Thursday, August 27, 2009

Potty Training and Preschool


I guess you can tell what this blog will be about based on the title. We have been potty training Angie for the past couple of weeks and its going pretty well. She does great when we are at home, its when we leave that things tend to fall apart. We are trying the bare bottom method. That's where your child is bare bottom at home. So, when she has to go, she just goes and sits on her potty. The only problem is she isn't telling me when she has to go. That's why being in public is hard. We have just been using Pullups or diapers in public to avoid huge messes. She starts preschool on Tuesday. We have open house on Monday and I must admit that I am now a little sad and nervous about it. It hit me last week that I don't know any of the adults at her preschool. Yes, Angie has been in the church nursery since she was a newborn but I know a lot of the teachers and I know the director so she checks in on her for me. I am a little apprehensive but I know Angie will do just fine. We got a postcard from her teachers and will get to meet them on Monday. Their names are Miss Donna and Miss Mara. I have already taught Angie to say their names so that hopefully she will feel more comfortable when she meets them. I'll do another post after school has started to let you know how she did.

Caleb is doing great. He is almost 20 pounds now and he is just as happy as he can be. He wants to crawl so badly but he just hasn't figured it out yet. He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks but that's about it. He scoots himself backwards so between rolling over and going backward he moves all over the living room floor. Now, if he could only go forward...

That's all for now, I hear Caleb waking up and I know he'll be hungry in just a minute (the boy does LOVE to eat!). Until next time...