The Potty Training Battle

Happy long weekend everyone! Hope that yours was more enjoyable than ours was.

This past weekend we embarked on a rather ambitious 3-day potty training regime for Kira. While I had heard success stories from lots of other parents, and the recommended age to do this is 22 months (Kira is 26 months); I was pretty skeptical about it actually working for Little Ms. Stubborn. However, we tried it anyhow. We began on Saturday morning, and by the end of the 3rd day (today) we were pretty much at the same point as day 1. That said, she is staying dry during the night and during her naps, so we will keep her diaper free during the night.

Here's a little snippet of what the weekend went like...

Me: "Kira, is it time to go pee?" (noticing that she is dancing around while holding herself)

Kira: "No."

Me: "Let's just sit on the potty anyhow, just in case." (proceed to get her on the toilet)

Kira: "No, no, no, no, no!" (fake tears)

She then stands up while still 'crying' and then pees on the floor next to the toilet. Sigh.

It was pretty frustrating for both of us, thankfully Jon was around to help out because there were times that the pregnancy hormones were getting the best of me!! Oh well, hopefully in a few weeks I'll be singing a different tune about how wonderful it is to have a child that isn't in diapers anymore....

I have a fun video of Kira 'making me dinner', I'll try to post that tomorrow sometime.

On a side note, just want to pass on our congratulations to our friends Steve + Anna, who welcomed their 3rd (!) baby last weekend, a little boy named Miro; and a congratulations to our friends Mike + Lilli, who welcomed their 2nd baby last night, a little girl - just want big sister Amber wanted all along.

Apologies for lack of posts lately, I've been pretty tired and lazy. Here is a video of Kira watching her "words" dvd. Grandma Rose got her the "Your Baby can Read" DVD and book set, it is supposed to help kids learn to read before they go to school. Basically, it runs a series of 30 words on repeat with pictures, songs, and rhymes. Honestly, there are some words now that Kira will shout out before they've said what they are on the DVD, so I guess that it works (of course, one of the words she can 'read' is No). At the very least, it's really helping her vocabulary. Though it is difficult to understand her, she is starting to say a lot more words now, which is very exciting for us. Anyhow, here is the video - I had to take it off the side of the table during her breakfast so that she wouldn't be distracted by the camera...

Next weekend we are going to attempt potty training. A friend recommended this 3-day potty training method, and it has worked for a few friends so far, so we'll see how it goes for Kira. It's not the ideal way to spend a long weekend, but I'm hoping that the results make it worthwhile!

Kira has started back at her gymnastics again. Her class this time is a mix of 1 and 2 year olds, which suits her just fine as she tends to do her own thing instead of following the circuit given by the teacher. The 1 year olds do the same thing.

Kira's first 2-year molar cut through her gums last weekend. She was pretty miserable for the first bit of the week, but she seems to be back to her normal self now. 1 down, 3 to go...I can't wait till this teething thing is over.

The last couple of weeks we have been hit hard with colds and norwalk-type bugs. Kira picked up a cold from daycare, which she then kindly shared with Jon and I. After that she picked up a norwalk-type bug from who knows where and shared it with us as well as her entire daycare and now her cousin Marcus. It was a doozy and I'm glad that it has passed! Unfortunately, it meant that we missed a final playdate with my friend Maya and her 2 boys. They have now moved out to Ontario, hopefully we will catch up to them this summer if we make it East. We'll miss you guys!!

Otherwise, Kira is doing well. She continues to develop her words and has learned to count to 1 - 5 in sequence. She can read and identify the numbers from 1-9 but is only just learning what order they go in. She is also getting very good at reading letters, here's a great video of her reading the letters off Jon's t-shirt.

Here's a photo of Kira and Jon, she really loves being around her Daddy.