Kaitlyn is 15 months old!
Boy how time flies! Kaitlyn had her 15 month check up today and poor thing has a double ear infection. Both of the girls have been sick for the last few days. Addison thankfully did not have an ear infection. We went ahead and killed a few birds with one stone today at the doctor’s office by getting in Kaitlyn’s 15 month check up, Kaitlyn sickness check and Addison sickness check and a flu shot for each of them. Kaitlyn weighed 23 and 12/16 pounds and was 32.5 inches long and Addison weighed 29 10/16 pounds and was 39 inches long. The doc tor said Kaitlyn was right on track and for us to slowly take the pacifier away from her. The doctor also confirmed it is time to commit to potty training Addison so Ah!!!! if anyone has any suggestions please share! I am off work next Wednesday and go back the following Tuesday so I am thinking this would be a good time.
Addison and Kaitlyn have become quite the funny pair. Kaitlyn has begun in the last week really watching Addison and following everything she does. So when Addison pulls a chair up beside me when I am cooking in the kitchen Kaitlyn pulls a chair up or gets on the chair with Addison which doesn’t end greatly. When Addison climbs up in a chair Kaitlyn is right behind her. Kaitlyn has learned to wave and say “Bye Bye”. Her word vocabulary consists of Mama, Mimi, Dada, Nana, Jeff and DogDog, Baby. Her top molars are currently trying to come in right now and she is drooling a lot. Addison just says some of the craziest things! She has picked up “Bull Crap” from someone. I am assuming she learned this from her daddy because I heard him say it the next day after she had said it. She knows her alphabet and can count to 20. She says our blessing most of the time and thanks God for everyone in our family including aunts, uncles, pets… People say she definitely gets that after her mom since I am a long winded prayer. Both girls have had to adjust to a lot recently due to Nana and Pappy not being able to keep them for about the last month. Pappy Frank has been in the hospital for a while but was recently able to come home. Nana is focusing on taking care of Pappy Frank so in the meantime the girls are going to Pre-school more days and then staying with wonderful Kim Maltby and her children or sweet Rachel Williams comes to our house and keeps the girls after preschool. I have been taking my lunch hour to pick the girls up from preschool and bring them home to the babysitter or take them to the babysitters house. I am very thankful that the girls have adjusted well. I know they miss their grandparents and hopefully soon they will be back with them. Addison has officially dropped her second nap and Kaitlyn will still take two when she is home all day.
Recent Trips -
We took the girls to their first Clemson Football Game and they had a blast! My mom, the girls and I stayed outside of the stadium during the game. We had fun walking around and playing in the big open field beside the stadium. I was able to take Addison in the stadium for the last 8 minutes of the game because they opened the gates and she was so tired she fell asleep in my arms and we were right behind the band!
We went to Wilmington in October for cousin Claire’s first birthday! My mom and dad and the girls headed out on Friday morning at 6 am and got there in time to eat lunch with my sister on her lunch break from work. We had a really good time. Claire loved her birthday cake and is so sweet and cuddly! Addison loves her cousin Claire. Claire actually ruled the roost out of the three of the girls. It was quite funny. On Saturday night after the party we dressed them up and took them to a trunk or treat. Kaitlyn was a ladybug and Addison was a ferry. They enjoyed and it didn’t take Kaitlyn long to get the hang of putting your basket out and someone would put candy in it. We came back on Sunday and made it back in time to go trick or treating again with daddy in Hendersonville. We took the girls to the neighbors and then to a neighborhood where the homes are real close together. They had a blast!
Last weekend Josh went hunting in Georgia so I decided to take the girls and spend the weekend with Brock, Miranda and Mimi and Pappy Ken. We stayed with aunt Miranda and uncle Brock and had a lot of fun! I am not sure if they knew what they were getting into by letting us stay there or not. Kaitlyn poured a whole cup of coffee on their carpet. Thank goodness their carpet was the same color. I got to do some shopping on Saturday due to the help of Mimi and Pappy Ken helping with Addison and aunt Miranda and uncle Brock keeping Kaitlyn most of the day.
This coming weekend we are going to the Christmas parade and are excited about that and then for Thanksgiving we are staying here and are excited about aunt Jenny coming into town.
Comments
Can she pull her pants by herself (up or down or both?)
does she seem uncomfortable after she has pooped on her diaper?
Does she show any interest when you go to use the bathroom?
I know when we did it with Nicolas he asked me to take his diaper off ... and while I was with him I sat him on the potty every 15 to 20 minutes until I could get a good feel of how often did he really needed to pee.
We use a chart with stickers, so everytime he pee he got to put a sticker on the chart - that was a big treat for him somehow, no nothing happened after you filled up the chart :) He was just happy pealing stickers and putting them on the chart that was placed in front of the toilet so he could see it when he was sitting on it. Some people use M&Ms or candy, i didn't want to do any sugary stuff ... I know what it does to my child when he has sugar so no thanks!
#1 was the easy part ... #2 was harder, I remember cleaning poop from every possible place :( BUT somehow he did it and we are good, he still wears a pull-up at night and I'm in no hurry to take it out bc he still wakes up wet most of the time.
Search for Potty Training tips on BabyCenter.com ... I didn't do pull-ups if we were going to stay home, only did pull-ups during the day when we needed to go somewhere, I bought the extra padded underwear at babies r us and it helped when he had accidents ... best of luck and remember if she doesn't seem ready don't push it, it takes time, patience and consistency.
Let us know how the progress goes.