Adventures in Potty Training...Pt II

For anyone who isn't a parent, this isn't exciting, and probably TMI. However, today again, Lauryn decided that it was time to use the potty! She told me "Pah" and pointed at her butt, so I said "You have to go potty?" and she told me "yes". At first I almost ignored her request to be taken to the bathroom because all weekend she kept telling me that she had to go and I'd take her to the potty and she would just sit there, clap and then want a treat. I had to explain to her that she doesn't get a treat for just sitting there, she has to go to get a treat. So today, when she wanted to go I took my time getting her because I figured it would be the same thing. BUT, when we go to the potty she actually went! It was exciting. Mike and I clapped and made a big deal out of it. Then, about 1 or 2 minutes later, she wanted to go again. So Mike and I kind of laughed about it thinking she just wanted to be clapped for again and receive a treat. But I took her and she went #2 (I warned you that this might be TMI...)! She was SO excited and so were we. She got to wear a Dora pull-up (which at the age of 23 months is a VERY exciting thing) and she got like 5 jelly beans.

We haven't totally been activley potty training her, but I know she's ready because she hates being wet and she LOVES to sit on the potty. It's kind of funny actually. I had to just chill in the bathroom with her earlier because she just wanted to sit on the toilet. Ha ha....

Love,
Kris

The time has come...

To retire the Bock. For those of you that don't know, Lauryn calls her pacifier a bock. I don't know where it came from but that's what she calls it! Anyways...it became apparent recently that we need to get rid of it. We should have a long time ago considering that she will be two in February, but we have let her have it at bed and nap times and occationally during the day.

The other night she had one in my car and was sucking on it. She got super quiet, which everyone knows is never a good sign. Mike was driving and he turned to see her and she had her pacifier in her hand but the rubber part was all chewed to pieces. At first we thought she ate and swollowed the other parts that were chewed off but thankfully
Mike found them in the back seat next to her.
So my decision is made, Lauryn will no longer have a bock.

Adventures in Potty Training

Well, Lauryn is now almost 2 (she's 22 months to be exact). The question lately that I've asked myself is 'Is it too soon to start potty training?'. It has become apparent in the past month or 3 weeks or so that no, it's not too soon. But I can tell it won't be easy, although, no one ever said it would be.
I bought Lauryn some Dora pull-ups, I figured the Dora picture on the front would be motivation for her. And it is...sort of. Usually, lately, if I can tell she's going potty in her diaper, I tell her we need to go on the potty and rush her there so she'll go in the toilet. Then if she does, she gets a HUGE applause and a candy. I figure, positive reinforcement is the way to go, right?? :)
Well, New Year's Day, she tells me "butt.". I was like "butt?" Then I realized!!! "Do you need to go potty?" and she said "yes.". I took her to the potty and she went! This is the first time she has ever actually TOLD me she had to go, BEFORE she went. I was so excited. She got to wear a Dora pull-up and she got a piece of candy.
The only problem I've had with the Dora pull-ups is that she won't leave her pants on, she wants to take them off to see Dora. Ha ha. Oh well....
And so begins the adventures in potty training at the Machuzak home....Stay tuned for more!

Christmas and New Years

I know I said I'd keep up with this blog...I haven't been the best at it, but I'm trying. Ok? :)

I can't believe 2008 has already come and gone. The year flew by. However, I'm left wondering where it went. Crazy how time flies. Lauryn is already almost 2 years old. She is growing fast and she thinks she's 16.

Christmas this year was fun with her. Last year was fun, but she didn't quite grasp the concept of presents....this year though, we had to watch her ever second she was near the tree. If not, she'd be over there opening whatever she could get her little hands on. By Christmas morning, she was ready (with practice even) to dig into her gifts. The toys she was very interested in and would get side tracked with each one, she wanted to open it and play with it immediately. Clothes, she'd kind of open and toss to the side as if she wasn't at all interested in them. And she probably wasn't, but she got a lot of cute outfits that I can't wait to put her in. That is part of the fun of this age...she has no say in what I make her wear. It's my way for now and I like it that way. :)

Lauryn and I both got vehicles this year. She got a Dora the Explorer 4 Wheeler and I got a 2009 Acura TSX. Yes...Mike got me a car. I was totally surprised. We had talked about getting a new car this summer or sometime later this year. But Christmas morning, our friend Kate and her husband show up and Mike herds us all outside and there it was....a Pearl White car with a big bow. Wow. I love it.

New Years is never a big deal for us. It should be though, it's the anniversary of when we got engaged. But we never do anything big. Never go to any parties. And this year, Mike was working at Smith's til 9. So, Tabitha and Ethan (my friend and Lauryn's little boyfriend) came over and ate pizza and watched TV and hung out. It was fun. We had a couple drinks and just chilled out. Mike got home a little after 9, the kids were in bed so the 3 of us just sat around talking and watching Dick Clark's countdown thing. I was, of course, in bed before 12. Not much before, but I can never seem to make it to watch the stupid ball drop. Oh well. I woke up and it was 2009. It's hard to imagine where a new year will take you...I know this year will be another one full of memories for us though. Lauryn turns 2, Mike turns 30 (ha ha...30!!!)...just those 2 things alone will create happy memories I'm sure. And we'll travel to CO to see my parents, and possibly take another vacation (hopefully).

Tub Crayons....a mistake?

It's been a while since I've blogged...I should have been keeping up...lots has happened. Most recently though, Lauryn got some Tub Crayons.
It wasn't bath night tonight, but I thought 'She got a new tub toy, I'll let her try it'. She absolutely loved the Tub Crayons. She colored all over the wall of the tub with all 3 colors. As she's enjoying herself, I begin thinking "Uh oh...what if she thinks it's ok to color on walls now?" So I preceed to tell her that coloring on walls is only ok at bath time. Not sure if she got that or not....but I told her.
After a while I cleaned off the wall and said it was time to get out of the bath. I, then, took the Tub Crayons and put them on the toilet lid. Lauryn, then, begins to have a complete melt down. I got her dressed while she screamed and thrashed around. And took her down stairs where Wonder Pets was on Sprout. She stood in the living room crying (however, watching Wonder Pets). The melt down lasted about 10 minutes.
Who knew the end of the world would come because of some Tub Crayons?

The End. :)

TIME OUT!!

Well...Lauryn is developing a habit of getting herself into time out. She has been caught standing on tables at daycare.
Nothing else to say really...we're just going to be diligent in making sure that when she's climbing on things, she goes to the corner.

Carpet Cleaner...My new best friend

This evening started off as any normal evening. Pick Lauryn up from daycare, come home and feed her.
After she ate (or didn't really eat...) we went in the living room to play. She got mad at something, threw her milk cup and the lid popped off. Nice. I had to whip out the carpet cleaner and a towel and scrub the floor. Apparently, it was funny. Lauryn laughed as I scrubbed her spill out of the carpet.

About 30 minutes later, I smelled a dirty diaper. I told her "Let's change your diaper". She plops down on the rug and poop comes squirting out the side of her diaper. I didn't see this happen, however. I preceeded to grab her legs and playfully pull her toward me...dragging her through her poop in the process. Nice. I, once again, whipped out that trusty carpet cleaner and scrubbed scrubbed away.

About 30 minutes after that, Lauryn started making a silly cough sound. I jokingly asked her "Are you fake coughing?". No sooner do I get those words out and a small amount of vomit escaped her mouth. She stood up as I went to wipe it off and she lost it. All of her dinner (probably some lunch too) and milk. Nice. AGAIN...I got out the carpet cleaner and scrubbed a much larger area of carpet. This time, she liked me spraying the carpet cleaner and decided to step where I was cleaning.

I have, literally, been using the carpet cleaner for 2 hours tonight. I'm going to go fold the laundry and go to bed now. Without the carpet cleaner.

Goodnight.