One if by land, two if by pee

Today was day 4 of potty training.  Let's do a little recap.  The entire weekend we stayed in with a half naked 2 year old (except last night we left the naked one with my in laws and had a kid free dinner to celebrate our anniversary. A.mazing).  Saturday - no accidents at all!  He even went out for about half an hour with Zach and no accidents.  We put shorts on him but no diaper/underpants and the kid was an all star!  Sunday we continued with the no diaper/no underpants.  He had one accident but overall, great day.  Today I put underpants on him.  He was super excited but he went through 5 pairs today!! Aaah!  I thought having him naked was the tough part.

He seemed confused by the fact that they are way different than diapers.  By the end of the day he was starting to get the hang of it all.  I would have kept him naked with shorts on again, like the method suggests, however tomorrow he goes to summer camp and must wear something.  If he could run around half naked, which I think he loved, he'd be set and I'd say he was pretty much potty trained.  Unfortunately society frowns upon that.  Bummer.

So we still have a lot of work to do but at least he knows when he has to go.  We just have to keep enforcing the where part.  I also was doing a ton of clean up this weekend even when he went to the potty.  I thought he just needed to work on his aim but tonight we bought a second potty (lugging one all around the house was a pain in my butt) and it is AMAZING!  He sits on it so much easier, does his stuff, and no missing on this one.  Love it!  So it wasn't the kiddos aim after all but how the other potty was set up.  We may be getting another one of these.

Here's his potty chart after day 4.  Lots of successes but only a few from today.  We'll get it though, then we have to work on leaving the house for longer periods of time.  I still see a lot of frustrations, challenges, clean ups, and hopefully potty dances in my future.  Potty training is straight up exhausting though, as if I didn't have enough laundry and cleaning to do already :)

Wish the little guy luck at camp tomorrow!

No Diaper Day

Today was no diaper day in our house.  Luke has sat on the potty a bunch and even went a few times but we hadn't tried seriously yet at the whole potty training thing. This morning I was really concerned, who in their right mind would let their toddler run around half naked and take care of a 2 month old on their own on a Friday of all days.  By 10 AM I was ready to call it quits, but after that the day was pretty much awesome.  Luke had 3 accidents this morning but nothing since about 10 this morning, and the most important part 6, count 'em, SIX successes! 

Each time we did the potty dance, got a jelly bean, and put a sticker on the fridge so we could track how many times he went potty like a big boy!  He was so excited each time and seemed so proud of himself.  I'm a super proud mama but also exhausted.  You literally can't take your eye off of him when he has the possibility of peeing all over your house.  The rest of the weekend we will continue no diaper days and maybe try some underpants on Monday.  We have tons of Thomas ones ready! 

Do the (clap clap) potty dance!  Woohoo Luke!

Bedtime

Of all the things Luke challenges us on luckily bedtime isn't one of them.  However, he has certain things that must be in place in order for him to put himself to sleep.  Nightlight on.  Monitor on.  Fan on....loud! (as he tells me...which means on high).  Sippy cup with milk (even though he rarely ever drinks it after I leave).  And toys.  Most nights he grabs one train, or a car, or a book and is satisfied.  Tonight however, we carried up Finn McMissile (car), his stuffed monkey, a truck from his train table, and two race cars....he HAD to have the green AND purple one.  Already in his bed are two pillows, three blankets, his puppy, his kitty cat, his Thomas pillow, and his Douglas the dog stuffed animal/blankie.  Pretty soon there is going to be no room for him!  But hey, whatever gets him to sleep.

Tomorrow is no diaper day in our house, wish me luck on Day 1 of serious potty training. 

Smile

We took some 2 month shots of Lauren this weekend.  Our little cutie!

My dress when I was a baby!

My favorites!

2 Months

Lauren is 2 months old already!  It is flying by this time and its a little sad since we're not planning on any more babies.  She has changed so much in the last month.  She is very alert, smiles all the time, started cooing and making adorable little baby noises (my favorite!), watches her brother like a hawk, and is a pretty content baby.  Although we still don't have a set schedule, she eats every 2-3 hours during the day and then does a 6-7 hour stretch and then a 3-4 hour stretch at night.  She started taking a pacifier but just enough to calm her and she spits it back out.  She loves to lay on her back and stretch, look around, and make noises but she hates tummy time.  Her head control is getting much better and shes losing some of her adorable newborn hair.  Her stomach is very sensitive and I've figured out that anything with tomato or cinnamon is out - she is straight up miserable if I eat either.  That rules out a lot of foods, looks like she wanted me on a specific diet in and out of the womb.  She is doing really well breastfeeding and its so much easier this time around since I still have almost 2 months left before I have to go back to work.  She is still in a bassinet next to our bed and I don't see that changing any time soon.  Luke was out of our room by this point but I'm not ready to move her yet.  We don't go for her two month check up until next week but unofficially she is about 12.2 pounds now and she is just looking really big to me lately.  Again, part of me gets sad but the first few weeks are also some of the most difficult so I'm also a little happy to be past that. She's doing great and is so stinkin' cute! We have been crazy busy at night this week so real pictures are on the way, for now heres a few from my phone.

Yay, I'm 2 months old!

my little sleeping beauty

Date Day

Luke and I went on a little date this past weekend.  We spent lots of time at the park and then went out for pizza pie!  We even got to see two police cars at lunch!  What more could a little boy want.  All throughout lunch he kept asking me where the police cars were going and I told him I didn't know.  Then repeatedly he would say they were going to our house.  My kiddo talks really loud most of the time so everyone could hear and I could only imagine what those police men thought goes on around our house that the cops come all the time!  I kept telling him, no no buddy, not to our house.  :)

Week 7

So I've been home with both kids now for 7 weeks.  Well actually last week Luke started summer camp and goes to daycare two days a week.  I thought these two days would be magical and I would get all those things that I can't seem to stay on top of accomplished...ya know the important stuff like cleaning, bills, reality tv, sleep.  I apparently forgot how little I got accomplished when Luke was an infant.  I get more accomplished when Luke is home and is able to help me, craziness. 

So after 7 weeks I'm craving a schedule.  I feel as though it is way too early to attempt to get Lauren on one, Luke didn't really have a loose schedule until he was almost 6 months old but with two even I need routine and structure.  Luke has been on a schedule the whole time - didn't even budge during week 1 - he needs it even more than me.  So now I want something for Lauren, even if its not in line with Lukes it would just help me plan, get through the day a bit easier, and maybe actually get the heck out of this house more often.  I know, I'm probably asking for a lot here but maybe its worth a try.

In other news, its been 2.5 weeks since I got the okay from my doctor to start exercising again.  I really needed that.  Since I couldn't eat sweets the last 2.5 months of the pregnancy I overloaded on them right after Lauren was born.  So I didn't lose weight as quickly this time around at the start.   I've been walking with the kids as much as possible and even got Zach to drag the elliptical into the house from the garage.  Each week I've worked out at least 3-4 times.  I'm down almost 4 pounds in those 2.5 weeks, booyah!  I was worried about dieting and exercising while breastfeeding, but so far so good.  And by dieting I mean just not eating as much crap but I still eat plenty throughout the day and pretty much what I want, I just watch how much of it.  Eventually I may need to try a more structured diet but for now this is working.  I am 11 pounds away from my pre-Lauren weight and 16 away from my pre-Luke weight.  (yeah, I gave up on the last 5 pounds last time...)  So now I'm motivated to get back to my pre-children weight and summer frankly makes you want to get there FAST! 

We're headed to the shore later this summer and I am nowhere near swimsuit ready but my goal is to drop another 5 pounds before then to at least make me feel a little better in one.  Really, if I can do a pound a week I'll be happy.  So wish me luck all you blog readers, I'm ready to be me again.