I started potty training Taylor at 17 months... of course it went no where. LOL She sure was curious about the toilet even went a few times when we put her on there, but no way asking to go. The day after Taylor turned 2 we started the potty training full blown.... so its been about a little over a month and she is doing great!! I wish is was easy like some kids where you hand them some panties and say don't pee on them, but that is not the case with Taylor! I tried the reward system with M&M's where when she peed she would get 1.... Um.. big mistake to a child who loves candy... she would through the biggest tantrum if i wouldn't give her more, totally understandable, have you ever just eaten 1 M&M?? would piss me off too. LOL. Sooo i just tried the praise method that has work the best, she would come out screaming "YAYYYY" but when she is playing or watching tv (not really paying attention to her body) she would have small accidents. So my friend on Facebook suggested that i use a potty chart.... at this point i will try anything! For taylor's birthday Oma got Taylor coloring books, well the first page of these coloring books have stickers... so i took those out and used the back page of the book for the Dora characters. Taylor LOVES this chart!!! We are on day 2 and this is her chart she is already almost done with the second line. She gets 1 sticker for #1 and 2 stickers for #2.... Since she finished line 1 we are making her favorite, Cake Pops tomorrow! She has not had 1 accident since starting this chart... not even a little dribble in her underwear...LOL. She knows that if she tells me she has to go, but then doesn't... she won't get a sticker... she is so smart! I swear, she pees halfway... gets a sticker, tells mommy that she needs to pee 5 min later and will go again, and of course i have to give her another sticker because she went!! Smart cookie she is! Here is Taylor's Chart:
So this is our little sweet pea... The ultrasound says 9w ... that is based on my LMP, which is totally wrong because i was having periods every other month and just randomly. SO we were really surprised when we got a positive test! My doctor told me that i was around 4 weeks (almost 2 weeks ago, so i guess i'm 6 weeks?) I get a measurement ultrasound on the 15th of Nov so i will for sure know when i am due. At 4 weeks i measure at a poppyseed...
Poppyseed Week 4!
Currently I am 6 weeks and the baby is the size of a Sweet Pea!
I plan on doing weekly updates of Baby B but there is really nothing interesting to show until about 12 weeks when i actually do show (I've heard with your 2nd you show a lot more, sooner) So we will see. All i know is that I am NOT gaining 53 pounds again, I used to be a smoker (ew gross..i know!) Well the min i found out i was pregnant with Taylor, i quit smoking which meant i was putting all kinds of junk-food into my body i think it was a hand/mouth fixation because i was gaining weight by the days, i must of gained 10 pounds before i was out of the first trimester! I hope this pregnancy is a 180 compared to my first pregancy. ALL i know is I have been nauseous since 4 weeks.. and its getting worse by the week. With Taylor i started getting sick at week 8-12 every morning i would get sick in my office bathroom, thinking i wish i could of just stayed in bed rather than have a full time job. Looking back on it, it was kinda nice because work took my mind of being nauseous...well since i am at home with Taylor all day, I feel it right when i wake up (the worst) then around 3pm and then again around 6-7 just feeling like crap. Last update about me and pregnancy... when i get hungry about that time... like brandon and I went out to eat Mexican with Taylor the other day for lunch and everything looked so good (i was starving!) i ate 2 bites of each thing on my plate and then just felt full, and like i wanted to vomit, then having Taylor telling me "pee pee" Brandon scarfing down his food like he never seen food before in his life (he was going on day 3 of quitting smoking.....UGH lasted 3 days and he quit, quitting?? so he is smoking again and needless to say he dosn't eat that much at all...haha!) I just felt so uncomfortable just wanted to crawl into bed and sleep... this go around defiantly more tired but im sure it has to do with Taylor walking up the stairs (14 times today) to go potty. So yeah all pregnancies are different i just wish mine was the one that was a breeze! On a better note, my sister in law is at the Hospital ready to give birth to my little nephew... so excited to meet my little nephew, hopefully i get to hold him the day after Christmas if everything works out and everyone can meet up :)
