasn't had his birthday yet. He keeps telling me that he's three and when I say "No, you're GOING to be three. You're still two," he goes "No! I'm THREE! It's my birthday!"
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@Smurfette: Yes, you have to keep busy! Party planning is definitely a good distraction.
@Adira: So cute! Isaac knows he is two and will be three on his birthday and that his birthday is in March, but he has no idea when March is!
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@Adira: haha!! When is his bday again? R started crying out of the blew after nap saying she wants to be 5 on her bday not 3.
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@Smurfette: lol! His is the 21st.
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