Mum's the word

Don't say it too loudly, but Laine has had potty success for over a week now!  With the exception of one nap-time accident she has stayed all dry and clean for the past eight days.  Praise the Lord!  Literally this is a huge answer to prayer, for which we are all very excited and thankful.  

The day of my last post bemoaning her lack of potty success I just decided to stop talking about it with her altogether.  I figured if I didn't remind her at all then I would see if she was really interested in using the potty or not.  Turns out Laine does prefer the potty, but she also prefers to decide on her own when she needs to use it.  I guess I just needed to get off her back about it a little bit!

Maybe this is a good life lesson for me in interacting with Laine in general.  Note to self... don't harass Laine about anything, or it will probably will probably take even longer to get done.  Thanks for everyone's encouragement and feedback.  It really helped me get over the hump.

Posing

Guess who rediscovered her bike helmet and has been wearing it all around the house?

 

And guess who is beginning to learn how to smile for the camera?

 

Potty Woes

It's been almost two months since we started the potty training process with Laine.  I'd love to say that she has stayed accident free after the first few days, but that is not the case at all.  She has had at least one accident a day every day for the past eight weeks.  Literally she's stayed dry all day only twice since we started.  It is driving me crazy!

I'm starting to wonder if Laine is just not ready.  Don't get me wrong - she has had moments of glory when she told me she needed to go and then went with total success.  But the accidents seem to far outweigh the successes at this point.  Is it only my stubbornness that is keeping us going?  Is it going to "click" with her soon, or will it take several more months?  I don't know how much more of this I can handle.  Would it confuse her too much to put her back in diapers for a while?   Any thoughts?  Encouragement?

Laine-isms

Laine has gotten very verbal, which makes for some hilarious comments and conversations.  Some of our favorites lately include:

- "Laine, do you want (fill in the blank)?"  "Umm... no."

- "Laine, you're so cute."  To which she responds, "Cute, cute, cute!" (Humble, isn't she?)

- Walking into the room where we are, she says, "Oh hi!" as though she hasn't seen us for hours.

- After we sneeze and randomly throughout the day, "God bless you, Mommy."

- Announcing her bodily functions for all to know, she says, "Had some gas."

- Correcting me if I misspoke, Laine adds, "Actually..."

- At all times of the day, "How's your day, daddy?" or whoever she happens to be asking.

Filthy Fun

Not very often do we let Laine get thoroughly dirty, but the other day I left her to druthers.

  
As you can see from the pictures, she ended up covered in dirt and even shoveled some into her mouth!

 

Needless to say, Laine got straight into the bath upon entering the house.  She had a blast playing, making it worth it.

I'm gonna get you!

One of Laine's favorite activities is running at full speed to knock Daddy over as she yells, "I'm gonna get you!"  She can really get some force behind her!

 

Speed Racer

This morning we brought the tricycle inside due to little rain and some colder weather.  Laine had a blast riding it around our stairwell over and over again.  She almost tipped over several times since she was going so fast!