After blogging about making a goal to blog daily I failed. Not having regular internet does play a big part in my defense. But the last couple of days have been very interesting.
Wednesday I was determined to get Alex onto a schedule. He is often overtired and because of it getting him to sleep can take hours. I had a small success with one nap! It was wonderful because I had more time to play and work with Izzy. I am hoping that once I get him on a regular schedule I can really crack down on the potty training. I am also working on teaching her some signs.
Izzy is not only ready to be potty trained… she is demanding it. She refuses to go in her diaper at all. Since I am often busy trying to get Alex to sleep it is hard to help her with the potty. She often rips off her diaper and goes if I don’t get to her fast enough. This is a BIG reason I need to get Alex on a schedule. It all started at 13 months when she would rip off her diaper and bring it to me after she went. We went out and bought her a potty the next week. We never pressured her but I had her going a few times daily and it was working great. She even went a few times on her own when I would leave the potty out. I didn’t do this often as she likes to take it apart. Then Alex moved out of the sleepy newborn days and potty training took a back seat since it was never anything serious to begin with. So now she apparently has had enough of the diapers. Last week she kept getting mad during diaper changes and then this week she decided no more going in diapers. I will give her credit she tried to pee in a play pot so she knows she isn’t supposed to be going on the floor. I want to leave out the potty, but I am afraid she will just take it apart and continue to play with it. I guess I’ll let you know what I decide to do.
Alex just loves his sister to death. There are days where Izzy could care less about his existence. But then there are days that she is so loving. He loves it when she plays with him and she seems to be able to get away with a lot more than we can. If you move him when he doesn’t want to be moved he melts down, yet she can try to drag him and he could care less. She often tries to pick him up which he thinks is the greatest thing ever… as I am nearly having a heart attack. She can’t get over the fact that he can not walk yet. I stand him up so they can hug (ute! She actually says “awww” when she hugs him) and then after they are done hugging she takes his hand and expects him to follow. I can tell they are going to be so close when he can keep up.
Alex has been crawling since about mid December. I can’t believe it since he is only 5 months old! He is going to be an early achiever like his big sister. Now that he is mobile it is hard to keep him in one place. If I look away in a matter of minutes he is across the room exploring something new. Luckily this time around everything is baby proofed since Izzy gets into everything.
Izzy also said blue for the first time! I have a poster in her room with the colors and I let her take my hand and point at them and go over what they are. She usually picks purple, so I am assuming it is her favorite. Today after we went over the colors a few times she went back to blue and after I said it she repeated me. I was so excited.
That’s all for now!
