Day 2 was a disaster.
Same method, charts, prizes, excitement, etc., but only 1 poop around 10am and no pee all day.
That is where we gave up. I think it's dangerous to hold pee that long!
The thing about Neely is that she is smarter than any kid her age that I've met. She knows exactly what she is supposed to do but for some reason refuses.
I plan on praying about this, that God will give us answers because typical potty training methods that work for other kids do not work for Neely Bear.
Off to change a diaper...
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Potty Training|Day 1
Today we started potty training with Neely.
We rolled up our living room rug (we have hardwood floors), took off her diaper/pants, put a bunch of toys in the living room and let her sit on the potty.
It is 7:23pm and she still has only peed once today. And it was all over her chair and floor.
Since she woke up from her nap we've been doing 5 minutes on the potty, 5 minutes off. We have read every potty training article and have been doing everything right.
And yet, not a drop in the potty.
Hopefully day 2 will be better!
Any tips?
We rolled up our living room rug (we have hardwood floors), took off her diaper/pants, put a bunch of toys in the living room and let her sit on the potty.
It is 7:23pm and she still has only peed once today. And it was all over her chair and floor.
Since she woke up from her nap we've been doing 5 minutes on the potty, 5 minutes off. We have read every potty training article and have been doing everything right.
And yet, not a drop in the potty.
Hopefully day 2 will be better!
Any tips?
I Know A Girl, She Puts The Color Inside of My World
It's been a great week. Being almost two means more cuteness, more great conversations and more fun!
Singing Jesus Loves Me
Hanging out with her Dad and Grandpa at the park
Pacifier.
When Neely was a newborn she didn't like pacifiers. When she was about six weeks old she began crying constantly and nothing would help her. We bought four different brands of pacifiers until we found one that worked for her and it was...magic.
I LOVE PACIFIERS.
There, I said it.
It is so frowned upon by everyone from your over-opinionated family members to the stranger in the grocery store. People have opinions on pacifiers and damned if you're not going to hear them!
I have heard it ALL but to those people I say SCREW YOU, I like my baby/toddler peaceful and quiet thank you very much!
That being said, the time has come to ease Neely away from her pacifier. If you've ever looked at any pictures in my blog you know that her pacifier is practically welded to her mouth, so this is no easy task.
Here is our plan starting today, January 1, 2012:
1. only let her have it at nap time or bedtime
2. eventually phase it out of #1. When/how we have no idea. We will cross that bridge when we come to it.
We aren't doing it for any other reason than we feel like it.
Moms, take heart in this post because I am 100% PRO PACIFIER! Don't listen to people's negative comments because are they the ones stuck listening to your screaming baby? Exactly.
Happy New Year!
I'll keep posting on the progress...today was strangely successful. Now, tomorrow when Brett goes back to work and I'm home with Neely and she's sobbing for her "pass"? That remains to be seen!
I LOVE PACIFIERS.
There, I said it.
It is so frowned upon by everyone from your over-opinionated family members to the stranger in the grocery store. People have opinions on pacifiers and damned if you're not going to hear them!
I have heard it ALL but to those people I say SCREW YOU, I like my baby/toddler peaceful and quiet thank you very much!
That being said, the time has come to ease Neely away from her pacifier. If you've ever looked at any pictures in my blog you know that her pacifier is practically welded to her mouth, so this is no easy task.
Here is our plan starting today, January 1, 2012:
1. only let her have it at nap time or bedtime
2. eventually phase it out of #1. When/how we have no idea. We will cross that bridge when we come to it.
We aren't doing it for any other reason than we feel like it.
Moms, take heart in this post because I am 100% PRO PACIFIER! Don't listen to people's negative comments because are they the ones stuck listening to your screaming baby? Exactly.
Happy New Year!
I'll keep posting on the progress...today was strangely successful. Now, tomorrow when Brett goes back to work and I'm home with Neely and she's sobbing for her "pass"? That remains to be seen!
Babycakes
Her face.
Her breath.
The way she constantly tries to make me laugh.
The way I go to bed excited to see her in the morning.
My heart puddles thinking about her.
I have cried countless tears thinking about her growing up and leaving me.
I want these days to last forever.
I long for her when we're apart.
She is my joy, my obsession.
Right now she's standing bouncing to music and holding a nail polish bottle which she will no doubt bring over to me and pretend to paint my nails.
Her sentences are no longer full of sweet baby gibberish.
She can speak a few complete sentences, she repeats everything I say.
I love this amazing baby.
All of these are reasons why even though so many people around me with babies her age are getting pregnant, I do not want to.
I do not want to share her with anyone.
I hope I come to the place in my heart where I feel like it can love another baby, but until then my heart is very full.
My Heart
Every once in a while I'll be minding my own business when I see this face.
This glorious, amazing, gorgeous face.
Her smile lights up every corner of my heart. (Even the dark ones I was reserving for the days I feel sorry for myself. Especially those ones.)
I am living my dream and these are the best days of my life.
Pinterest: Recent Projects
I spent the first half of my Labor Day crafting! It rained all day here in sunny San Diego, so I'm glad I had something to do!
We have lived in this house for about 5 months. For 5 months I have been telling myself to figure out something for Neely's room. It has been BARE. A couple months ago my mom made curtains and that made such a difference, but all of the walls were still bare.
So I went to my trusty Pinterest for help. I created a "Neely Room Ideas" board and have been pinning like crazy for quite some time.
I finally put a couple ideas together, bought supplies and crafted a cute cute cute wall for above her crib! (not sure why her wall looks pink; it's white.)
Pin It
I took inspiration from here, which follows a wonderful tutorial that I used and can be found here.
And of course, the bunting I see EVERYWHERE and I found an easy tutorial here.
I love accomplishing things and I love the final product!! I think my favorite part of the project was choosing fabrics. Her room has always been mostly pink and I want it to have ALL colors. I found and fell in love with a fabric bundle that was all reds, oranges, yellows and greens. I think most people at first glance would have put it away knowing that DUH red and pink clash. But I had to have it. I wished so hard that my mom would magically appear to give me guidance, but that didn't work so I did some quick brainstorming in the store. I slowly walked through the pink fabric section and found exactly what I needed.
I found two fabrics that were not only complimentary to each other, they had red AND pink in them! You can see them in the picture, they're the ones in the largest frames. They were the key to making it all work.
The bunting was an afterthought. I figured it would help to tie all of the fabrics (her curtain fabric included) together, and I was right!
Now when you enter Neely's room you're hit with a splash of color and a happy feeling inside! I love color.
Now I have to start her other giant blank wall! I have some supplies already and will hopefully at least start it this week.
Once her room is finished I'll take more/better pictures and post them!
We have lived in this house for about 5 months. For 5 months I have been telling myself to figure out something for Neely's room. It has been BARE. A couple months ago my mom made curtains and that made such a difference, but all of the walls were still bare.
So I went to my trusty Pinterest for help. I created a "Neely Room Ideas" board and have been pinning like crazy for quite some time.
I finally put a couple ideas together, bought supplies and crafted a cute cute cute wall for above her crib! (not sure why her wall looks pink; it's white.)
I took inspiration from here, which follows a wonderful tutorial that I used and can be found here.
And of course, the bunting I see EVERYWHERE and I found an easy tutorial here.
I love accomplishing things and I love the final product!! I think my favorite part of the project was choosing fabrics. Her room has always been mostly pink and I want it to have ALL colors. I found and fell in love with a fabric bundle that was all reds, oranges, yellows and greens. I think most people at first glance would have put it away knowing that DUH red and pink clash. But I had to have it. I wished so hard that my mom would magically appear to give me guidance, but that didn't work so I did some quick brainstorming in the store. I slowly walked through the pink fabric section and found exactly what I needed.
I found two fabrics that were not only complimentary to each other, they had red AND pink in them! You can see them in the picture, they're the ones in the largest frames. They were the key to making it all work.
The bunting was an afterthought. I figured it would help to tie all of the fabrics (her curtain fabric included) together, and I was right!
Now when you enter Neely's room you're hit with a splash of color and a happy feeling inside! I love color.
Now I have to start her other giant blank wall! I have some supplies already and will hopefully at least start it this week.
Once her room is finished I'll take more/better pictures and post them!
Mini-Shoot: Neely in the field
This was so fun to shoot. Neely was able to be herself and explore and I was able to get some really great shots! Brett was absolutely the best PA I could ask for, as always!
I've been really deliberate about the shots I take lately. When I first started using a DSLR I would take hundreds of shots hoping I would get at least 5 good ones. Now I take way less and have so many more to chose from! From this shoot, it was just a ten minute quickie on the side of the road in a field somewhere, I have over 15 good ones out of about 35-40. I'd say that's a great ratio!
Within the next month I'm going to be shooting my friend's family so I'll be sure to post pictures up here. I am still building up my portfolio so that I can get my website up and running. Once I get my site up then all of my photography and photography-related blog posts will be over there. :)
I've been really deliberate about the shots I take lately. When I first started using a DSLR I would take hundreds of shots hoping I would get at least 5 good ones. Now I take way less and have so many more to chose from! From this shoot, it was just a ten minute quickie on the side of the road in a field somewhere, I have over 15 good ones out of about 35-40. I'd say that's a great ratio!
Within the next month I'm going to be shooting my friend's family so I'll be sure to post pictures up here. I am still building up my portfolio so that I can get my website up and running. Once I get my site up then all of my photography and photography-related blog posts will be over there. :)
17 Months
August has been such a whirlwind I can't believe it has already been a month since I last posted her monthly photo!
The chalk picture represents my life perfectly.
I go throughout my day straightening and cleaning and trying to keep a semblance of order in our house and Neely trails behind making messes. Not "messing things up", but making them better.
How are messes better, you ask?
I'd much rather have a messy home filled with Neely than a spotless home without her.
We are absolutely head over heels for our Neely Bear.
Picky Picky
Ever since Neely began to feed herself it has been difficult to find food that she'll actually try much less eat. If it looks different than what she's been used to, it will not go into her mouth. I have, on several occasions, forced food into her mouth knowing that she would like it. And you know what? Every single time she did. (mothers know best.)
In other words, the 3 meals per day and snack times in between are a struggle for me mentally because I have to some how some way make sure she is getting nutrition (more nutrition than yogurt alone).
Although she will be 17 months in two days, and I should be a pro at this feeding a toddler thing, I am surprised every single day when it's lunch or dinner time.
Snack times are easier, air-popped popcorn (she LOVES it), chips & salsa, or, raisins. She's finally old enough to chew raisins and her poop isn't 100% undigested raisins. Hah/barf.
Do you have a hard time feeding your toddler? What do meal times consist of? I need ideas!
In other words, the 3 meals per day and snack times in between are a struggle for me mentally because I have to some how some way make sure she is getting nutrition (more nutrition than yogurt alone).
Although she will be 17 months in two days, and I should be a pro at this feeding a toddler thing, I am surprised every single day when it's lunch or dinner time.
Snack times are easier, air-popped popcorn (she LOVES it), chips & salsa, or, raisins. She's finally old enough to chew raisins and her poop isn't 100% undigested raisins. Hah/barf.
Do you have a hard time feeding your toddler? What do meal times consist of? I need ideas!
Naptime Adventure
It was one of those days. Neely did not want to take a nap.
I did.
You see, I think I am part Spanish in that I require a daily siesta to make it through until bedtime.
But no, she was having none of it. And believe me, I tried. I left her in her crib for an HOUR. She played, she cried, she talked to herself...
And finally...well finally I gave up.
Now every mom knows there is a critical point in the non-napping day where you can either roll with it and be creative, or you can be upset and stressed out.
I opted for not having a crappy day.
I decided to take my little wide-eyed girl on an apple juice date to Starbucks.
Recently Neely has been obsessed with keysh (keys).
So of course she had to have her keysh with her. I put them in her purse and we were on our way.
I did.
You see, I think I am part Spanish in that I require a daily siesta to make it through until bedtime.
But no, she was having none of it. And believe me, I tried. I left her in her crib for an HOUR. She played, she cried, she talked to herself...
And finally...well finally I gave up.
Now every mom knows there is a critical point in the non-napping day where you can either roll with it and be creative, or you can be upset and stressed out.
I opted for not having a crappy day.
I decided to take my little wide-eyed girl on an apple juice date to Starbucks.
Recently Neely has been obsessed with keysh (keys).
So of course she had to have her keysh with her. I put them in her purse and we were on our way.
She daintily held her purse the entire way there.
It took us s o l o n g to get to Starbucks, as toddlers want to explore every little thing they discover. Which was fine by me since the object of this game was to exhaust her.
Once we got to Starbucks I ordered her a box of apple juice and a green tea latte for me.
It took us s o l o n g to get to Starbucks, as toddlers want to explore every little thing they discover. Which was fine by me since the object of this game was to exhaust her.
Once we got to Starbucks I ordered her a box of apple juice and a green tea latte for me.
After we were done we walked through the weekly Farmer's Market only stopping to listen to a 12 year old boy singing his heart out while playing guitar. We (I) then decided to go to the beach since we haven't been since I hurt my foot.
We both had such a great time I was SO glad we went down there!
It was such a better time than being upset that she wasn't sleeping and watching the clock until 5 so I could have a glass of wine! (I don't do that...I've just heard that people do that.)
I love lazy days with my girl.
We both had such a great time I was SO glad we went down there!
It was such a better time than being upset that she wasn't sleeping and watching the clock until 5 so I could have a glass of wine! (I don't do that...I've just heard that people do that.)
I love lazy days with my girl.
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