Kaitlyn is cute, I know. Unfortunately, said cuteness does not cure her insufferable behavior as of late. I think I have heard her say, "No" or something like it at least 20 times in the last 24 hours. It has been neat. She is quickly approaching her 3rd birthday and I was beginning to whisper to myself, "we made it through (the terrible two's)." How stupid was that. I might as well been begging for it.
Diapers. I have 2 children who fill them up at an astonishing rate and I change them and change them and change them, ad
naseam. It is disgusting. After nearly three years, it is no less gross, or challenging to a germ-a-
phobe like myself to deal with. To my great regret Kaitlyn has no interest in potty "learning" as it is called by "experts" now. Of course I have tried. I mean my mother tells me I was potty trained at 18 months. Really? Cuz that makes me feel A WHOLE LOT better. I guess that is a testament to my own awesomeness. Kaitlyn is not so awesome. We have run the gamete, including buying big girl panties, a potty seat, potty charts, stickers, rewards, pull-ups, potty training videos/books, etc. She would just rather go in her pants, and she does, whether she has panties on or not. And says things like, "Momma, it is too hard for me" (to go in the big girl potty.) Yeah, I tried the whole "cold turkey" method,
riiight. That works. Huge mistake. Not only did she go in her panties, but she refused to try to go on the toilet at all after like two times. That was a massive and total failure. So for now, she is back in pampers. Hooray.
And to continue with my whine fest and great frustration, nap time seems to be fading. I felt so lucky that she was such an awesome nap taker. Sometimes 2-3 hours of peace. Not so much anymore. I am lucky to get her to stay in her room for 30 minutes, which turns out to be lots of fun around 5pm when she is impossibly tired and grumpy. Then I hear "no" with even more tone and aggression. It is lovely.
Oh... and a true bad mommy confession. She still uses a pacifier at night. I used to think it would be easier for her to give it up when I could reason with her.
Uhmmmm.... nope. She will not and cannot sleep without it. I am too exhausted, burnt out, etc. at the end of the day for any battles with a tired and unreasonable 2 year old. I have tried every little cute thing under the sun to get her to
relinquish it, but to no avail. So there it is.
Tomorrow will be better.
Well I can hardly believe my little baby is 2 months old and 12 lbs! He is such a happy little boy. He always gives me big grins like this in the morning. Have I said that he is a MUCH easier baby than Kaity was? WOW. If Kaitlyn was awake, I was holding her, or I was hearing her cry. What an opposite experience this has been. I can put this little one in the bouncer in the bathroom while I shower, blow dry and straighten my hair and do my makeup while he coos away. When he gets tired, he just closes his little eyes and peacefully drifts off. That is a BIG deal!! It makes me happy ;)
