A few nights ago, we were sitting on the couch in the family room watching tv -- I think it was Monday night. Our family room has large french doors that open onto our back deck and we have no covering over these doors at all -- at night anyone or anything outside can see right in. Well, right in the middle of a show, all of a sudden two little ( Read more... )

July has come and gone. Holy cow ( Read more... )

Didn't get around to blogging it last night, but G went upstairs while we were sponge bathing M and pretty much gave herself a bath all by herself. mswewh had just commented the other day that maybe G should start giving herself a bath on her own, and voila! I'm a little leery of leaving her unattended in the tub just yet, but it would be really nice if ( Read more... )

Tonight we get a sneak preview of my absolute least favorite holiday of the year, Fourth of July ( Read more... )

G got herself up this morning after laying in bed for awhile and slowly waking up. She came downstairs and watched tv quietly for a bit. She got up and carried a chair to the window seat for M when she wanted to climb up in it. She used the potty on her own and informed me that she used the last of the toilet paper. She went to the closet, ( Read more... )

We didn't get to bed last night until around 1 AM. Around 3 AM, W poked me and I opened my eyes to see G standing silently next to me. She quickly climbed into bed and curled up next to me. No crying. No talking. I was perfectly happy to just go back to sleep since there didn't seem to be any problem, but I knew that set a bad precedent and G had ( Read more... )

Read about a new "clock" that researchers at Carnegie Mellon have developed to help young children make decisions about whether to stay in bed or get up. Kinda cool, considering this is exactly one of the things we find ourselves dealing with daily.

With G gone this week, Mom has decided to try having M go cold turkey on the diapers. She gets panties on first thing in the morning and only wears diapers for her nap and for bed at night. So far there had been plenty of sitting on the potty with no success and plenty of accidents ( Read more... )

G wore panties to bed last night instead of a diaper and had no accidents ( Read more... )