After Mia's stomach flu we returned to the trenches for potty training and it hasn't been pretty. I got pretty fed up yesterday when she pooped her panties, sat around in it for who knows how long, then dropped some on the carpet in her quest to pee on the potty. So she's sitting there on the little potty with her poopy pants around her ankles, poop smeared from waist to ankles and all over the potty asking for candy corns because she peed in the potty. Sigh. I'm not sure where to go at this point. She's asking for pull ups or plastic pants so she doesn't have to use the potty. It's not that she can't, she's just choosing not too and I'm getting tired of playing clean up crew.
Mia's gotten very precise with who's things are whose. I.e. when flipping TV channels, there are shows that are hers, Matthew's or Madison's. During the day, she will only watch shows that are hers. Same with other things we see; she'll give them labels as to whom they belong. She also says the word 'yes' a lot. Better than 'no.' LOL! But it's cute when you ask her a question and she comes out with a resounding 'YES' instead of 'yeah."
I'm beginning to wonder if Madison has some sort of learning disability. I need to get my thoughts together and make a talking point sheet for teacher conferences on the 22nd. I'm really quite troubled by what I'm seeing and I'm not sure if it's acting out from not being able to understand/handle the information or if she just completely has her own agenda. I took an adult ADD "quiz" the other day that someone posted on another website I visit frequently. I scored 75 I think and the scoring recommendations indicated I should seek help for anything over 70. Perhaps that's been my problem. The strange thing is I'm way beyond what type of person I was as a teen and early 20's. Maybe that's because back then I really didn't have that many things to juggle or take up my time. Or maybe I've changed?
Matthew is doing great in school but he claims it's boring. Not sure what to do with that. He doesn't like going to karate either. He complains about it a lot but seems to be doing well. We've been trying to do bedtime talks with him so he gets some attention. He's still getting stomach aches which bothers me. I'll be investigating that as well. His piano is being moved to during the school day in November which will be great for intramurals if they have them. He missed out on soccer for the fall season but they play indoors so I hope they have another session. I know he really wanted to do that.
Charlotte is growing by leaps and bounds. She plays with toys now, grabs her feet and rolls around when she chooses. I think she's a tad behind on the rolling because I didn't give her enough floor time. She doesn't talk as much as before but she still makes sounds, goos, smiles and such. I put up her crib yesterday afternoon, sniff sniff. We had a fairly interesting night. I think she ended up in my bed around 1-ish. It's not so bad except Mia still comes in and the fact that I fell asleep nursing Charlotte and woke up sometime later with her still attached. Not really wanting to go there! I hope she gets used to her crib. I got a cute polka-dotted sheet from Target I like. My dream bedding is by Caden Lane but it's $450 for a set so forgetabout it! I did buy the crib sheet for $30 when I went to check out the bedding. Why did I feel obligated just because it was a small shop and the woman was so very helpful? Now I have to take it back. What would possess me to spend $30 on a stinkin crib sheet? Even if it is stinkin cute LOL! But not that cute.
I think I covered all the kids. We closed the storage unit, put most everything away, sold it or gave it away, finished up the electricity. DH and M were supposed to do the floor and hook up the toilet this past Sunday only to find out that the crappy contractors didn't do the job properly. DH got some hardware to hopefully fix it otherwise we have to tear out the wall - AGAIN. What a so not worth it project. I could grouse about this for several more pages.
But I'll close for now with photos of the crib transformation and a group shot of the kids we're sending out west to a friend battling childhood cancer. Tata for now!
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