We've had some big moments in the Godin household over the past week: Grace is finally interested in taking care of her business on the potty. If I looked on the calendar, I would never have planned for potty training to happen now (with a newborn and only 1 month left in the US, that is.) I know that at some point she might regress with all the life changes about to happen again. But, this week things have really clicked for Grace, and we are thrilled. The last couple of days she has been dry all day and has even taken care of her "big business" in the potty the last 2 days. (Kudos to Granna for being the first one to get Grace to do that last week!) We have used rewards and incentives shamelessly. The sticker chart didn't do much for Grace but those cheap little frogs from the dollar store really get her going. The next step is to wean her off of the rewards, I suppose. Any suggestions?
Last week Grace saw a girl flying a kite at the park. The little girl even let her fly it, and Grace now thinks kites are the coolest things ever. We told her if she did her big business in the potty she'd get a kite. So, after yesterday's success, Grace and Daddy went to pick one up.
Winnie the Pooh was the kite of choice
One nice thing about living in a West Texas city is you can always count on some good wind for a kite!
Grace still loves being a big sister. Yesterday I was about to take a picture of Trinity, so Grace had to line her baby doll next to sister for a picture, too. This was after dressing her baby doll Keely in one of Trinity's onesies, of course.
Trinity has been giving us great smiles lately, especially in the morning. But, doggone it if I can't catch a good one on the camera. It's usually because I'm trying to make her smile while I have a camera in her face. Somehow that doesn't work well. She's growing so fast and is somewhere between 11-12 pounds already. She's outgrowing some of her 0-3 month clothes. Seriously!
sweet little face: baby acne and all
7 weeks old already!
One nice thing about living in a West Texas city is you can always count on some good wind for a kite!
Grace still loves being a big sister. Yesterday I was about to take a picture of Trinity, so Grace had to line her baby doll next to sister for a picture, too. This was after dressing her baby doll Keely in one of Trinity's onesies, of course.
Trinity has been giving us great smiles lately, especially in the morning. But, doggone it if I can't catch a good one on the camera. It's usually because I'm trying to make her smile while I have a camera in her face. Somehow that doesn't work well. She's growing so fast and is somewhere between 11-12 pounds already. She's outgrowing some of her 0-3 month clothes. Seriously!
sweet little face: baby acne and all
7 weeks old already!
9 comments:
oh how sweet! I didn't get a picture of grace smiling until she was two months old; something about that camera shuts them down. yeah for big girl potties and kites!
This is BIG news! Way to go Grace!
Way to go, Grace (and Momma!). That's a big deal. Maybe she can give Jake a few pointers and some motivation while we're down in a few weeks. He needs a jump start, I think.
And Trinity is so big! Can't wait to hug her and see her smiles.
Fun pictures of your two girls.
What precious children!! Trinity is getting so big. I love her sweet cheeks!!
Congrats! And what a sweet Trinity! I love her.
J. E. A. L. O. U. S.
Your girls are so cute! And I loved the egg hunt video.
As for weaning the rewards. If she stays dry in the morning she gets a prize, then the afternoon. After a couple of 'two prize only' days, she has to stay dry all day to get something. And you get the idea. :) Good luck.
thanks for the wonderful update! we miss you guys so much... and we've totally missed seeing Grace in person as she grows up, up, up! and of course, it's always good to see Trinity! sending love - always.
~jdavis2
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